Can Article 5.7 of the WTO SPS Agreement be a Model for the Precautionary Principle?

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  • Niu Huei-Chih National Tsing Hua University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.040407.367

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to suggest that the mechanism set up in Article 5.7 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (“SPS Agreement”) can be used as a model to implement the precautionary principle outside the jurisdiction of the WTO.
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Published

01-Sep-2007

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2007)

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