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Agreement Document symbol Notifying Member Year Harmonized types of environment-related objectives Harmonized types of measures Harmonized types of sectors subject to the measure Measure description See more information
Regional Trade Agreements S/C/N/1025 ; WT/REG420/N/1
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica,…
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom
 2021 General environmental protection Environmental provisions in trade agreements All products/economic activities
The Economic Partnership Agreement between the…
The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the CARIFORUM-UK EPA) is based on the CARIFORUM EPA. The CARIFORUM-UK EPA establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS.

The CARIFORUM-UK EPA covers trade in goods, including rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas as well as investment and trade in services. It also contains provisions on current payments and capital movements, competition, innovation and intellectual property, public procurement, environment and social aspects, development cooperation as well as dispute settlement and institutional provisions.
Environment related objective
To include provisions on trade and environment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the CARIFORUM-UK EPA) is based on the CARIFORUM EPA. The CARIFORUM-UK EPA establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, within the meaning of Article V of the GATS.

The CARIFORUM-UK EPA covers trade in goods, including rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas as well as investment and trade in services. It also contains provisions on current payments and capital movements, competition, innovation and intellectual property, public procurement, environment and social aspects, development cooperation as well as dispute settlement and institutional provisions.
Government
Type of measure
Environment provisions in trade agreements
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Entry into Force: 01 January 2021
Keywords
Environment
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/ATG ; G/SCM/N/290/ATG ; G/SCM/N/299/ATG ; G/SCM/N/315/ATG Antigua and Barbuda 2018 General environmental protection Other support measures Manufacturing, Services Free Trade and Processing Zone Act No. 12 of 1994
Environment related objective
To attract private investors who will contribute to the growth and development of the informatics and telecommunications related services, and pharmaceutical and other light manufacturing industries taking into account these industries' impact on environment.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Free Trade and Processing Zone Act No. 12 of 1994
Private investors both foreign and local within the Free Trade and Processing Zone (FTPZ), in particular certain manufacturing and services entities
Type of measure
Environmental impact consideration to confer tax exemption
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
1 July 2013 - 30 June 2014

Duration of the subsidy: The programme was set up in 1994. However, the first licence granted to a manufacturing entity to operate in the FTPZ was not issued until the last quarter of 2001.
Keywords
Environment
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/243/ATG 2012 General environmental protection Tax concessions All products/economic activities
Environment related objective
To attract investment in informatics and telecommunications related services, and pharmaceutical and other light manufacturing industries upon approval of an environmental impact
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Free Trade and Processing Zone Act No. 12 of 1994
To attract investment in informatics and telecommunications related services, and pharmaceutical and other light manufacturing industries upon approval of an, inter alia, environmental impact
Type of measure
Tax exemption
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
From 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012
Keywords
Environment
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/211/ATG 2010
Sustainable and environmentally friendly…
Sustainable and environmentally friendly production
 Tax concessions All products/economic activities
Environment related objective
To foster investment while taking into account its environmental impact
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Free Trade and Processing Zone Act No. 12 of 1994
Private investors both foreign and local obtaining the licence to operate in the FTPZ on the basis, among others, of the consideration of the environmental impact of their activities
Type of measure
Exemption from taxes
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Ongoing since 2001
Keywords
Environment
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/275/ATG Antigua and Barbuda 2014 General environmental protection Other support measures Manufacturing, Services
Free Trade and Processing Zone Act No. 12 of 1994…
Free Trade and Processing Zone Act No. 12 of 1994 (an Act to attract foreign and local private investment and capital for various Manufacturing and Service entities). The act contains a section on environmental protection (section 17)
Environment related objective
To facilitate the development of industries, in particular certain manufacturing and services entities taking into account these industries' impact on environment
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Free Trade and Processing Zone Act No. 12 of 1994 (an Act to attract foreign and local private investment and capital for various Manufacturing and Service entities). The act contains a section on environmental protection (section 17)
Private investors both foreign and local within the Free Trade and Processing Zone (FTPZ), in particular certain manufacturing and services entities. The decision to grant a licence to operate in the FTPZ is based on a number of considerations, including the environmental impact.
Type of measure
Environmental requirements to confer tax exemption
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012
The programme was set up in 1994. However, the first licence granted to a manufacturing entity to operate in the FTPZ was not issued until the last quarter of 2001.
Keywords
Environment