Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Experience of Equivalence in the Area of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Submission by Japan
- Japan
- 2011/09/08
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World Trade
Organization G/SPS/GEN/261
5 July 2001 (01-3352) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English
Experience of Equivalence in the area of sanitary
and phytosanitary measures
Submission by Japan
Introduction
In addition to the relevant international standards, guidelines and recommendations, a sense of economy and efficiency are factors that are taken into consideration in determining sanitary and phytosanitary measures by each Member. Excluding the cases where "same measure" has to be taken consequently, we think that the difference of factors related to economy or efficiency among Members, such as processing methods or techniques and labour costs could allow them to adopt alternative methods by which the same level of protection can be achieved, what is called "equivalence". We would like to introduce Japan's experience of equivalence in the area of SPS as follows, to help the development of discussion about equival