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Harmonization, Equivalence and Mutual Recognition of Standars in WTO Law

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Standards are feature of virtually allareas 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 obstacies 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 harminization, 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 * Paraliels between the EC mutual recognition regime and the WTO system This is the first work on its subject. With its detalied and practical analysis of WTO law on standards, the book is a fundamental reference for practitioners, academics and policy makers in international trade law.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

Global Trade Law Series

No. Panggil

382.2 Hum h

Penerbit

The Netherlands : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business., 2011

Deskripsi Fisik

214 hlm. : 24,5 cm.

Bahasa

Inggris

ISBN/ISSN

978-90-411-3657-2

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

WTO

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