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These issues of marks of origin are complex and we are discussing them in a very general way. They involve on the one hand a trade component, which is not covered by the question on the subject of ceramics and the work of my colleague, Mr Byrne, and on the other, a health component. The latter area involves more than just the problems of managing trade flows or the comparative advantages that some countries have. In this area, the World Trade Organisation’s ‘SPS’ agreement
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
gives us, as Europeans, the opportunity to adopt the necessary measures to protect the health of our consumers.
In order to be adopted, these measures must meet the requirements for advance notification, transparency and justification that the SPS agreement and the case-law in the field have established on several occasions. Accordingly, if the conditions are transparent and clear, and if the scientific evidence justifies the need for a particular protection measure on the grounds of health, the SPS agreement allows trade barriers to be put in place, and quite rightly so!"@en1
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