Are Barbadian Management Consultants allowed to provide services to EC clients who are in Barbados?

Barbadian Management Consulting Firms may provide services to EC consumers resident in Barbados without restriction.

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May a Management Consulting firm in Barbados provide services from its home country to clients in the EC under the EPA?

There are no market restrictions for Barbadian Management Consultants or Consulting Firms on providing services from Barbados to consumers in the EC.

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What types of personnel would be allowed to work at the Barbadian-owned or operated EU-located Management Consulting Service? And how long would they be permitted to live and work in Europe?

Subject, of course, to the normal visa requirements, Management Consulting Firms from Barbados are allowed to operate in the EC for the following designated lengths of time:

Generally, the senior Barbadian staff responsible for establishing your commercial presence in Europe may stay for 90 days in any 12-month period. Key personnel will be allowed to work in Europe for a period of up to 3 years, and graduate trainees may stay for one year.

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May Management Consulting Firms from Barbados invest in or operate businesses in the EC as part of the Economic Partnership Agreement?

Barbadian companies are able to invest in or establish legal entities in both Management Consulting Services and Services related to Management Consulting.  There is one country-specific condition to this access in Hungary where there is no commitment to permit arbitration and conciliation services.

There are also some general conditions that are in place across the EC for Management Consultants from Barbados.

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What about licensing requirements for Management Consultants from Barbados in Europe or European Territories in the Caribbean under the EPA? Do these exist?

Yes, in order for a Barbadian Management Consultant or Management Consulting firm to provide services in the EC, a person’s qualifications or business license needs to be recognised in that country.  The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) establishes a process for the private sector, through its relevant professional bodies, to negotiate the terms for mutual recognition of qualifications and licensing requirements.

The Agreement requires that the relevant professional bodies engage in negotiations with their counterparts in the EU. The professional bodies will then make recommendations to the CARIFORUM-EC Trade and Development Committee, which will finalise the mutual recognition agreements.

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