CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
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Wider Caribbean cooperation being enhanced with European Union support
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – On Monday June 2, the Programme Steering Committee of the 11th EDF Wider Caribbean Cooperation Project, funded by the European Union (EU), convened to review the implementation of the programme and provided guidance to implementing partners on sustaining its benefits.Director General of CARIFORUM, Ms. Alexis Downes- Amsterdam, chaired the Meeting. Ms.…
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CARIFORUM and the EU advance CARIFORUM EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Representatives from Intellectual Property Offices and National EPA Coordinators of CARIFORUM States met with their European Union counterparts on recently to continue discussions for a CARIFORUM-EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications. A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products having a specific geographical origin and whose qualities…
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CARIFORUM States continue preparations for the Second Five-Year Review of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARIFORUM Senior Officials met recently in an Open-Ended Committee to continue preparations for the second joint review of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Participants at the Fifth Meeting of the Open Ended Committee This engagement took place during the Fifth Meeting of the Committee, chaired by Ms. Margaret Ventura, the…
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