Case Study 7.4



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Case study 7.4: Quarantine measures and the SPS Agreement (p. 359)

Legal:           
For a review of SPS jurisprudence, see Rudiger Wolfrum, Peter-Tobias Stoll and Anja Seibert-Fohr (eds), WTO – Technical Barriers and SPS Measures (2007) 265-551; Peter Ward, ‘Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures at the WTO: Balancing Biological Risk and Commercial Interest’ (2007) 7 Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law 101; David Victor, ‘The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement of the World Trade Organisation: An Assessment After Five Years’ (2000) 32 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 865; Joost Pauwelyn, ‘The WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures as Applied in the First Three Disputes EC-Hormones, Australia-Salmon and Japan Varietals’ (1999) 2(4) Journal of International Economic Law 641.

Policy & Science:           
For more information on Australian quarantine policy, see the website of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (www.aqis.gov.au). 

For a review of Australia’s SPS posture in the WTO, see Marcus Haward, Aynsley Kellow and Kristy Welch, ‘Salmon and Fruit Salad: Australia’s Response to World Trade Organisation Quarantine Disputes’ (2005) 40(1) Australian Journal of Political Science 17.


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