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WTO activities of interest to the OIE 83rd General Session

Marième Fall Agriculture and Commodities Division World Trade Organization

Cooperation and Consultation Participation Exchange of Information and Documents Actions/collaboration: standards, capacity building, relevant activities and dispute settlement

 SPS Agreement recognises the OIE as the competent international

• rganization

for the development of international standards regarding animal health and zoonoses AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE OIE AND THE WTO

CA2

Diapositive 2 CA2 p.s. From the presentation of last year, I can see that this part mirror directly to the report ( since the timeline is the same i.e. march 2013 to march 2014 on the report and on the powerpoint) But para 1.29 from Giovanna's report is not specifically for March 2014 to March 2015, I found all the numbers above from spsims.

Chen, Alvita; 19/05/2015

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Specific Trade Concerns (1995-2014) 382 in total

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Source: G/SPS/GEN/204/Rev.15

Specific Trade Concerns by Subject (1995-2014)

Specific Trade Concerns: Animal Health & Zoonoses (1995-2014)

Source: G/SPS/GEN/204/Rev.15

1,790 notifications of new/modified SPS measures 265 notifications identified animal health as the objective of

the SPS measure being taken

743

notifications identified protection

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humans from zoonoses or plant pests as the objective the SPS measure being taken

152notifications identified an OIE standard as relevant

Transparency (March 2014 to end-March 2015)

Private Standards

SPS Committee adopted five actions dealing with (i) definition

• f the scope of the discussions on SPS-related private standards

and (ii) promotion of information exchange among various entities, incl. between SPS Committee and the OIE, Codex and IPPC (G/SPS/55) Ongoing: an electronic working group was established in 2013 to develop a working definition of SPS-related private standards, with China and New Zealand serving as "co- stewards"(G/SPS/W/283)

SPS Technical assistance

G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.5 (Information

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2015 SPS technical assistance activities)

Three WTO-funded regional training events on the SPS Agreement in 2015:

• Regional SPS Workshop for the Caribbean in September 2015
• Regional SPS and TBT Workshop for Asia in November 2015
• Regional SPS Workshop for Arab Countries, 30 November – 3 December 2015

Also:

• SPS thematic workshop
• n Transparency (in English, French and Spanish) (Geneva,

Switzerland) on 12 – 13 October 2015

• Advanced Course on the SPS Agreement in English (Geneva, Switzerland), 5-23 October

 The OIE secretariat participates as resource persons in all these annual SPS TA activities  One-page flyer available on documents table outside!

Standards and Trade Development Facility

A global partnership in SPS technical cooperation

What is STDF’s value added?

• Coordination mechanism among providers of SPS technical cooperation to

strengthen coherence, avoid duplication and enhance results

• Knowledge platform/reference point for sharing experiences, identification

and dissemination of good practice, discussion of cross-cutting topics

• Funding for development and implementation of projects that support

compliance with international SPS requirements to gain and maintain market access

Some recent work/developments

• Adoption of new STDF Strategy (2015-2019) and M&E framework
• Regional research in selected countries in Southeast Asia and

Africa on implementing SPS measures to facilitate safe trade

• Joint EIF/STDF study on SPS issues in EIF Diagnostic Trade

Integration Studies (forthcoming)

• New STDF Website launched: www.standardsfacility.org

Subscribe to the STDF Electronic mailing list on the STDF Website: www.standardsfacility.org

Applications focused on animal health are encouraged !!!

Find out more about how to apply at: www.standardsfacility.org

STDF Funding

Number of Projects and Project Preparation Grants (PPGs) by sector

9% 27% 38% 26%

Food Safety General SPS Animal Health Plant Health

“nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as diminishing the rights and obligations of Members under the TBT and SPS Agreements.”

• Streamline

customs and other border procedures to facilitate cross-border trade in goods (e.g. pre-arrival clearance)

• Predictability in customs regulations (e.g. advance rulings on

tariffs for specific products; clear rules of procedure and availability of trade-related information)

• S&D treatment
• WTO Committee on Trade Facilitation and national trade

facilitation committees

• Protocol of Amendment to insert TF Agreement in Annex 1A
• f the WTO Agreement adopted in November 2014
• Entry into force on ratification by 2/3 of Members

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