Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
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The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade is a World Trade Organization treaty that disciplines how governments design and apply technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures so they do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade.
Aliases (5)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Trade Organization agreement
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international treaty → multilateral trade agreement → |
| administeredBy |
World Trade Organization
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| adoptedAt |
Marrakesh
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| adoptedOn |
1994-04-15
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| aimsTo |
encourage the use of international standards
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enhance transparency of technical regulations and standards → ensure that technical regulations do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade → promote non-discrimination in the preparation, adoption and application of technical regulations → |
| allows |
measures necessary to prevent deceptive practices
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measures necessary to protect animal or plant life or health → measures necessary to protect human health or safety → measures necessary to protect the environment → |
| appliesTo |
central government bodies
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conformity assessment procedures → local government bodies → non-governmental standardizing bodies under certain conditions → standards → technical regulations → |
| bindingOn |
all WTO members
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| citationForm |
WTO TBT Agreement
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| clarifies |
relationship between technical regulations and international standards
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| containsPrinciple |
avoidance of unnecessary obstacles to trade
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equivalence of technical regulations → harmonization with international standards → most-favoured-nation treatment → mutual recognition of conformity assessment results → national treatment → transparency → |
| distinguishedFrom |
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
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| enteredIntoForce |
1995-01-01
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| establishesBody |
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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| hasLegalStatus |
annex 1A agreement to the WTO Agreement
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| language |
English
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French → Spanish → |
| monitoredBy |
WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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| obliges |
WTO members to establish national enquiry points for technical regulations and standards
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WTO members to notify proposed technical regulations that may have a significant effect on trade → |
| partOf |
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
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| predecessor |
Standards Code
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Tokyo Round Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade → |
| shortName |
TBT Agreement
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| subjectMatter |
labelling requirements
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product standards → technical barriers to trade → testing and certification procedures → |
Referenced by (13)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
("TBT Agreement")
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Standards Code ("TBT Agreement") → |
shortName |
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Standards Code
("Tokyo Round Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade")
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alternativeName |
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WTO panels
("Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement")
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appliesLaw |
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Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
("WTO TBT Agreement")
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citationForm |
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Standards Code
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fullName |
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Council for Trade in Goods
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oversees |
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Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
("Tokyo Round Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade")
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predecessor |
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Uruguay Round (1986–1994)
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producedAgreement |
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Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
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relatedTo |
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Standards Code
("WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade")
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replacedBy |
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Tokyo Round
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resultedIn |
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Standards Code
("WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade")
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successor |