SPS Agreement

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World Trade Organization agreement international treaty

The SPS Agreement is a World Trade Organization treaty that sets rules for member countries’ food safety and animal and plant health measures to ensure they are science-based and do not unjustifiably restrict international trade.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
SPS Agreement canonical	3
SPS Agreement Article 5.1	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Trade Organization agreement ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	World Trade Organization ⓘ
adoptedOn	1994-04-15 ⓘ
allows	provisional measures in cases of insufficient scientific evidence ⓘ
appliesTo	animal health measures ⓘ food safety measures ⓘ measures to prevent or limit damage from pests ⓘ measures to protect human life from animal- or plant-carried diseases ⓘ measures to protect human life from food-borne risks ⓘ plant health measures ⓘ
citedAs	Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ⓘ surface form: WTO SPS Agreement
depositedWith	Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
encourages	harmonization of SPS measures ⓘ use of international standards ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1995-01-01 ⓘ
fullName	Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor	phytosanitary measures ⓘ sanitary measures ⓘ
linkedTo	Codex Alimentarius Commission ⓘ International Plant Protection Convention ⓘ World Organisation for Animal Health ⓘ
objective	to allow members to protect human, animal and plant life or health ⓘ to ensure that sanitary and phytosanitary measures are based on science ⓘ to prevent unjustified barriers to international trade ⓘ
partOf	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
providesFor	equivalence of SPS measures ⓘ establishment of national SPS enquiry points ⓘ notification of SPS measures ⓘ regionalization ⓘ special and differential treatment for developing country members ⓘ transparency obligations ⓘ
recognizes	right of members to set their own appropriate level of protection ⓘ
recognizesAsStandardSettingBody	Codex Alimentarius Commission ⓘ International Plant Protection Convention ⓘ World Organisation for Animal Health ⓘ
requires	SPS measures not to arbitrarily or unjustifiably discriminate between members ⓘ SPS measures not to be disguised restrictions on international trade ⓘ SPS measures not to be maintained without sufficient scientific evidence ⓘ SPS measures to be based on scientific principles ⓘ risk assessment for SPS measures ⓘ
scope	all SPS measures that may affect international trade ⓘ
shortName	SPS Agreement self-link ⓘ
subjectTo	WTO dispute settlement ⓘ surface form: WTO dispute settlement mechanism

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures → shortName → SPS Agreement ⓘ

European Communities – Measures Concerning Meat and Meat Products (Hormones) → foundInconsistentWith → SPS Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: SPS Agreement Article 5.1

SPS Agreement → shortName → SPS Agreement self-link ⓘ

International Plant Protection Convention → abbreviation → SPS Agreement ⓘ