The EPA text was initialed by negotiators the end of 2007. Please see the attached annexes...
HAVING REGARD TO the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community and Caribbean Single Market and Economy, the Treaty of Basseterre establishing the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Agreement establishing a Free Trade Area between the Caribbean Community and the Dominican Republic, on the one part, and the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the other (...)
The Cariforum-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is more than just a trade agreement: its scope embraces many subjects that have up to now been solely or mainly within national and regional jurisdiction (Box 1). As a legally binding international instrument with elaborate implementation and enforcement provisions, it embodies a far higher degree of supranational governance than the corresponding arrangements in the Caribbean (...)
Civil Socity has been vociferous on their concerns regarding the Economic Partnership Agreements since the launch of the negotiations in 2005.