For those engaged in providing Entertainment Services, the Barbados Private Sector Trade Team has provided a series of questions and answers designed to address many of the issues you may have regarding access to the EC for your business.
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Barbados has not taken a commitment to permit EC service providers to enter Barbados to provide the services. Nevertheless, given the commitment to permit EC operators to invest in/ establish a business in Barbados, the entry of key personnel and graduate trainees is permitted, but only when these skills are not available locally.
There are no restrictions on EUservice providers (i) providing services to Barbadians in Barbados from an EU state.
Yes, independent entertainment services providers who have a contract with a client in an EU Member State may travel to these countries to provide services under these conditions:
The person from Barbados applying for temporary entry must be supplying a service and must be a self-employed person established in Barbados, and must have obtained a service contract for a period not exceeding 12 months.
The independent entertainment services provider must possess at least 6 years professional experience in the relevant sector.
The temporary entry will be for a cumulative period not exceeding 6 months (or 25 weeks in Luxembourg) during a 12-month period or for the duration of the contract (whichever is less).
The visa permits only the contracted service activity, no other business activities.
The independent professional in the entertainment services field will also be subject to the following conditions in certain countries:
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden & United Kingdom: Qualification may be required. Economic needs test will be applied.
Austria: Advanced qualification may be required. Economic needs test will be applied.
Slovenia: The Barbadian professional’s duration of stay is limited to 7 days per event. For circus and amusement park services, the duration of stay is limited to a maximum of 30 days per calendar year.
Belgium: There is no commitment to permit the supply of these services via this form of supply.
With the following conditions, yes.
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia: There is no commitment to permit the supply of these services via this form of supply.
Bulgaria: There is no commitment to permit the supply of these services in Barbados except for theatrical producers, singer groups, band and orchestra entertainment services; services provided by authors, composers, sculptors, entertainers and other individual artists; ancillary theatrical services.
Estonia: There is no commitment to permit the supply of these services except for cinema theatre services, and in Lithuania & Latvia, there is no commitment to permit the supply of these services except for cinema theatre operation services.
Yes, there are. However, under the EPA, the following countries have made no commitment to permit the supply of entertainment services through this form:
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia & United Kingdom.
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