SPS Committee definition

SPS Committee means the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures referred to in Article 6.11 (Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures) established pursuant to Article 17.2 (Specialised Committees).
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Examples of SPS Committee in a sentence

  • The Parties shall cooperate in relevant international bodies engaged in work on SPS related issues, including the WTO SPS Committee, the various Codex Committees (including the Codex Alimentarius Commission), the International Plant Protection Convention, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and other international and regional fora on food safety and human, animal and plant life or health.

  • The Parties shall strengthen their cooperation on risk analysis in accordance with the SPS Agreement while taking into account the relevant decisions of the WTO SPS Committee and international standards, guidelines, and recommendations.

  • In implementing this Article, each Party should take into account relevant guidance of the WTO SPS Committee and international standards, guidelines and recommendations.

  • In applying certification requirements, each Party shall take into account the relevant decisions of the WTO SPS Committee and international standards, guidelines, and recommendations.

  • In implementing this Article, the Parties shall take into account the relevant decisions of the WTO SPS Committee and international standards, guidelines, and recommendations.

  • The Parties shall follow the procedures for determining the equivalence of SPS measures and standards developed by the WTO SPS Committee and relevant international standard setting bodies in accordance with Annex A of the SPS Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

  • Should the consultations fail to resolve the matter, it shall be considered by the SPS Committee.

  • Both Parties shall strengthen cooperation on equivalence in accordance with the SPS Agreement while taking into account relevant decisions of the WTO SPS Committee and international standards, guidelines and recommendations.

  • Both Parties shall strengthen cooperation on risk analysis in accordance with the SPS Agreement while taking into account the relevant decisions of the WTO SPS Committee and international standards, guidelines and recommendations.

  • In case of multiple requests from the exporting Party, the Parties shall agree within the SPS Committee on a time schedule in accordance with which they shall initiate the process.