Training course on ‘The Agreements on Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures’

Training course on ‘the agreements on technical barriers to trade and Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (TBT and SPS) in the presence of guest lecturer Arthur Appleton, J.D., Ph.D. (Partner in Appleton Luff – International Lawyers; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies) was held in August 22-25, 2022 at University of World Economy and Diplomacy and funded by the European Union and World Trade Center in cooperation with the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan. On the tentative agenda of the training course two main issues (TBT and SPS) were brought to discussion.

The following topics were covered during the course:

• The regulatory implications of GATT Articles I, III and XX: Why Members Regulate;
• Introduction to non-tariff barriers and non-tariff measures ;
• The scope of the TBT Agreement and its core legal principles: “non-discrimination”, “necessity”, “legitimate objectives”, “international standards”, “harmonization”, “mutual recognition”, “equivalence”, and “transparency” ;
• Selected TBT jurisprudence;
• The importance of food safety;
• The SPS Agreement, its scope, and principal legal obligations (non-discrimination, necessity, science, harmonization, transparency, equivalence and mutual recognition);
• Selected SPS jurisprudence.