FAQs

• Does the EPA allow a Barbadian Market Research or Polling firm to provide those services to EU clients in Europe from Barbados?
• I am an independent Barbadian pollster who would like to offer my services to a client in Europe. Is that allowed under the EPA?
• What about Market Researchers or Pollsters who are not investing in Europe or opening a business, but want to service a contract there? Are those professionals allowed to travel to Europe on contract?
• If a Barbadian Market Research or Opinion Polling service is permitted entry in to the EU for investment or business establishment purposes, what members of staff are allowed to work at the business in the EU?
• Is a Market Research Company based in Barbados allowed to invest or establish a legal entity in the EC?
• As an Independent Barbadian Professional providing dental services, I am about to sign a contract in the EU to provide services there. May I travel to an EC member state to provide my services under the EPA?
• I am in the Medical Services Supply sector and wish to travel to a European country on a regular basis to fulfill a contract that I am about to sign. What provisions are made under the EPA for me to enter Europe under the EPA?
• Once granted permission to operate a business in the EU under the terms of the EPA, what types of personnel would be allowed to work at the EU-located business? And how long would they be permitted to live and work in Europe?
• What are the requirements for licensing and qualifications for medical and dental practitioners from Barbados wishing to open practices in the EC?
• Can Barbadian medical practitioners (including those in dentistry) invest in or open a practice in an EC territory under the provisions of the Economic Partnership Agreement between CARIFORUM and the EC (commonly known as the EPA)?
• What provisions are made under the EPA for the Independent Midwife, Nurse, Physiotherapist or Paramedical Practitioner from Barbados who wishes to provide services to a European client from Barbados without travelling to the EU?
• My question deals with Independent Service Providers from Barbados working in the EU. Does the EPA allow for independent midwives, nurses, physiotherapists or paramedical personnel to enter into contracts and provide services to clients in Europe?
• Do Barbadian service providers in the Midwifery, Nursing, Physiotherapy or Paramedical Sectors have to be licensed or meet certain qualifications to practice in the EU?
• Are Barbadian Management Consultants allowed to provide services to EC clients who are in Barbados?
• Once granted permission to operate a business in the EU under the terms of the EPA, what types of personnel would be allowed to work at the EU-located business? And how long would they be permitted to live and work in Europe?
• May a Management Consulting firm in Barbados provide services from its home country to clients in the EC under the EPA?
• 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?
• May Management Consulting Firms from Barbados invest in or operate businesses in the EC as part of the Economic Partnership Agreement?
• What about licensing requirements for Management Consultants from Barbados in Europe or European Territories in the Caribbean under the EPA? Do these exist?
• I am an independent Management Consultant and would like to move to one of the countries of the EC to open a business. May I do so under the EPA?
• Are Insurance providers from Europe allowed to operate in Barbados under the EPA?
• May Barbadian firms provide Insurance Services to consumers from the EC who are in Barbados?
• What provisions are included in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the countries of CARIFORUM (Including Barbados) and the European Union for persons engaged in Midwifery, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Para-Medical Services?
• What happens if I do not want to open an Insurance Service office in the EC, but just want to contract my company’s services from Barbados to an entity in the EC and travel there when necessary? Is that circumstance covered under the EPA?
• I am the owner of my publishing company. Can I head up my European operation and live there?
• As a printing company, what level of staff can I send to the EC to work, and for how long?
• How about visa requirements for the printing and publishing industry?
• In the event that I do gain the necessary permissions to open an Insurance services firm in the EC, what personnel can I send to work there and for how long?
• I understand that there are some limitations in certain countries to that access. Is that correct?
• As a company offering printing, publishing and duplicating services, where in the European Community am I allowed to set up a business?
• What are the provisions for Barbadian Insurance firms that wish to invest in or open business in Europe under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the countries of CARIFORUM?
• Are EU real estate services firms permitted to operate in Barbados under the provisions of the EPA?
• What provisions are made under the EPA for hotel, restaurant or catering services wishing to provide services from Barbados without traveling to the EU?
• Does the EPA allow a Barbadian firm in real estate services located here in Barbados to provide those services to EU clients in Europe?
• If Barbadian real estate services interests are permitted entry in to the EU for investment or business establishment purposes, what members of staff are allowed to work at the business in the EU?
• I operate a business in the EU under the terms of the EPA, what types of personnel would be allowed to work at the Barbadian-owned or operated EU-located hotel or restaurant? And how long would they be permitted to live and work in Europe?
• Our catering service based in Barbados is interested in offering a similar service based in Italy to service airlines and the general aviation sector. Is that permitted under the EPA?
• What types of real estate services can Barbadian interests invest in or own in the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement?
• Under the CARIFORUM/European Community Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), may a Barbadian company open a hotel in Europe?
• May European Engineering Service providers open a business here in Barbados under the EPA?
• Are Engineering Service providers operating from offices in the EU allowed to provide their services to Barbadians in Barbados?
• Our Barbadian Tax Services Company would like to enter into a contract with a European client from our offices here in Barbados (without travel to Europe)? Is that allowed under the Agreement?
• How about supplying Engineering Services to consumers from the EU who are here in Barbados?
• What about the case of an Engineering Services Firm or Professional that wants to provide services FROM BARBADOS to a client in the EU? Does the EPA allow that?
• I am an Independent Tax Services Professional. I’ve been offered a contract to provide services to a client in Europe. Does the EPA have provisions for me to travel to the EU to fulfill the contract should I accept it.
• I am an Independent Engineering Services professional and I want to enter into a contract in a member country of the EU. I just want to service my contract. Under the EPA, am I allowed to travel there to work on the contract if I sign?
• Provided that our Engineering Service company here in Barbados has been given permission to invest in or establish a business in one of the countries of the EU, what are the rules under the EPA for personnel wishing to work overseas?
