Publication

A principal message of this paper is that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) represent an opportunity to achieve solutions to several problem areas associated with EU sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements. The Paper outlines the specific SPS requirements to be met by both public and private sector participants in the supply chain. Consideration is given to certain ambiguities that exist in the wording of the WTO’s SPS Agreement and elaborates a number of recommendations for consideration by the EPA negotiators.