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CARICOM ENTERPRISES ACT
CHAPTER 81:04

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Note on Subsidiary Legislation
This Chapter contains no subsidiary legislation.

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CHAPTER 81:04

CARICOM ENTERPRISES ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Ratification.
4. Companies Act amended.
5. Non-nationals.
6. Agreement to have the force of law in Trinidad and Tobago.
7. Amendments.
8. Regulations.

SCHEDULE.

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CHAPTER 81:04

CARICOM ENTERPRISES ACT

An Act to give effect to the Agreement for the establishment of
a Regime for Caricom Enterprises.

[15TH NOVEMBER 1991]

1. This Act may be cited as the Caricom Enterprises Act.

2. In this Act—
“Agreement” means the Agreement for the establishment of a

regime for Caricom Enterprises, the text of which is set out
in the Schedule;

“Authority” means the Caricom Enterprise Authority established
by Article 8 of the Agreement;

“Caricom Enterprise” has the meaning assigned to it in
paragraph 1 of Article 1 of the Agreement;

“constituent documents” has the meaning assigned to it in
paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Agreement;

“Member State” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 1 of
Article 1 of the Agreement;

“Minister” means the member of the Cabinet to whom
responsibility for external affairs is assigned;

“Registrar” has the meaning assigned to it in the Companies Act.

3. The Minister is hereby authorised on behalf of the
Government of Trinidad and Tobago to communicate its ratification
of the Agreement and to deposit with the Secretary-General of the
Caribbean Community an instrument of ratification pursuant to
Article 18 of the Agreement.

4. (This provision which amended the Companies Act with
respect to the definition of “Caricom Enterprises” has been
incorporated in the Companies Act).

5. A Caricom Enterprise that wishes to obtain the services of
non-nationals of member States to manage its operations shall
notify the Authority of its desire to secure the services of such
persons and obtain the approval of the Authority to do so.

41 of 1991.

Commencement.

Short title.

Interpretation.

Schedule.

Ch. 81:01.

Ratification.

Companies Act
amended.

Non-nationals.

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6. Notwithstanding any other written law to the contrary and
subject to this Act the Agreement shall have the force of law in
Trinidad and Tobago.

7. The Minister may by Order, amend the Schedule for the
purpose of bringing the text of the Agreement set out therein into
accord with any amendments made to the Agreement under
Article 20 thereof.

8. The Minister may make Regulations for carrying into effect
any of the provisions of the Agreement.

Agreement to
have the force of
law in Trinidad
and Tobago.

Amendments.

Regulations.

SCHEDULE

AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
REGIME FOR CARICOM ENTERPRISES

The Government of the Member States of the Caribbean Common Market,

Having Regard to the provisions of the Common Market Annex of the Treaty
establishing the Caribbean Community and, in particular to—

(a) Article 3 on the “Objectives” of the Common Market;
(b) Article 35 on “Establishment” and Article 37 on “Movement

of Capital”;
(c) Article 42 on the “Harmonisation of Laws”, with respect to

Company Law;
(d) Article 44 on “Ownership and Control of Regional Resources”;
(e) Article 45 on the “Co-ordination of National Development

Planning” Article 46 on “Common Market Industrial
Programming”; Article 47 on “Joint Development of Natural
Resources”, and Article 49 on “Rationalisation of Agricultural
Production”; and

(f) Article 59 on “Financial Assistance from the More Developed
Countries” to Less Developed Countries;

Cognisant of the urgent need to develop economic activities in the Common
Market on the basis of joint enterprises between national investors (as hereinafter
defined as Article 1);

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Conscious of the continuing need to develop and give further scope for national
and regional entrepreneurship, management and technological capacity in the
production of goods and services on a regional basis for both the regional and
extra-regional markets;

Mindful of the need to pool human, financial and natural resources of the
Region for the implementation of high priority regional projects designed to
benefit the people of the Region;

Emphasising the need for the creation of machinery whereby the movement
of investment capital between Member States, particularly from the More
Developed Countries to the Less Developed Countries may be expeditiously
effected in the interests of the development of the Region;

Aware of the crucial role which the private sector, on its own or in partnership
with the Region’s public sector or suitable foreign investors, can play in the
economic development of the Region;

Agree to the Establishment of the following Regime:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1. In this Agreement:
“Authority” means the Body established by Article 8 of this Agreement.
“Caricom Enterprise” means, subject to this Agreement, a regionally-owned

and controlled company which—
(a) within such areas specified in Articles 46, 47 and 49 of the

Treaty as the Council may from time to time prescribe,
engages in the production of Common Market Origin
Goods; or

(b) provides services—
(i) in areas specified in Articles 48 and 50 of the Treaty; or

(ii) in those sectors of the regional economy specified in
the Annex to this Agreement and in such other sectors
of the regional economy as the Council may, from time
to time, determine.

