Op 16 december 2007 parafeerden de Commissie namens de Europese Gemeenschap en 15 CARIFORUM-landen (Antigua en Barbuda, Bahama's, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominicaanse Republiek, Grenada, Guyana, Haïti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts en Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent en de Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad en Tobago) de overeenkomst, die door de EU en 14 CARIFORUM-landen werd ondertekend op 15 oktober 2008, en door Guyana op 20 oktober 2008.
On 16 December 2007, the Commission for the European Community and 15 CARIFORUM States (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago) initialled the agreement, which was signed by the EU and 13 CARIFORUM States on 15 October 2008, and by Guyana on 20 October 2008.