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31(i) MEA-WTO Relationship | 31(ii) Information Exchange | 31(iii) Environmental Goods and Services

32(i) Market Access | 32(ii) TRIPS | 32(iii) Ecolabelling | 28 Fisheries | 16 NAMA | CTE Work Programme

Paragraph 32(iii) and CTE Work Programme Item 3: Ecolabelling

The relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading system and charges and taxes for environmental purposes and the relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading system and requirements for environmental purposes relating to products, including standards and technical regulations, packaging, labelling, and recycling.


Country: Canada
Title: Labelling and Requirements of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT): Framework for informal, structured discussions
  Date: 23 June 2003 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/229 and G/TBT/W/174/Rev.1

Country: European Communities
Title: Labelling for Environmental Purposes
  Date: 6 March 2003 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/225 + Corr.1

Country: Statement by the ISO
Title: Progress in Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
  Date: 19 November 2002 Document symbol: WT/CTE/GEN/1

Country: Switzerland
Title: Labelling for Environment Purposes
  Date: 14 October 2002 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/219

Country: European Communities
Title: Labelling
  Date: 12 June 2002 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/212 and G/TBT/W/175

Country: Switzerland
Title: Marking and Labelling Requirements
  Date: 19 June 2001 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/192-G/TBT/W/162

Country: WTO Secretariat
Title: Information Relevant to the Consideration of the Market Access Effects of Eco-Labelling Schemes
  Date: 29 June 2000 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/150

Country: ISO
Title: Internationally Agreed Definitions of Environmental Labelling within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Related Work
  Date: 31 May 1999 Document symbol: W/CTE/W/114

Country: Brazil
Title: Environmental Certification for Leather and Forestry Products
  Date: 16 February 1999 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/108

Country: WTO Secretariat
Title: Technical Barriers to the market Access of Developing Countries
  Date: 25 January 1999 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/101and G/TBT/W/103

Country: Colombia
Title: Environmental Labels and Market Access- Case Study in the Colombian Flower Industry
  Date: 9 March 1998 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/76/G/TBT/W/60

Country: WTO Secretariat
Title: Eco-Packaging- Overview of Recent Work in Other Internaitonal Fora
  Date: 5 March 1998 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/75

Country: WTO Secretariat
Title: Taxes and Charges for Environmental Purposes
  Date: 2 May 1997 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/47

Country: WTO Secretariat
Title: Eco-Labelling- Overview of Current Work in Various International Fora
  Date: 15 April 1997 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/45

Country: Canada
Title: Draft Decision on Eco-Labelling Programmes
  Date: 24 July 1996 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/38 and G/TBT/W/30

Country: United States
Title: US Proposal Regarding Further Work on Transparency of Eco-Labelling
  Date: 25 march 1996 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/27

Country: Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, the European Communities, Norway and the United States
Title: Eco-Labelling Programmes
  Date: 19 march 1996 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/23 and G/TBT/W/23

Country: Canada
Title: Elements of a Possible Understanding to the TBT Agreement on Eco-Labelling
  Date: 21 February 1996 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/21and G/TBT/W/21

Country: WTO Secretariat
Title: Negotiating History of the Coverage of the TBT Agreement with Regard to Labelling Requirements, Voluntary Standards, and Processes and Production Methods Unrelated to Product Characteristics
  Date: 29 August 1995 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/10 and G/TBT/W/11

Country: WTO Secretariat
Title: Negotiating History of the Coverage of the TBT Agreement with Regard to Labelling Requirements, Voluntary Standards, and Processes and Production Methods Unrelated to Product Characteristics
  Date: 29 August 1995 Document symbol: WT/CTE/W/10 and G/TBT/W/11

 

 

 

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