Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Volume 1
- Introduction
- Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO Agreement)
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
- Agreement on Agriculture
- Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)
- Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
- Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement)
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Customs Valuation Agreement)
- Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
- Agreement on Rules of Origin
- Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
- Volume 2
- Index by Subject
- Index by Case
- References
Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)
from Volume 1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Volume 1
- Introduction
- Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO Agreement)
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
- Agreement on Agriculture
- Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)
- Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
- Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement)
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Customs Valuation Agreement)
- Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
- Agreement on Rules of Origin
- Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
- Volume 2
- Index by Subject
- Index by Case
- References
Summary
PREAMBLE
TEXT OF THE PREAMBLE
Members,
Reaffirming that no Member should be prevented from adopting or enforcing measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health, subject to the requirement that these measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between Members where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on international trade;
Desiring to improve the human health, animal health and phytosanitary situation in all Members;
Noting that sanitary and phytosanitary measures are often applied on the basis of bilateral agreements or protocols;
Desiring the establishment of a multilateral framework of rules and disciplines to guide the development, adoption and enforcement of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in order to minimize their negative effects on trade;
Recognizing the important contribution that international standards, guidelines and recommendations can make in this regard;
Desiring to further the use of harmonized sanitary and phytosanitary measures between Members, on the basis of international standards, guidelines and recommendations developed by the relevant international organizations, including the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the International Office of Epizootics, and the relevant international and regional organizations operating within the framework of the International Plant Protection Convention, without requiring Members to change their appropriate level of protection of human, animal or plant life or health;
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- WTO Analytical IndexGuide to WTO Law and Practice, pp. 461 - 596Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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