Draft Model Bills focus of EPA Meeting of Legislative Drafters
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-based Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit is set to convene a Meeting of Legislative Drafters on 8-9 November in Antigua and Barbuda.
“The Meeting targets legislative drafters from CARIFORUM States that are signatory to the EPA and is designed to benefit those legislative drafters who will be tasked with preparing legislation to give effect to provisions of the EPA which is being provisionally applied since 29 December 2008,” said the Unit’s Legal Officer, Ms Alexis Downes-Amsterdam, who is also spearheading this Meeting and related initiatives.
During the Meeting, consideration will be given to draft model legislation addressing the International Maritime Transport Services provisions of the EPA as well as legislation for the regulation of Professional Services.
The Meeting is funded under the Caribbean Aid for Trade and Regional Integration Trust Fund (CARTFund).
The fifteen signatory Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM) States to the EPA are the independent CARICOM Member States and the Dominican Republic.
CONTACT: Nand C. Bardouille
Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Implementation Unit
nbardouille@caricom.org
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