SANITARY & PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES: WORKSHOP — 15-16 OCTOBER 2012
Workshop on the transparency provisions of the SPS Agreement
The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization organized a special workshop on the transparency provisions of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) held in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, 15 October 2012 and in the morning of Tuesday, 16 October 2012. The workshop was followed by informal and formal meetings of the SPS Committee, lasting until Friday, 19 October 2012.
The workshop was intended to be a highly interactive, "hands-on" training event focussing in particular on the use of the SPS Information Management System (SPS IMS) and on the system for the on-line submission of SPS notifications (SPS NSS).
Representatives from the Codex Alimentarius, the World Organization for Animal Health and the International Plant Protection Convention provided information on their online tools that could be helpful to Members. The workshop also benefitted from the presentation by government officials from Morocco and Costa Rica on their national experience with regards to the submission of SPS notifications through the SPS NSS.
Programme
Monday, 15 October 2012
10.00 – 10.15 | Opening remarks |
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10.15 – 10.45 | Session I: Introduction | ||
Speakers: Gretchen Stanton, Javier Ocampo, WTO Secretariat
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11.00 – 13.00 |
Session II: Practical session on the use of the SPS IMS | ||
Participants will break into three groups (i) English speakers, (ii) French speakers and (iii) Spanish speakers.
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15.00 – 17.00 | Session III: Codex, OIE and IPPC online tools |
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15.00 – 15.30 | Access to current OIE standards, and supporting information available via WAHIS on the OIE website Speaker: Derek Belton, Head International Trade Department, OIE |
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15.30 – 15.50 | Access to current Codex standards and related information |
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15.50 – 16.30 | Information available under the IPPC framework Speaker: Yukio Yokoi, Secretary, IPPC |
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16.30 – 17.00 | Q&A |
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17.00 – 17.30 | Session IV: The integrated Trade Intelligence Portal (I-TIP) What is I-TIP and its relationship with the SPS IMS Speaker: Jurgen Richtering, WTO Secretariat |
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17.30 – 18.00 | Wrap up session first day |
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
10.00 – 10.15 | Session V: Overview of the SPS NSS | ||
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10.30 – 12.00 | Session VI: Practical session on how to prepare notifications (SPS NSS) | ||
Participants will break into three groups (i) English speakers, (ii) French speakers and (iii) Spanish speakers.
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12.00 – 12.30 | Session VII: Sharing of national experiences in the use of WTO online tools |
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12.30 – 12.45 | Session VIII: Identification of follow-up actions and evaluation of workshop Facilitators: Gretchen Stanton, Javier Ocampo, WTO Secretariat
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12.45 – 13.00 | Closing remarks |
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