NEW STANDARDS ORGANIZATION.A new organization to monitor standards for regional trade, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM CARICOM: see Caribbean Community and Common Market. ) Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ CROSQ CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality ) will be established soon, reports CMC (Sept. 2, 2001). It will replace the 28-year-old Caribbean Common Market Standards Council (CCMSC) which held its final annual general meeting at the Jamaica Conference Centre August 27-30. Jamaica's Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke, said that the primary objective of CROSQ was trade facilitation within the CARICOM single market and economy The CARICOM Single Market and Economy also known as the Caribbean Single Market and Economy or CSME is an integrated development strategy envisioned at the 10th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community which took place in July 1989 and with third states. Details: Jamaica Bureau of Standards Bureau of Standards since 1988 U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce responsible for the standardization of weights and measures, timekeeping, and navigation. , 6 Winchester Rd., Kingston 10, Jamaica Tel: (876) 926-3140. Copyright 2001 |
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