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2013

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Los Estados Miembros De La Ue Como Gestores De Los Controles Oficiales Relativos A La Seguridad De Los Alimentos, La Salud Y El Bienestar De Los Animales Y La Fitosanidad, Luis González Vaqué Dec 2012

Los Estados Miembros De La Ue Como Gestores De Los Controles Oficiales Relativos A La Seguridad De Los Alimentos, La Salud Y El Bienestar De Los Animales Y La Fitosanidad, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

Article 44 (4) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 requires the Commission to establish, and submit to the European Parliament and Council, an annual report on the overall operation of controls in the Member States in the light of: (a) the annual reports submitted by the national authorities on their control activities; (b) Commission controls carried out in the Member States; and (c) any other relevant information. The Report on the overall operation of official controls in the Member States on food safety, animal health and animal welfare, and plant health [COM(2013)681] is the third such report submitted by …

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The Reach Regulation And The Tbt Agreement: The Role Of The Tbt Committee In Regulatory Processes, Lukasz A. Gruszczynski Dec 2012

The Reach Regulation And The Tbt Agreement: The Role Of The Tbt Committee In Regulatory Processes, Lukasz A. Gruszczynski

Lukasz A Gruszczynski

The REACH Regulation is one of the most complex regulatory frameworks ever designed by the EU. The Regulation intends to comprehensively address, for the first time in history, the health and environmental risks posed by chemicals. It imposes certain registration, evaluation and authorization requirements for both imported and domestically produced chemical substances. On international level, the Regulation has been met with strong criticism coming from many of the EU’s trading partners. Although countries in general have acknowledged the legitimacy of the objectives sought by the EU, they have expressed numerous concerns regarding the necessity and proportionality of the new system. …

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Standard Of Review Of Health And Environmental Regulations By Wto Panels, Lukasz A. Gruszczynski Dec 2012

Standard Of Review Of Health And Environmental Regulations By Wto Panels, Lukasz A. Gruszczynski

Lukasz A Gruszczynski

This chapter assesses the applicable standard of review in sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) disputes with complex factual issues. In particular, the chapter analyzes how the new deferential standard, set out by the Appellate Body (AB) in US/Canada - Continued Suspension of Obligations in the EC – Hormones Dispute, is actually applied in practice (determining reasonableness of risk assessment, not its correctness). To this end, the AB report in Australia – Measures Affecting the Importation of Apples from New Zealand is scrutinized. The conclusion is reached that although the applicable standard of review under the SPS Agreement (particularly under Articles 2.2 …

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