“Common Market Origin” has the same meaning as that referred to in
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Article 14 of the Annex to the Treaty.

“Company” means a company incorporated under the general statutes of any
Member State relating to the formation of such a legal company.

“Council” means the Caribbean Common Market Council of Ministers
established by the Treaty.

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“Less Developed Country” means Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica,
Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia or Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines.

“Member State” means a Member State which is a Member of the Caribbean
Common Market established by the Annex to the Treaty and a Party to
this Agreement.

“More Developed Country” means Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica or Trinidad and
Tobago.

“national” subject to paragraph 2 of this Article, has the same meaning as that
set out in paragraph 6(a) of Article 35 of the Annex to the Treaty and
includes companies controlled by such persons or by companies so
controlled as specified in the definition of “regionally-owned and
controlled”.

“National Investor” means, subject to paragraph 2 of this Article, a member
State or a national of a Member State holding equity share capital of
a Company.

“regionally-owned and controlled” in relation to a company means that the
company is one in which in the opinion of the Authority, nationals of at
least two Member States exercise management and control by beneficially
owning shares carrying between them directly or indirectly—

(a) the right to exercise more than one-half of the voting power in
that company; and

(b) the right to receive more than one-half of any dividends that
might be paid by that company; and

(c) the right to receive more than one-half of any capital
distribution in the event of the winding up of or a reduction in
share capital of that company,

or such greater proportion than is specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) above as
the Council may, from time to time, determine in relation to any sector of
the regional economy.

“Registrar” in relation to a Member State, means the officer responsible for
the registration of companies.

“Treaty” means the Treaty Establishing the Caribbean Community and
Common Market done at Chaguaramas on the 4th July, 1973.

2. (1) The Caribbean Development Bank and the Caribbean Food
Corporation and other similar bodies that hold equity share capital in a company
shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be National Investors as
well as nationals of the Member State which is to be the Headquarters State.

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(2) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as derogating from
any rights, privileges and immunities conferred on or accorded the Caribbean
Development Bank and the Caribbean Food Corporation by virtue of the
respective Agreements establishing them.

(3) Nothing in this Agreement and, in particular, the definition of
Caricom Enterprise shall entitle an enterprise to be registered as a Caricom
Enterprise unless it is approved as such by the Authority in accordance with
this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIME

Member States undertake to establish a Regime for the incorporation and
registration, operation, management, winding up and dissolution of a form of
business enterprise to be known as a Caricom Enterprise, for the legal
organisation, purposes and scope of operation as is hereinafter specified.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS OF A CARICOM
ENTERPRISE

A Caricom Enterprise may be established for such purposes within the
areas specified in Articles 46-50 of the Annex to the Treaty and such other
sectors of the regional economy as are specified in the Annex to this
Agreement and shall perform such functions as are by its Memorandum of
Association and the provisions of this Agreement specified; the Council
shall keep the Annex under review and may impose any conditions under
which Caricom Enterprises may operate.

ARTICLE IV

FORMAL ORGANISATION OF A CARICOM ENTERPRISE

1. The formal organisation of a Caricom Enterprise shall be that of a
company which has been established in accordance with this Regime.

2. The name of the Member State in which the central management and
control of the Caricom Enterprise will be situated (hereinafter called “the
Headquarters State”) shall be stated in the Memorandum of Association.

3. The shares shall be registered in the name of the holder.

4. A Caricom Enterprise shall be incorporated and registered in the
Headquarters State.

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ARTICLE V

LAW OF INCORPORATION, REGISTRATION,
OPERATION, MANAGEMENT, WINDING UP AND

DISSOLUTION OF A CARICOM ENTERPRISE

The incorporation, registration, operation, management, winding up and
dissolution of a Caricom Enterprise shall be governed by the provisions of this
Agreement as well as the company law and other relevant laws of the
Headquarters State and those other Member States in which the Caricom
Enterprise is registered.

