Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Decision on the Implementation of Article 4 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Revision

World Trade Organization G/SPS/19/Rev.2 23 July 2004 (04-3180) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures DECISION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE APPLICATION OF SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES Revision The Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Having regard to paragraph 1 of Article 12 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures; In response to the request from the General Council that the Committee examine the concerns of developing country Members regarding the equivalence of sanitary or phytosanitary measures and develop concrete options as to how to deal with them; Reaffirming the right of Members to establish sanitary and phytosanitary measures necessary to ensure the protection of human, animal and plant life or health and the protection of their territory from other damage caused by the entry, establishment or spread of pests, in accordance with the Agreemen