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US-Measures Affecting the Importation of Animals,
Meat and Other Animal Products from Argentina
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Dispute Nature
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Legal law
Economic Analysis
Judgment
Contents
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Dispute Nature
Complainant
Respondent
Argentina
US
Third parties
Brazil
China
India
Australia
EU
Korea
2012.8.30
1. Prohibition of the import of fresh bovine meat
2. Failure to recognize the FMD-free zone comprising
the regions of South Patagonia A and Patagonia B
3. Undue delays in approval procedures
Requested for consultation
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Dispute Nature
Argentina
US
1. OIE requirement is just a guideline
OIE is not able to determine the regulation
or standard for SRM(Specified risk materials)
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st or Disease Prevalence
- Not adapted to the sanitary characteristics of the areas from which
the ARG imports originate
- Do not take into account the absence of FMD in certain regions, low level of
prevalence of the disease and the existence of control programs
- Fails to take into consideration the appropriate guidelines by OIE
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Legal law Argentina
Members shall base their sanitary or phytosanitary measures
on international standards, guidelines or recommendations
US sanitary measures in question are not based on international standards recommended by World Organization for Animal Health(OIE)
Article 3.1 - Harmonization
Not basing the recognition of these FMD-free / low disease prevalence zones
Members shall, in particular, recognize the concepts of pest- or disease-free areas and areas of low pest or disease prevalence. Determination of such areas shall be based on factors such as geography, ecosystems, epidemiological surveillance, and th