ARTICLE VI

FORMATION OF A CARICOM ENTERPRISE

1. The status of a Caricom Enterprise may be conferred on a company
formed for the purpose and in the manner provided by this Article. However, a
Company not so formed for the purpose may acquire the status of a Caricom
Enterprise if it is qualified therefor and its objects are confined to those of
such an Enterprise.

2. The Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association and other
constituent documents that are required for the incorporation of a company
(hereinafter referred to as “the constituent documents”), together with
programmes of activities of a proposed Caricom Enterprise for the first five
years of its operation, shall be submitted to the Authority for its approval in
writing and any material alteration of any such programme shall be submitted
to the Authority forthwith for its approval.

3. In the case of a Company not formed for the purpose of becoming a
Caricom Enterprise that desires to obtain such status, the programme of
activities together with certified copies of its registration certificate and its
constituent documents must similarly be submitted to the Authority for its
approval in writing.

4. The written approval for the registration of the Company as a Caricom
Enterprise, upon its incorporation or otherwise, shall be attached to duly
authenticated copies of the constituent documents and submitted to the Registrars
of the Headquarters State and such other Member States as voted under paragraph
4(a) of Article 8 of this Agreement for conferment of the status of a Caricom
Enterprise on the Company, for incorporation, if necessary, of the Company in
the Headquarters State and its registration as a Caricom Enterprise in the
Headquarters State and those other Member States.

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5. The Registrars of the Headquarters State and those other Member States
referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article upon receipt of the constituent documents
together with the written approval of the Authority shall register the Company
as a Caricom Enterprise in the Headquarters State and in those other Member
States, respectively.

6. Any proposed alteration of the objects of a registered Caricom
Enterprise shall similarly be submitted to the Authority for its approval and
dealt with in the manner provided by paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article.

7. Within fourteen days of the registration of the Caricom Enterprise in
the Headquarters State, the Registrar of the Headquarters State, shall notify the
Registrars of each Member State, other than those referred to in paragraph 4 of
this Article, of the registration of the Caricom Enterprise.

8. The Registrar of each Member State, other than those referred to in
paragraph 4 of this Article shall, without payment of any fee, enter the name of
the Caricom Enterprise in a special record kept for the purpose.

9. Where a company is registered as a Caricom Enterprise by any Member
State under this Agreement, it shall pay such fees, levies and other dues, if any,
as are proscribed by the law of the Member State concerned.

ARTICLE VII

EFFECT OF REGISTRATION
1. Registration of a Company as a Caricom Enterprise under paragraph 4

to 6 of Article 6 of this Agreement shall confer the status of a Caricom Enterprise
on such Company and entitle the Caricom Enterprise to the benefits provided
for by this Agreement.

2. Where pursuant to paragraph 8 of Article 6 of this Agreement the name
of a Caricom Enterprise is entered in the special record of a Member State, such
Enterprise may at any time thereafter apply to be registered as a Caricom
Enterprise in that Member State, and on such application the Registrar of such
Member State shall on the receipt of the constituent documents and payment of
any prescribed fee, register such Caricom Enterprise accordingly, whereupon
the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply.

ARTICLE VIII

ESTABLISHMENT, VOTING, MEETING AND PROCEDURE
OF THE CARICOM ENTERPRISE AUTHORITY

1. For the purposes of this Agreement, there shall be a CARICOM
ENTERPRISE Authority which shall comprise one representative of each

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Member State, one official of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, one official
of the Caribbean Development Bank and one representative of the body or
institution representing the private sector designated as a member of the Joint
Consultative Group of the Common Market Council of Ministers.

2. Each Member of the Authority, other than the official of the Caribbean
Community Secretariat, the official of the Caribbean Development Bank, and
the representative of the private sector referred to in paragraph 1, shall have
one vote.

3. Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, a decision of the
Authority shall be by a simple majority vote of the Members of the Authority
present and voting.

4. (a) In considering an application for the approval of the establishment
of a CARICOM ENTERPRISE, only the representative of the Headquarters
State, the representatives of Member States in which the CARICOM
ENTERPRISE is to be registered and the representatives of those Member States,
the nationals of which are members of the Enterprise, shall vote. The quorum
shall be all the Member States, the nationals of which are members of the
Enterprise. A decision of the Authority on any such application shall be by
unanimous vote.

