Caribbean Community Institutions
The twenty designated institutions of CARICOM are as follows:
| Institution | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency | CDERA |
| Caribbean Meteorological Institute | CMI |
| Caribbean Meteorological Organisation | CMO |
| Caribbean Food Corporation | CFC |
| Caribbean Environment Health Institute | CEHI |
| Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute | CARDI |
| Caribbean Regional Centre for the Education and training of Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Assistants | REPAHA |
| Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians | ACCP |
| Caribbean Centre for Development Administration | CARICAD |
| Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute | CFNI |
| Caribbean Examinations Council | CXC |
| CARICOM Single Market and Economy | CSME |
| Caribbean Court of Justice | CCJ |
| CARICOM Competition Commission | CCC |
| Caribbean Regional Information and Translation Institute | CRITI |
The Caribbean Court of Justice will act in its "original jurisdiction", as settlement unit for disputes on the functioning of the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME). Additionally the states of CARICOM voted to supplement original jurisdiction with "appellate jurisdiction" under this the former colonies of the United Kingdom will have effectively replaced the Privy Council in London, United Kingdom with the CCJ.
The CCJ is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The majority of member states however, continue to utilize the Privy Council as their final appellate court and three member states do not use the CCJ for either its original jurisdiction or its appellate jurisdiction because they have either not signed the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (the Bahamas and Haiti) or are a current British colony (Montserrat).
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