 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/MA/W/55 
21 June 2004 
 
 (04-2670) 
Committee on Market Access Original:   English 
  
 
DISSEMINATION OF THE INTEGRATED DATA BASE (IDB) AND  
THE CONSOLIDATED TARIFF SC HEDULES (CTS) DATABASE 
 
Communication from the CARICOM Secretariat
 
 
 The following communication, dated 17 June 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
CARICOM Secretariat.  
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 Pursuant to the measure envisaged in pa ragraph 5 of document G/MA/115 concerning the 
dissemination of the Integrated Data Base (IDB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), approved 
by the WTO Committee on Market Access on 12 J une 2002, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 
Secretariat, presents its compliments and has the honour to request access for the CARICOM Secretariat to the IDB and to the Consolidated  Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.  The CARICOM 
Secretariat undertakes to use and publish the inform ation contained in these databases in accordance 
with the terms and conditions la id out in document G/MA/115. 
  As Members of the Committee are aware, the CARICOM Secretariat has observer Status in the Committee on Trade and Development. As the Regional Secretariat of the Caribbean Community 
and Common Market, it has the responsibility to assist CARICOM Member States, who are Members 
and Observers of the WTO, to participate effec tively in the regional, bilateral, hemispheric, 
plurilateral, and multilateral trading arra ngements in which they are involved. 
  As outlined in the Dissemination Modalities (Section D, paragraph 9 of G/MA/115), the 
Secretariat has identified Mrs Valerie Alleyne Od le, Deputy Programme Manager, External Economic 
and Economic and Trade, Directorate of Foreign and Community Relations, as the focal point who 
will be responsible for receiving the IDB access p asswords and controlling their use within the 
organization.     It would be appreciated if our request could be forwarded to the Committee on Market Access 
for its consideration.  
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