• Are there requirements for licensing and qualifications in the EU for Barbadian Engineering Service providers wishing to provide services there?
• What are the conditions for Barbadian Engineering Services firms wishing to enter EU countries?
• Are Barbadian companies engaged in Engineering Services allowed access to the European Community under the EPA?
• What about the case of my Barbadian Tax Advisory Firm? We just want to be able to send staff to work on a contract as needed. Is that possible under the CARIFORUM/EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)?
• What about the European company that has offices here in Barbados? Are Barbadian Computer Services firms allowed to provide services to these entities?
• Our Company here in Barbados would like to offer our Computer Consulting Services from here to an EC company. Is such an arrangement permitted under the EPA?
• I am an Independent Computer Services Professional. I’ve been offered a contract to provide computer services to a client in Europe. Does the EPA have provisions for me to travel to the EU to fulfill the contract should I accept it?
• Would a Barbadian Computer Services Firm be allowed to service a contract in the EC that doesn’t require staff to relocate to the European country on a permanent basis, but travel there to service the project?
• Once a Barbadian company has been given permission to operate in the EU under the Agreement, what are the options for sending staff from this country to work in Europe?
• May a Barbadian Computer Service firm (as stipulated in the list above) invest in or establish an operation in the EC?
• Which of those services listed above may European providers offer within Barbados under the EPA?
• Once a Barbadian Taxation Advisory Services company has been given permission to operate in the EU under the Agreement, what are the options for sending staff from this country to work in Europe?
• What about licensing and qualifications for Barbadian companies wishing to operate in the EU, or European companies who want to open operations in Barbados under the EPA? Does the agreement speak to those issues?
• What types of Computer and Computer-related services are covered under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the countries of CARIFORUM (Including Barbados) with the European Community?
• What about the European company that has offices here in Barbados? Are Barbadian Advertising Service firms allowed to provide services to these entities?
• Our Company here in Barbados would like to offer our Advertising Services from here to an EC company. Is such an arrangement permitted under the EPA?
• I am an Independent Advertising Professional. I’ve been offered a contract to provide my services to a client in Europe. Does the EPA have provisions for me to travel to the EU to fulfill the contract?
• Would a Barbadian Advertising Agency be allowed to service a contract in the EC that doesn’t require staff to relocate to the European country on a permanent basis, but travel there to service the project?
• What about companies from Europe that wish to operate taxation advisory services in Barbados? Are there provisions made for those entities in the EPA?
• Once a Barbadian Advertising company has been given permission to operate in the EU under the Agreement, what are the options for sending staff from this country to work in Europe.
• Under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the countries in CARIFORUM, may a Barbadian firm provide taxation advisory services in Europe?
• Are Advertising firms from the EC allowed to operate in Barbados under the terms of the Economic Partnership Agreement between CARIFORUM and the EC?
• I am an Independent Auditor who has been asked to provide my services to a customer in the European Community. They don’t need me to be on site there, so I will be able to do my work from here in Barbados. What does the EPA say about my situation?
• I’m an independent Barbadian travel agent, working for myself, and I’ve been awarded a contract to provide my services to a company in the EC. Does the EPA allow me to service the contract and travel to the EC?
• What about staff? What Barbadian staff may we send to an EC country to operate our business under the EPA?
• Is our travel agency allowed to provide services to a customer located in the EC from our offices here in Barbados?
• Our Audit Firm based in Barbados is interested in opening a European office in the EC. Can we do that under the CARIFORUM/EC Economic Partnership Agreement?
• Are there any agreements in place under the EPA for the recognition of licensing and qualifications in the travel sector between Barbados and the EC?
• I’m an independent Accountant, working for myself and I’ve been awarded a contract to provide my services to a company in the EC. Does the EPA allow me to do that?
• Is our Accounting Firm allowed to provide services to a customer located in the EC from our offices here in Barbados?
• What happens if I don’t want to open an office in the EC, but just want to contract my company’s Accounting and Bookkeeping services to an entity in the EC?
• In the event that I do gain the necessary permissions to open a branch in France, what personnel can I send to work there and for how long?
• What happens if I do not want to open an office in the EC, but just want to contract my company’s services to an entity in the EC?
• I have a small business involved in the Accounting field and I would like to open an office in France. Under the EPA, will I be allowed to open a branch of my firm there?
• In the event that I do gain the necessary permissions to open a travel agency or tour operator service in the EC, what personnel can I send to work there and for how long?
• May a Barbadian Travel Agent invest in or establish a legal presence in the EU under the provisions of the EPA?
• May European service providers offer travel services to consumers in Barbados, either as travel agents, tour operators or tour guides?
• Is an EU entertainment services firm permitted to invest in or operate a business in Barbados?
• What about an EU firm that wishes to supply entertainment services to Barbadians who are resident in an EU Member State?
• How about entertainment services providers who are independent operators. Are they allowed to enter into contracts in the EU under the EPA?
• What about Barbadian companies providing entertainment services to EU consumers from Barbados to EU consumers who are located in Barbados? Does the EPA allow this activity?
• Our entertainment services firm is able to provide services to a client in the EU without actually travelling there to live or work. Are there provisions in the EPA for that type of activity?
• If an entertainment services firm wishes to enter an EU country to fulfil a contract and not necessarily to invest or open an office, what are the allowances under the EPA?
• What about the staff of entertainment services entities? Provided that the proper permissions are granted in the EU country, what members of staff are allowed to live and work in the country from Barbados?
• Other than the restriction on the provision of audio-visual services, are there any other restrictions on Barbadian firms in the entertainment services field doing business in the EU?
• What types of entertainment services can Barbadian interests invest it or own in the EU?