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Commentaries on World Trade Law, Volume 4: Technical Barriers and SPS Measures

Commentaries on World Trade Law, Volume 4: Technical Barriers and SPS Measures

Author: Markus Wagner
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004436909
Published In: February 2023
Format: Hardback
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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.

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

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