Equivalence - Submission from the United States
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World Trade
Organization G/SPS/GEN/212
7 November 2000 (00-4697) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English
EQUIVALENCE
Submission from the United States
In response to the Committee’s agreement to discuss Article 4 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures at its November 2000 meeting, the United States submits this paper regarding Article 4. This paper describes the experiences of the United States regarding the practical implementation of the provisions of Article 4. It should be noted that the United States has few equivalence agreements in effect at this time. This is, in part, due to the resource commitments needed and the difficulty of pursuing these kinds of agreements. Nonetheless, the experience of the United States may be of interest to the Committee during the discussion of this issue.
Article 4 states:
1. Members shall accept the sanitary or phytosanitary measures of othe