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Agreement name:	Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Customs Union & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature (G):	04-Jul-1973	Date of notification (G):	14-Oct-1974
Date of signature (S):	05-Jul-2001	Date of notification (S):	19-Feb-2003
Date of entry into force (G):	01-Aug-1973	End of implementation period (G):	1985
Date of entry into force (S):	04-Jul-2002	End of implementation period (S):	2006
Remarks:	The Revised Treaty was opened for signature on 5 July 2001 in The Bahamas. On that date, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago placed their signatures to the Revised Treaty. Grenada, and Saint Lucia, Dominica and Haiti signed the Revised Treaty on 4 July 2002, 6 August 2002, and 4 July 2003 respectively.
Current signatories:	Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Haiti; Jamaica; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago
Original signatories:	Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Belize; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Caribbean; Central America; South America
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Report adopted	Consideration status (S):	Factual Abstract issued

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG155

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	L/4083	E
Notification (S)	S/C/N/229	E F S
Agreement (G)	L / 4083	E
Agreement (S)	WT/REG155/1	E F S
Factual Abstract (S)		E
Standard Format for information on RTAs (S)	WT/REG155/2	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG155/4	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG155/5	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (S)	WT/REG155/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (S)	WT/REG155/M/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (S) / Corrigendum	WT/REG155/M/2/Corr.1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (S)	WT/REG155/M/3	E F S
Report	BISD 24S/68 (L/4470)	E F S
Biennial report (G)	WT/REG92/R/B/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Abstract (S)	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 27/06/2024

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export Duties and Charges prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Other Special safeguards
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Services
		Negative list (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Promotion
	Provisions on capital transfers


	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Standing Tribunal
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Patent
		Traditional Knowledge
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
	Gender