(b) In exercising any of the powers set out in Article 10(d)(ii) of this
Agreement, the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the representatives
entitled to vote under subparagraph (a) of this paragraph shall be necessary.

5. The Authority shall meet in any Member State it considers
convenient from time to time and as often as it is necessary for the conduct
of its business and, without prejudice to the foregoing, at least on two
occasions in each calendar year.

6. The quorum for meetings to decide all matters except those set out in
paragraph 4 of this Article, shall be one-third of the Members of the Authority.

7. The Members of the Authority shall elect a Chairman from among
their number.

8. The Authority may establish sub-committees and may co-opt any expert
for the use of such of his services as it may require for the purpose of performing
its functions under this Agreement.

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ARTICLE IX

MANAGEMENT OF A CARICOM ENTERPRISE

A Caricom Enterprise shall normally be managed in its day-to-day
operations by nationals of the Member States of the Caribbean Common Market
but where it is not possible to secure the services of such nationals, the Caricom
Enterprise may secure the services of other nationals provided the Authority is
notified and approves of their engagement.

ARTICLE X

FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY

1. The Authority:
(a) shall receive—

(i) applications accompanied by other constituent
documents for approval as are set out in Article 6,
paragraph 2, of this Agreement;

(ii) such information as may, from time to time, be sent to
it by any Member State for the purpose of ensuring
that a Caricom Enterprise is owned and controlled by
nationals or for deciding whether a Caricom Enterprise
is in gross or persistent violation of the provisions of
this Agreement;

(iii) such information as shall be submitted to it, at its
request, by Caricom Enterprise for the purpose of
determining whether the operation of that Caricom
Enterprise are within the purposes and scope of the
Regime;

(iv) such other information as may be submitted to it by
any Member State or Caricom Enterprise and which
may be of use to it for the effective performance of its
functions and exercise of its powers;

(b) shall grant or refuse applications for approval to proceed to
registration of a Caricom Enterprise as set out in Article 8 of
this Agreement;

(c) may require from a Caricom Enterprise, immediately upon its
registration, that it shall provide the Authority with information
on such matters as its current shareholdings, loan agreements,
management contracts, consultancy contracts, and assets, if
any, held outside the Caribbean Community. Such a request
may stipulate a period or regular periods within which the
information shall be supplied;

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(d) may determine—
(i) whether the operations of a Caricom Enterprise are within

the purpose and scope of this Agreement and may make
reports to any Member State or the Caricom Enterprise
affected and recommendations based thereon;

(ii) whether a Caricom Enterprise has been carrying on
business in gross or persistent violation of this
Agreement and shall state its findings and at the same
time make a report on them to the Headquarters State
and the Caricom Enterprise affected; provided that the
Authority shall afford the Caricom Enterprise an
opportunity to make representations before making a
determination under this provision of this subparagraph;

(e) shall take all necessary steps to ensure that a Caricom
Enterprise is, as far as possible, managed by nationals of the
Member States of the Caribbean Common Market only, except
to such extent as the Authority has allowed.

2. Notwithstanding anything in this Article, the Authority may make
such other reports and recommendations to Member States and submit copies
thereof to the Caricom Enterprises concerned as it considers necessary for
the purpose of ensuring that Caricom Enterprises comply with the provisions
of this Agreement.

ARTICLE XI

SUPERVISION OF THE CARICOM ENTERPRISE
1. The supervision of a Caricom Enterprise shall be undertaken by the

Authority and the Registrars of Member States (performing their statutory
functions) or such other body or person as each Member State may designate
for the purpose.

2. Member States undertake to assist the Authority by taking such action
as may be necessary to ensure—

(a) that Caricom Enterprises carry on their business within the
purposes and scope of the Regime;

(b) that, subject to Article 9, all Caricom Enterprises are managed
and controlled by nationals of Member States;

(c) that Caricom Enterprises are not in gross or persistent violation
of the provisions of the Regime.

3. The Headquarters State shall, upon a finding by the Authority that a
Caricom Enterprise has been carrying on its business in gross or persistent
violation of this Agreement, strike off the name of the Caricom Enterprise from
its register of Caricom Enterprises. Such a Caricom Enterprise shall immediately
cease to enjoy all the benefits provided for in Article 12 of this Agreement.

