Two companies have signalled their intention to file proceedings in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) seeking a refund of the now repealed environmental tax that was paid here over a seven-year period.
Attorney General Basil Williams told a press conference yesterday that S.M. Jaleel & Company Limited and Guyana Beverages Inc. are seeking special leave to appear as parties before the CCJ for the purpose of filing an Originating Application claiming relief and re-imbursement against Guyana for the breach of the principles of trade liberalisation and free movement of goods envisioned by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community.
The Applicants, he said are claiming a refund of the environmental tax imposed on the