PREAMBLE
THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE CONTRACTING STATES,
RECALLING the links of their common history and the need to build on that history for the benefit of their peoples;
RECOGNISING the progress that has been made towards their integration under the Treaty of Basseterre 1981 and the Agreement Establishing the East Caribbean Common Market;
CONVINCED that at this time it is necessary to deepen the level of integration and the pursuit of a common economic purpose which has obtained under the Treaty of Basseterre 1981 and the Agreement Establishing the East Caribbean Common Market;
MINDFUL of their obligations toward the wider grouping of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy;
DETERMINED to enhance the level of regional co-operation between States that are parties to the Treaty of Basseterre 1981;
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: