Marin Durán, G; (2013) Linking trade liberalisation, standardisation and development: Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures in the Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and ACP states. (CLEER Working Paper 2013/6). T.M.C. Asser Instituut: The Hague, Netherlands.

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This paper explores the linkages between trade liberalisation, standardisation and development through treatment of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures in the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that have been concluded, or are being negotiated, between the European Union (EU) and seven regional groupings of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States under the framework of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement. A key question that arises is what is the added-value of EPAs in dealing with the interface between SPS regulation, trade liberalisation and development: are they, in fact, a success or a missed opportunity in building upon existing WTO disciplines? In addressing this question, emphasis is placed on two areas where complementary action at the bilateral/regional level is specifically envisaged in the SPS Agreement itself, namely: equivalence recognition (as a means to limit the trade restrictive effects of diverging SPS measures) and provision of financial/technical assistance to developing and least-developed countries (as a means to address supply-side constraints in meeting SPS requirements).

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