Common use of Special Treatment for Heading 0201 and 0202 Clause in Contracts

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.