Special Treatment for Heading 0201 and 0202. Upon entry into force of this Agreement, items of Heading 0201 and 0202 from Costa Rica shall not receive duty free access into CARICOM except where a CARICOM MDC receives permission to suspend the CET on the importation of such products in accordance with the provisions of Article 83 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Where such permission is received the Member State agrees to give Costa Rica the right of first supplier. The permission granted by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at its Ninth Special Meeting in November 2003 to Trinidad and Tobago for the suspension by that State of the CET on the importation of items of Heading 0201 and 0202 from Costa Rica shall remain in force until 31 December 2005.
Special Treatment for Heading 0201 and 0202. Under the provisions of the Agreement, items of Heading 0201 and 0202 (Meat of bovine Animal) from Costa Rica do not receive duty free access into CARICOM, except where a CARICOM MDC receives permission to suspend the CARICOM Common External Tariff (CET) on the importation of such products in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Where such permission is received the Member State is required to give Costa Rica the right of first supplier. Special treatment applicable to Oils, Fats and Soaps The provisions of this article provides for special treatment for oils, fats and soaps. Specifically, it requires the Parties to determine the treatment that will be granted to these products. Two separate list of products are provided for – one for CARICOM and one for Costa Rica. Both the CARICOM list and the Costa Rica list cover 61 tariff lines each, although the products are not all identical. *Note* The Parties had agreed that the Joint Council would have met within three months following the conclusion of internal consultations by CARICOM, to determine the treatment to be granted to these products. This situation remains undetermined. In that case, there is no preferential trade in the oils, fats and soaps which are included on the lists.
