Full Description
This volume brings together the foremost experts in the field to on technical standards and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. The authors provide an article by article analysis of the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement and the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, covering some of the most controversial WTO provisions dealing with the intersection of trade, health and the environment. This includes in-depth assessments of the interplay between scientific evidence and law, the role of standards in international economic governance and the regulatory autonomy states have.
Contents
Preface to the Series
Acknowledgements
Preface to this Volume
User's Guide
Table of Abbreviations and Acronyms
List of Contributors
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
Article III GATT — National Treatment on Internal Taxation and
Regulation
Holger P. Hestermeyer
Article XI GATT — General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions
Geraldo Vidigal
Article XX GATT — General Exceptions [Introduction]
Giovanna Adinolfi
Article XX GATT — General Exceptions [Chapeau]
Giovanna Adinolfi
Article XX (a) GATT — necessary to protect public morals
Jenny Dorn
Article XX (b) GATT — necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health
Peter-Tobias Stoll & Lutz Strack
Article XX (c) GATT — relating to the importations or exportations of gold or silver
Nele Matz-Lück
Article XX (d) GATT — necessary to secure compliance with laws or
regulations (...)
Niccolo Ridi
Article XX (e) GATT — relating to the products of prison labor
Jenny Dorn
Article XX (f) GATT — imposed for the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value
Nele Matz-Lück
Article XX (g) GATT — relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources (...)
Nele Matz-Lück
Article XX (h) GATT — undertaken in pursuance of obligations under any intergovernmental commodity agreement (...)
Nele Matz-Lück
Article XX (i) GATT — involving restrictions on exports of domestic
materials (...)
Nele Matz-Lück
Article XX (j) GATT — essential to the acquisition or distribution of products in general or local short supply (...)
Nele Matz-Lück
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Preamble TBT
Elizabeth Sheargold
Article 1 and Annex 1 TBT — General Provisions and Terms and their Definitions
Elizabeth Sheargold
Article 2 TBT — Preparation, Adoption and Application of Technical
Regulations by Central Government Bodies
Ludivine Tamiotti & Daniel Ramos
Article 3 TBT — Preparation, Adoption and Application of Technical
Regulations by Local Government Bodies and Non-Governmental Bodies
Ludivine Tamiotti & Daniel Ramos
Article 4 and Annex 3 TBT — Preparation, Adoption and Application of
Standards and Code of Good Practice
Michael M. Du
Article 5 TBT — Procedures for Assessment of Conformity by Central
Government Bodies
Rodolphe Muñoz
Article 6 TBT — Recognition of Conformity Assessment by Central
Government Bodies
Rodolphe Muñoz
Article 7 TBT — Procedures for Assessment of Conformity by Local
Government Bodies
Rodolphe Muñoz
Article 8 TBT — Procedures for Assessment of Conformity by
Non-Governmental Bodies
Rodolphe Muñoz
Article 9 TBT — International and Regional Systems
Tracey Epps & Danae Wheeler
Article 10 TBT — Information About Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures
Helen Churchman
Article 11 TBT — Technical Assistance to Other Members
Helen Churchman
Article 12 TBT — Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Country Members
Antonia Eliason
Article 13 TBT — The Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Lorand Bartels
Article 14 and Annex 2 TBT — Consultation and Dispute Settlement and procedures applied to technical expert groups
Antonia Eliason
Article 15 TBT — Final Provisions
Lorand Bartels
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Preamble SPS
Alessandra Arcuri & Sophia Paulini
Article 1 and Annex A SPS — General Provisions and Definitions
Ching-Fu Lin
Article 2 SPS — Basic Rights and Obligations
Markus Wagner
Article 3 SPS — Harmonization
Oliver Landwehr
Article 4 SPS — Equivalence
Oliver Landwehr
Article 5 SPS — Assessment of Risk and determination of the Appropriate Level of Sanitary or Phytosanitary Protection
Peter-Tobias Stoll & Lutz Strack
Article 6 SPS — Adaptation to Regional Conditions, Including Pest- or Disease-Free Areas and Areas of Low Pest or Disease Prevalence
Lukas Gruszczynski
Article 7 and Annex B SPS — Transparency (of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations)
Tracey Epps & Danae Wheeler
Article 8 and Annex C SPS — Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures
Denise Prévost
Article 9 SPS — Technical Assistance
Ching - Fu Lin
Article 10 SPS — Special and Differential Treatment
Denise Prévost
Article 11 SPS — Consultations and Dispute Settlement
Lukas Gruszczynski
Article 12 SPS — Administration
Volker Röben & Smith I. Azubuike
Article 13 SPS — Implementation
Volker Röben & Smith I. Azubuike
Article 14 SPS - Final Provisions
Volker Röben & Makuta Manty Mara
