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

Annex 1 CARIFORUM-EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TITLE II: INVESTMENT, TRADE IN SERVICES AND E-COMMERCE

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4. Consistent with the provisions of this Title, the Parties and the Signatory CARIFORUM States retain the right to regulate and to introduce new regulations to meet legitimate policy objectives. 5. This Title shall not apply to measures affecting natural persons seeking access to the employment market of the EC Party or of the Signatory CARIFORUM States, nor shall it apply to measures regarding citizenship, residence or employment on a permanent basis. Nothing in this Title shall prevent the Parties or the Signatory CARIFORUM States from applying measures to regulate the entry of natural persons into, or their temporary stay in, their territory, including those measures necessary to protect the integrity of, and to ensure the orderly movement of natural persons across their borders, provided that such measures are not applied in such a manner as to nullify or impair the benefits accruing to any Party under the terms of a specific commitment.

Objective, scope and coverage 1. The Parties and the Signatory CARIFORUM States, reaffirming their

commitments under the WTO Agreement and with a view to facilitating the regional integration and sustainable development of the Signatory CARIFORUM States and their smooth and gradual integration in the world economy, hereby lay down the necessary arrangements for the progressive, reciprocal and asymmetric liberalisation of investment and trade in services and for cooperation on e-commerce. 2. Nothing in this Title shall be construed to require the privatisation of public undertakings or to impose any obligation with respect to government procurement. 3. The provisions of this Title shall not apply to subsidies granted by the Parties or the Signatory CARIFORUM States.

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