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4. The Registrar of the Headquarters State shall forthwith inform all
Member States in which the Caricom Enterprise is registered that its name has
been so struck off the register and every such Member State shall thereupon
remove the name from its register or its special record, as the case may be.

5. A Caricom Enterprise which has been struck off from the Caricom
Enterprise register may operate as a company under the national laws of the
Headquarters State. Its name may be restored not earlier than twelve months
after its name has been struck off the register of Caricom Enterprises if it
successfully applies to the Authority for reinstatement.

ARTICLE XII

BENEFITS TO BE ENJOYED BY CARICOM
ENTERPRISES

1. A Caricom Enterprise shall have full legal personality in every Member
State in which it is registered as such, as if it were a company incorporated and
registered under the general statutes relating to the incorporation, registration
and management of companies.

2. In the exercise of its legal personality in any Member State in which it
is registered, a Caricom Enterprise shall not be regarded as having a separate
personality from that which it enjoys in another Member State in which it is
also registered, and accordingly Member States will provide—

(a) that the public documents of a Caricom Enterprise must reflect
the indivisibility of the legal personality of the enterprise and
any rights and obligations acquired by or imposed on the
enterprise; and

(b) that the appropriate Courts of any Member State in which the
Caricom Enterprise is registered shall have full and concurrent
jurisdiction over the affairs and all the assets of the enterprise
wherever situated in those Member States; and

(c) that the judgments and orders of any such Courts will be
enforced in accordance with a common procedure.

3. Each Member State shall in accordance with the Exchange Control
laws in force in its State permit a Caricom Enterprise registered as such in its
State to—

(a) keep such foreign accounts including portfolio securities in
another Member State in which the Caricom Enterprise is
registered, as are required for the fulfilment of its objects;

(b) subject to any exchange control considerations, remit dividends
and repatriate—

(i) assets on a winding up; or

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(ii) capital on reduction of its share capital, on no less
favourable terms than those accorded to any investor
in that State who is not a national.

4. Each Member State undertakes to—
(a) grant to a Caricom Enterprise registered in its territory on terms

no less favourable than is accorded to any other similar
enterprise of that Member State all licences and permissions
necessary for the proper conduct of affairs of any Caricom
Enterprise registered as such in its State;

(b) grant to a Caricom Enterprise registered in its territory
treatment no less favourable than is accorded to any other
similar enterprise of a Member State in respect of State
purchase or use of goods and services;

(c) allow to a Caricom Enterprise, in the Member States in which
it operates, access to long, medium and short-term credit which
is relevant to its operations on terms no less favourable than is
accorded to any other similar enterprise of a Member State;

(d) treat a Caricom Enterprise, if necessary, as if it had been
incorporated in its territory for the purpose of the conferment
of benefits under the Scheme for the Harmonisation of Fiscal
Incentives to Industry as set out in Article 3 of that Agreement;

(e) accord preferential treatment to a Caricom Enterprise as against
a non-regional enterprise when granting incentives under the
Scheme for the Harmonisation of Fiscal Incentives to Industry;

(f) consider a Caricom Enterprise for the granting of such fiscal
incentives as the Member State may think fit in respect of
Agriculture, Tourism and Forestry that are mutually agreed
by Member States;

(g) consider the product of a Caricom Enterprise for protection
by quantitative restrictions or other forms of protection
imposed at a uniform level by the Member States against
imports from third countries on terms no less favourable than
those which may be accorded to the product of any other
similar enterprise.

ARTICLE XIII

TAXATION OF CARICOM ENTERPRISES

1. The corporate profits of a Caricom Enterprise shall be subject to tax
except that where the equity capital is wholly owned by Governments of Member
States those Governments may agree otherwise.

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2. Dividends and other distributions paid by a Caricom Enterprise in
respect of equity capital owned by Governments of any of the Member States
shall not be subject to tax.

3. Governments of participating States may, by mutual agreement, waive
the taxes on profits made by Caricom Enterprises that engage solely in the
business of intra or extra-regional transport and communications.

4. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Caricom Enterprise from
being eligible for fiscal incentives under the Scheme for the Harmonisation of
Fiscal Incentives to Industry.

