Impact Study: UNESCO-Aschberg Programme for Artists and Cultural Professionals

6. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States shall make available to international maritime transport suppliers of the other Party on reasonable and non discriminatory terms and conditions the following services at the port: pilotage, towing and tug assistance, provisioning, fuelling and watering, garbage collecting and ballast waste disposal, port captain’s services, navigation aids, shore-based operational services essential to ship operations, including communications, water and electrical supplies, emergency repair facilities, anchorage, berth and berthing services. Section 7 Tourism services Article 110 Scope This Section sets out the principles of the regulatory framework for all tourism services liberalised in accordance with Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of this Title. Article 111 Prevention of anticompetitive practices In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title IV, appropriate measures shall be maintained or introduced by the EC Party or the Signatory CARIFORUM States for the purpose of preventing suppliers, in particular in the context of tourism distribution networks 21 , to affect materially the terms of participation in the relevant market for tourism services by engaging in or continuing anti-competitive practices, including, inter alia, abuse of dominant position through imposition of unfair prices, 21. For the purpose of this Section, tourism distribution networks means tour operators and other tourism wholesalers (both out-bound and in-bound), computer reservation systems and global distribution systems (whether or not connected to airlines or provided through the Internet), travel agencies and other distributors of tourism services.

exclusivity clauses, refusal to deal, tied sales, quantity restrictions or vertical integration. Article 112 Access to technology The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States shall endeavour to facilitate the transfer of technology on a commercial basis to commercial presences in the Signatory CARIFORUM States. Article 113 Small- and medium-sized enterprises The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States shall endeavour to facilitate the participation of small- and medium-sized enterprises in the tourism services sector. Article 114 Mutual recognition The Parties shall cooperate towards the mutual recognition of requirements, qualifications, licenses or other regulations in accordance with Article 85. Article 115 Increasing the impact of tourism on sustainable development The Parties shall encourage the participation of CARIFORUM services suppliers in international, regional, sub- regional, bilateral and private financing programs to support the sustainable development of tourism. Article 116 Environmental and quality standards The Parties and the Signatory CARIFORUM States shall encourage compliance with environmental and quality standards applicable to tourism services in a reasonable and objective manner, without

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Culture in the CARIFORUM-EU EPA