CROSQ/INDOCAL/PTB 10th EDF CRIP EPA TBT Project "10TH European Development Fund Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme Economic Partnership Agreement Technical Barriers to Trade Component" INTRODUCTION The Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) component of the 10th European Development Fund – Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme (EDF-CRIP), “Support to the Caribbean Forum of the...
CROSQ to host 11th EDF EPA TBT Component Closeout Seminar
Partners
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) performs fundamental research and development work in the field of metrology as a basis for all the tasks entrusted to it in the areas concerning the determination of fundamental and natural constants, the realization, maintenance and dissemination of the legal units of the SI, safety engineering, services...
Member States
Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas, The Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica Montserrat St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
History
Global trade agreements (such as the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the European Union (EU)), are guided by Agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Most Member States (MSs) of CARICOM are signatories to the WTO Agreements. Membership of the WTO obliges...
Standardisation
What is standardisation? Standardisation is the process of formulating, issuing and implementing standards with respect to actual or potential problems, provisions for common and repeated use, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context. What is a standard? According to the Revised Treaty of...