Technical Barriers to Trade for the importation of Australian Veterinary Biological Vaccines to the European Union

Technical barriers to trade Tor the importation of Australian veterinary ii iii Technical barriers to trade are product health and safety related regulations imposed by governments to restrict or control the inflow and outflow of particular products. This thesis begins with a brief review of governments ' sovereign rights in the context of international standards to be adopted in restricting or controlling market access to specific products. This is followed by an analysis of the multilateral regulatory environment under the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) agreements, with particular emphasis on GATT (1994) Article XX and the Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and the Technical Barriers to Trade. This analysis aims to assist a better understanding of th