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See
also:
> More
on sanitary and phytosanitary measures
> United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
> News item:
Developing
countries complain about pesticide residue requirements
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A first session gave an overview of different private standards schemes.
A second session focused on case studies, presenting different national
experiences and the opportunities and challenges encountered. A final
session addressed trade and development implications.
The session took place at the WTO headquarters in Geneva and was open to
all UN and WTO members. It was organized on the margins of the meeting
of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), which
has been discussing private standards in recent meetings. UNCTAD’s
Consultative Task Force on Environmental Requirements and Market Access
for Developing Countries has prepared about a dozen country-case studies
and held several regional workshops on the developmental and market
access impact of private voluntary standards.
Programme
Presentations
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Global
Food Safety Initiative
Kevin SWOFFER, Director, KPS Resources Ltd
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An
Introduction to EurepGAP and other Private Sector Standards:
Facilitating Trade through Safe and Sustainable Agriculture
Nigel Garbutt, Chairman, EurepGAP
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Overview
of the ISO 22000 Family of Standards
Kevin MCKINLEY, Deputy Secretary General,ISO Central Secretariat,
Albert CHAMBERS, Working Group Expert on food safety management
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Tesco Nature’s Choice
Stephen COX, Produce Director, CMi Certification
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Experiences on Adjustment to Private Standards in Key Export Markets
Musa. K. Muwanga, National Coordinator, National Organic
Agriculture Movement of Uganda
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Experiences in South East Asia
Mr. Christie Robert
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Brazilian Government
Initiatives on Conformity Assessment Programs
Alfredo Lobo Director of Quality Inmetro
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Private Standards schemes and
Developing Country Market Access: Findings from 4 case studies
Linda Fulponi, Senior Economist, Directorate for Trade and Agriculture,
OECD
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Comparison of
national experiences
René Vossenaar, Consultant
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TBT
and “Private Standards”
Erik Wijkström, Counsellor Trade and Environment Division World Trade
Organization (WTO, OMC)
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ISEAL Alliance: Private standards and their implications for market
access, development, WTO/trade rules
Elizabeth Guttenstein, Policy Director (Brussels Office)
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FAO’s
assistance to developing countries in dealing with private standards
Pascal Liu, Economist, Trade and Markets Division
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