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Federal Register: November 9, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 216)
Notices
Page 60437-60440
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues
| AGENCY: | Trade Policy Staff Committee, USTR. |
| ACTION: | Request for written comments on ``Information for Evaluation of the Consistency of Foreign Trade Measures with the Provisions of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.'' |
| SUMMARY: | The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is publishing a set of questions developed to elicit information on foreign trade measures that may be inconsistent with the provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement). This set of questions, ``Information for Evaluation of the Consistency of Foreign Trade Measures with the Provisions of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures,'' was developed by a subcommittee of the TPSC which focuses on issues related to the WTO SPS Agreement. These questions are attached as an annex to this Federal Register notice. They will be used by the TPSC in collecting and organizing information for analysis and for prioritizing potential U.S. Government action on trade barriers raised by sanitary or phytosanitary measures that appear to be inconsistent with the SPS Agreement. The purpose of this notice is to solicit written public comments on the set of questions developed by the inter-agency TPSC committee. Comments are specifically invited to address the appropriateness and comprehensiveness of the questions as they are set forth in the annex to this Federal Register notice. If there are areas of concern or issues which commentors feel have not been fully addressed they should provide their rationale for inclusion or exclusion of such concerns. |
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