G/SPS/GEN/1625/Rev.5
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WTO Secretariat
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Fifth review of the operation and implementation of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Overview of papers and proposals submitted by Members - Note by the Secretariat - Revision |
26/02/2020 |
Risk assessment; Equivalence; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Appropriate level of protection; Maximum residue limits (MRLs); Transparency; International Standards / Harmonization; Private standards; Animal health; Food safety; Specific Trade Concerns (STCs); Plant health; Undue delays; Sufficiency of scientific evidence; Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures; Human health; |
Note - Secretariat; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1756
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Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health (OIRSA)
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Activities undertaken by the International Regional Organization for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA) relating to the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Report to the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures - October 2019 - January 2020
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26/02/2020 |
Plant health; Animal health; Fungi; Technical assistance; Risk assessment; Private standards; Food safety; International Standards / Harmonization; Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures; Equivalence; |
Communication; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1757
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WTO Secretariat
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Update on the Standards and Trade Development Facility - Note by the Secretariat |
27/02/2020 |
Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF); Technical assistance; Animal health; Plant health; Human health; Food safety; International Standards / Harmonization; |
Note - Secretariat; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1758
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Brazil; Canada; United States of America
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Sanitary and phytosanitary declaration for the Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference - Submission by Brazil, Canada, and the United States |
28/02/2020 |
Plant health; Food safety; Human health; Animal health; Sufficiency of scientific evidence; Pests; Transparency; Risk assessment; International Standards / Harmonization; MC12 SPS work programme; |
Communication; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1759
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Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS)
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Outlook on ECOWAS implemented sanitary and phytosanitary activities during the period of December 2019 – March 2020 - Communication from ECOWAS-USAID Senior Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Standards Advisor |
28/02/2020 |
International Standards / Harmonization; Plant health; Technical assistance; Food safety; Human health; Invasive species; Pests; |
Communication; |
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WT/REG291/R/I
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Hong Kong, China; New Zealand
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Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Hong Kong, China - New Zealand implementation report - Joint submission by the parties on the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement between Hong Kong, China and New Zealand |
28/02/2020 |
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Communication; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1760
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Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Paraguay
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Specific trade concerns – European Union Maximum Residue Levels (MRLS) for buprofezin, chlorothalonil, diflubenzuron, ethoxysulfuron, glufosinate, imazalil, ioxynil, iprodione, molinate, picoxystrobin and tepraloxydim (no. 448, see also related specific trade concerns nos. 453, 454, 457) - Communication from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Paraguay |
02/03/2020 |
Specific Trade Concerns (STCs); Maximum residue limits (MRLs); Sufficiency of scientific evidence; International Standards / Harmonization; Animal health; Risk assessment; Human health; Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT); |
Communication; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1761
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Colombia
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Modification of European Union MRLS for plant protection products - Chlorpyrifos (G/SPS/N/EU/360) - Communication from Colombia |
02/03/2020 |
Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.; |
Communication; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1139/Add.5
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European Union
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SPS-related technical assistance provided by the European Union in 2017 - 2018 - Communication from the European Union - Addendum |
03/03/2020 |
Technical assistance; International Standards / Harmonization; Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF); Food safety; Human health; Animal feed; Plant health; |
Communication; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1762
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Paraguay
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Specific trade concerns – European legislation on endocrine disruptors (No.382) - Communication from Paraguay
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03/03/2020 |
Specific Trade Concerns (STCs); Sufficiency of scientific evidence; Risk assessment; Maximum residue limits (MRLs); Pesticides; |
Communication; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1763
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European Union
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New official controls regulation of the European Union - Complementary information - Communication by the European Union |
03/03/2020 |
Members' Regulatory information; Food safety; Human health; Transparency; Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures; |
Communication; |
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G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.10
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WTO Secretariat
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WTO SPS technical assistance activities in 2020 : general information, selection process and application form - Note by the Secretariat - Revision |
03/03/2020 |
Technical assistance; |
Note - Secretariat; |
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G/SPS/W/322
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European Union
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European Union proposal for a thematic session at the SPS Committee meeting of November 2020 - International Trade and African swine fever |
03/03/2020 |
Animal health; International Standards / Harmonization; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; |
Communication; |
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JOB/SPS/5
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WTO Secretariat
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19 - 20 March 2020 SPS Committee meeting - Annotated draft agenda |
03/03/2020 |
Private standards; International Standards / Harmonization; Risk assessment; Specific Trade Concerns (STCs); Equivalence; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Transparency; Special and differential treatment; Technical assistance; |
Agenda {draft}; Job; |
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G/SPS/GEN/1764
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FAO/WHO Joint Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex)
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Information on activities - Communication from the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) |
04/03/2020 |
Food additives; Human health; International Standards / Harmonization; |
Communication; |
Unrestricted |
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G/SPS/GEN/1765
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Ecuador; Colombia
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SPS Committee position - Policy on maximun residue levels - March 2020 - Communication from Colombia and Ecuador |
04/03/2020 |
Maximum residue limits (MRLs); Appropriate level of protection; Human health; Food safety; Risk assessment; International Standards / Harmonization; Sufficiency of scientific evidence; Pests; |
Communication; |
Unrestricted |
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G/SPS/GEN/204/Rev.20
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WTO Secretariat
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Specific trade concerns - Note by the Secretariat - Revision |
05/03/2020 |
Food additives; Other concerns; Plant health; Specific Trade Concerns (STCs); Zoonoses; |
Note - Secretariat; |
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G/SPS/W/313/Rev.2
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WTO Secretariat
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Review of the operation and implementation of the SPS Agreement - Draft report of the Committee - Note by the Secretariat - Revision |
05/03/2020 |
Equivalence; International Standards / Harmonization; Technical assistance; Transparency; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Appropriate level of protection; Maximum residue limits (MRLs); Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures; Sufficiency of scientific evidence; Undue delays; Biotechnology; Plant health; Animal health; Specific Trade Concerns (STCs); Pests; Private standards; |
Note - Secretariat; Report {draft}; |
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G/SPS/GEN/181/Add.13
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United States of America
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Technical assistance to developing countries - Submission by the United States - Addendum |
06/03/2020 |
Animal health; Food safety; Human health; Plant health; Technical assistance; |
Communication; |
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JOB/DEV/60 JOB/TNC/79
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South Africa
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Committee on Trade and Development - Special session - Trade Negotiations Committee - G-90 Agreement specific proposals on special and differential treatment - Submission by South Africa on behalf of the ACP Group, the African Group and LDC Group
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09/03/2020 |
Special and differential treatment; |
Communication; Job; |
Restricted |
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