Reminder: Genesis of the OHADAC project (Organization for the harmonization of business law in the Caribbean). The OHADAC project is inspired by: the remarkable success of the business-law unification program initiated in Africa through the OHADA framework, and the worldwide credibility and recognition brought to business law in Africa through the OHADA reforms in Africa (www.ohada.com), the success of ECTEL [Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority] regional system of rules and regul...

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An important delegation led by Jean REALE and Dr. Hugo RAMIREZ RISK, respectively OHADAC project driver and ACP Legal, Dominican Chapter President, with the participation of Dr. Jean-Alain PENDA, -an OHADA and OHADAC expert-, of HE Keats COMPTON, former Consul General of Saint Lucia in the French Departments of America and President of ACP Legal OECS(*), of Dr. Lydia ELLIOTT, lawyer, legal adviser of the OECS and CARICOM and ACP Legal Saint Lucia representative(*), and Odile EYHERAGUIBEL, financ...

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In the continuation of the recent meetings of Miami, Hugo Ramirez Risk, President of ACP Legal Dominican Chapter, met at the Secretariat General of CARICOM in Georgetown, Guyana, with the Hon. David Hales, Secretariat Programme Manager External Economic & Trade Relations, and Hon. Branford Isaacs, Adviser to the Secretary-General, -HE Ambassador Irwin LaRocque-, on the Implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement CARIFORUM-EU, Head of Unit, and Trade in Goods Specialist, among severa...

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Chaired by Mr. José Manuel BAROSO, President of the European Commission was held the second forum of the overseas regions of the European Union, which include Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin, Saint Barth, and French Guyana. To facilitate the regional integration of these territories, a partnership with the European Union was established. Mr. Victorin LUREL, French minister of overseas, the initiator of the OHADAC, the project of harmonization of business law in the Caribbean and the creati...

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President Michel Martelly ended his participation at the CARICOM Summit in St Lucia discussing economic and legal strides in Haiti and the country's desire to become an equal partner with other Caribbean nations. In his interview with the President of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, President Martelly highlighted the creation of the High Judicial Council (CSPJ), the appointment of members of the Court of Cassation and fluency dialogue among all sectors of nation...

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