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Downes  \nSubmitted by  \nThe Views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the European  \nCommission  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \n\n| Topic | Page |\n| --- | --- |\n| I. Introduction | 1 |\n| II. Methodology | 2 |\n| II.1 Introduction | 2 |\n| II.2 Business Environment/Market Related Issues | 4 |\n| II.3 General Framework for Setting up in Business or Supplying\u003Cbr>Services | 6 |\n| II.4 Regulatory and Administrative Issues for the Listed Professions | 7 |\n| III. Principal Findings | 10 |\n| III. 1 Executive Summary | 10 |\n| III.2 Summary of Findings | 11 |\n| III.3 Recommendations | 32 |\n| IV. Opportunities for Trade in Services | 33 |\n| IV.1 Estonia: Opportunities for Cariforum Service Providers | 35 |\n| IV.2 France: Opportunities for Cariforum Service Providers | 44 |\n| IV.3 Germany: Opportunities for Cariforum Service Providers | 59 |\n| IV.4 Italy: Opportunities for Cariforum Service Providers | 77 |\n| IV.5 Malta: Opportunities for Cariforum Service Providers | 87 |\n| IV.6 Spain: Opportunities for Cariforum Service Providers | 98 |\n| IV.5 U.K: Opportunities for Cariforum Service Providers | 109 |\n| V. General Regulatory and Administrative Framework for Supplying Services | 121 |\n| VI. Regulatory Framework for Trade in Specific Services | 191 |\n| VII Appendix A: Questionnaire on the Business Environment | 330 |\n\nAbbreviations and Explanations  \n\n| ACP | African Caribbean Pacific |\n| --- | --- |\n| CARIFORUM | Caribbean Forum of States : Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. Cuba is a member but was not involved in this EPA. |\n| CRNM | Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery |\n| EEA | European Economic Area: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway. |\n| EPA | Economic Partnership Agreement |\n| EU | European Union : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. 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