Harmonization, Equivalence and Mutual Recognition of Standards in Wto Law

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-411-3657-2
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 220 Seiten

Reihe: Global Trade Law Series

Standards are a feature of virtually all areas of trade in products and services. Yet, although standards may achieve an efficient economic exchange, they have discriminatory consequences for trading partners when governments formulate or apply them in such a way as to cause obstacles to trade, thus enrolling standards among the increasingly significant ‘non-tariff barriers’ regulated by the WTO. This unique and original study analyses the functions that standards fulfil in the market, their effect on trade, and the legal regime based on harmonization, equivalence and mutual recognition developed by the WTO to deal with standards. The author investigates the way in which both the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures Agreements regulate these three tools, and discusses key topics including: ;

- The definition of the concept ‘International Standard’ in the TBT Agreement.

- Guidelines on equivalence issued by organizations such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the
World Organization for Animal Health and the International Plant Protection Convention.

- Parallels between the EC mutual recognition regime and the WTO system.

This is the first work on ist subject. With ist detailed and practical analysis of WTO law on standards, the book is a fundamental reference for practitioners, academics and policy makers in international trade law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schroder, Humberto Z.

Zúñiga Schroder, Humberto

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvereinheitlichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Author List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Analysis of General Concepts and Definitions Chapter 2 Harmonization Chapter 3 Definition of the Concept ‘International Standard’ Chapter 4 Equivalence and Mutual Recognition: Legal and Regulatory Analysis Chapter 5 Equivalence and Mutual Recognition: The EC Case Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Table of Cases Index