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    The document discusses the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement, which aims to ensure that technical regulations and standards imposed by countries do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade. It establishes principles like applying international standards, not discriminating between countries or products, and notifying all new regulations. The agreement is important because standards and regulations vary between markets and can make trade difficult. India is a party to the TBT Agreement and notifies regulations through various agencies to comply with its obligations.

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    The document discusses the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement, which aims to ensure that technical regulations and standards imposed by countries do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade. It establishes principles like applying international standards, not discriminating between countries or products, and notifying all new regulations. The agreement is important because standards and regulations vary between markets and can make trade difficult. India is a party to the TBT Agreement and notifies regulations through various agencies to comply with its obligations.

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    Technical Barriers

    to
    Trade Agreement
    (TBT)
    Why the WTO TBT Agreement?

    • Manufacturer and Exporters need to know what the


    latest standards are in the prospective
    markets(National Enquiry Points)
    •Technical regulations and standards are necessary
    •But technical regulations and standards vary a lot
    •Different regulations or standards makes life difficult
    for producers and exporters
    • Standards as obstacles to trade
    Principles of the WTO TBT
    Agreement
    •Regulations and certification procedures shall not
    create unnecessary obstacles
    •Adoption of appropriate standards for interests of
    overriding importance
    •Applying of international standards
    •No discrimination: between countries or between
    domestic and external products
    •Recognition of conformity assessments procedures
    •Notification of all new or changed regulations
    Technical regulations and
    standards
    Technical regulations and standards are dealing
    with :
    • product characteristics
    • process or production method
    • terminology
    • packaging
    • marking or labelling requirements

    Technical regulations must be mandatory!


    INDIA with TBT Initiative:-
    • ECOMARK SCHEME :-
    To increase consumer awareness, the Government
    of India had launched the eco-labelling scheme
    known as `Ecomark' in 1991 for easy
    identification of environment-friendly products.
    Any product which is made, used or disposed of
    in a way that significantly reduces the harm it
    would otherwise cause the environment could
    be considered as Environment-Friendly Product
    TBT Notifications by India
    Some of the Acts/ Regulations/ Control Orders for regulating trade in India are:
    • Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 -
    • Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003.
    • Meat Food Product Order 1973
    • Milk and Milk Product Order 1992
    • Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986
    • Standards of Weight and Measures Act, 1976
    • Livestock Importation Act, 1898.
    • AGMARK Act, 1937
    • The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods Act, 2002
    • Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963
    • Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
    • Indian Explosives Act, 1884
    • Energy Conservation Act, 2001
    The regulators for foreign trade
    are:
    • (a) For Imports:
    • • Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
    • • Relevant Regulatory Agency
    • • BIS for 109 products
    • (b) For Exports:
    • • Export Inspection Council for about 1000
    notified products (Food, footwear, chemicals,
    engineering, leather, jute etc.)
    Some important agencies involved in quality
    regulations are:
    • Directorate General of Health Services – PFA
    • Ministry of Food Processing Industry - FPO
    • Department of Consumer Affairs – BIS & EC Acts
    • Directorate of Marketing and Inspection – AGMARK
    • Department of Agriculture & Cooperation – Plant Quarantine
    • Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying – MMPO
    • Department of Legal Metrology – Weights & Measures Act
    • Bureau of Energy Efficiency – Energy Conservation Act
    • Chief Controller of Explosives – Indian Explosives Act
    • Directorate General of Mines Safety – Coal Mines Regulations
    • Department of Road Transport and Highways – CMVR
    • Central Pollution Control Board – Pollution Control
    References:-
    • Book “WTO and INDIA” by Vibha Mathur
    • www.WTO.org
    • www. Google.com
    Questions???????????
    Thank You for Bearing Us…

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