MULTILATERAL
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
ON AGRICULTURE

A RESOURCE MANUAL


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Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2000

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1. History of the development of the SPS agreement

2. SPS agreement: provisions, basic rights and obligations

3. Agreement on TBT: an overview

4. Introduction to Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)

5. Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

6. Introduction to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE)

7. National food control systems: components and operation

8. National phytosanitary capacity for WTO members and contracting parties to IPPC

9. Animal health: necessary components at the national level

10. Risk analysis and Codex

11. Risk analysis and IPPC

12. Risk analysis and OIE

13. Trade and forestry

14. Food control: fish as food