ARTICLE XIV

NAME OF CARICOM ENTERPRISE

The name of a Caricom Enterprise shall contain the letters (C.E.) at the
end thereof.

ARTICLE XV

UNDERTAKING AS TO IMPLEMENTATION

Member States undertake to introduce measures including the amendment
of their municipal legislation so as to conform to this Agreement and enable
this Regime to be established as soon as practicable.

ARTICLE XVI

SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

Disputes of an international character arising under this Agreement shall
be settled under and in accordance with the procedure set out in Articles 11 and
12 of the Common Market Annex to the Treaty.

ARTICLE XVII

SIGNATURE OF AGREEMENT

This Agreement is open for signature by any Member State.

ARTICLE XVIII

RATIFICATION

This Agreement and any amendments thereto, shall be subject to ratification
by Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures.
Instruments of Ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the

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Caribbean Community (hereinafter referred to as “the Secretary-General”) who
shall transmit certified copies to the Government of each Member State.

ARTICLE XIX

ENTRY INTO FORCE

This Agreement shall enter into force upon the deposit of the fourth
instrument of Ratification in accordance with Article 18 of this Agreement.

ARTICLE XX

AMENDMENTS

1. This Agreement may be amended by three-fourths of the Member States
including two of the More Developed Countries.

2. Any such amendment shall come into force upon deposit with the
Secretary-General of the last of the Instruments of Ratification required in
accordance with this Agreement and paragraph 1 of this Article.

3. The Secretary-General shall notify other Member States of the entry
into force of any such amendment.

ARTICLE XXI

ACCESSION

Any new Member or Associate Member of the Common Market or any
Member of the Caribbean Community may accede to this Agreement on the
terms and conditions determined by the Conference of Heads of Governments
of the Caribbean Community.

ARTICLE XXII

WITHDRAWAL

1. A Member State that withdraws from membership or associate
membership of the Common Market in accordance with Article 69 thereof shall,
if a Party to this Agreement, be deemed to have withdrawn from this Agreement
with effect from the expiration of the time limited by the said Article 69.

2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Article, a Party to this
Agreement may withdraw from this Agreement by giving notice in writing to
the Authority which shall promptly notify the other Parties to this Agreement;
such withdrawal shall take effect twelve months after receipt of the notice by
the Authority.

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3. A Party to this Agreement undertakes to honour any financial
obligations duly assumed while it continues to be a Party to this Agreement.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised by their
respective Governments, have affixed their signatures to this Agreement.

Done in a single copy which is deposited with the Secretary-General of
the Caribbean Community who shall transmit certified copies to all Parties to
this Agreement.

Signed by HUGH MARSHALL

For the Government of Antigua and Barbuda on the 1st July, 1988

at THE ROYAL ANTIGUAN, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Signed by E. EVELYN GREAVES

For the Government of Barbados on the 6th February, 1988

at THE DOVER CONVENTION CENTRE, BARBADOS

Signed by ...........................................................................................................

For the Government of Belize on ..............................................................

at ........................................................................................................................

Signed by C. A. MAYNARD
For the Government of Dominica on the 3rd March, 1988

at GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Signed by F. ALEXANDER
For the Government of Grenada on the 6th February, 1988

at THE DOVER CONVENTION CENTRE, BARBADOS

Signed by CARL B. GREENIDGE
For the Government of Guyana on the 22nd December, 1987

at GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Signed by RYAN G. PERALTO
For the Government of Jamaica on the 28th January, 1988

at GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Signed by J. OSBOURNE
For the Government of Montserrat on the 5th July, 1988

at DEEP BAY, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

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Signed by FITZROY JONES
For the Government of Saint Christopher and Nevis on the 14th March, 1988

at BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Signed by G. MALLET
For the Government of Saint Lucia on the 3rd March, 1988

at GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Signed by M. DE FREITAS
For the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the

6th February, 1988
at THE DOVER CONVENTION CENTRE, BARBADOS

Signed by SAHADEO BASDEO
For the Government of Trinidad and Tobago on the 8th June, 1988

at PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

ANNEX

SECTORS OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY IN WHICH
CARICOM ENTERPRISES MAY OPERATE

Air and Sea Transportation

Banking and Financial Services

Construction and Engineering Services

Consultancy Services

International Marketing.

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