CSME - Competition Policy
A PSA outlining the benefits of Competition Policy in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)
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CARICOM Competition Commission hosts sensitisation workshop on competition law for MPs
The Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) Competition Commission is working towards implementing and strengthening competition laws and policies in all of its member states.
Members of Parliament (MPs) today, participated in a sensitisation exercise which will pave the way for the establishment of the competition culture locally.
The sensitisation workshop was facilitated through the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states (CARIFORUM) and CARICOM.
Competition Sensitization for Judges Concludes in Belize
The CARICOM Secretariat winds up its sensitization sessions for judges in competition law and policy this Friday, June 17 in Belize at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. Fourteen members of the judiciary will be participating in the activity which is funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF).These include judges from Belize’s Supreme Court, The Court of Appeal as well as registrars.
Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Hosts Training Exercise on Competition Law and Policy
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 13, 2016 (SKNIS): The Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and CARIFORUM, embarked upon a training exercise on competition law and policy on June 13.
Competition Sensitization for Judges Gets Underway
The CARICOM Secretariat pushes toward consolidating the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) with sensitization sessions for judges in competition law and policy. This Tuesday, March 8, the first of these workshops kicks off in Jamaica at The Court of Appeal. Seven judges of the court will be participating in the activity which is funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). This is part of a larger project to assist Member States with improving their regulatory, administrative and institutional arrangements related to the single market.
CARICOM Competition Commission stresses healthy diets in fight against NCDs
Healthy diets consisting of foods high in nutritional value must be the first step to remedying the problem of NCDs in the Caribbean, the CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) said.
In a statement to mark World Consumer Rights Day observed on 15 March, the CCC said that given the high prevalence of NCDs in the Caribbean, it was only fitting that this year’s theme for World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) (observed on 15 March) was ‘Healthy Diets’.
CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC)
At its tenth meeting in Grenada in 1989, the Heads of Government of CARICOM agreed that whilst CARICOM would remain a ‘Community of Sovereign States,’ a number of changes were essential for improving the structure and management of the Community, in order to allow it to respond to the challenges and opportunities in the globalised environment.
Competition Policy and Law
Many CARICOM countries have lost important export markets in recent years, and are experiencing more intense competition from international firms because of lowered
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