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Seminar for OCTs and EU outermost regions

Seminar for OCTs and EU outermost regions. CARIFORUM-EC EPA negotiations. 1. State of play. Some delayed meetings, but Plan and Schedule for negotiations still holds: Initial Phase: Establishing Priorities (April–September 2004) Second phase: CARIFORUM regional integration (Sept.04–Sept.05)

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Seminar for OCTs and EU outermost regions

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  1. Seminar for OCTs and EU outermost regions CARIFORUM-EC EPA negotiations

  2. 1. State of play Some delayed meetings, but Plan and Schedule for negotiations still holds: • Initial Phase: Establishing Priorities (April–September 2004) • Second phase: CARIFORUM regional integration (Sept.04–Sept.05) • Third phase: EPA negotiations (Sept.05–Dec.06) • Final phase: Finalisation (Jan.07–Dec.07)

  3. 2. Regional-integration phase • 11/11/04 1st RPTF meeting • 12/11/04 2nd Principal Negotiators’ meeting • 17-18/12/04 Technical Session, Regional Market Access Issues • 30-31/3/05 Technical Session 2, Regional Market Access Issues • 25-27/4/05 Technical Session, Services and Investment

  4. 3. Regional-integration phase • 17-18/5/05 Tech. Session, Trade Related Issues • 19/5/05 2nd RPTF meeting • 20/5/05 3rd Principal Negotiators’ Meeting • Sept.05 4th Principal Negotiators • Sept.05 Ministerial meeting

  5. 4.Objectives in the current phase • Joint understanding on regional integration objectives and implementation • RPTF aid and studies inventories + follow-up of identified needs • Mobilise non-state actors (Forum) • Donor dialogue (“network”) on EPA • Engage DOMs and OCTs (seminar in June)

  6. 5. Negotiating structure • Ministerial: Mr Mandelson and Ms Miller + Troika (Dom.Rep., St.Lucia, Belize) • Principal Negotiators: K.Falkenberg and R.Bernal + national representatives • Technical: Eur. Commission and EPA College of Negotiators open to all Cariforum MS • RPTF: Eur. Commission andrepresentative Caribbean team

  7. 6. Trade-related assistance • Short-term needs: EPA negotiations support facility (RNM, OECS etc.) • Medium-term needs: • Trade.Com • Regional Indicative Programme • Longer-term needs:post 9th European Development Fund

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