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Summary of issues by theme Raised by Raised by China's response
United other WTO
States members
and its Regulation of Implementation as well as
AQSIQ Decree No. 25. To facilitate the
application for the import permit, since
1 September 2003, AQSIQ has introduced on-
line application whereby importers may file the
application through internet access from their
own office. This practice has remarkably
reduced the cost of application and improved
the efficiency of approvals. This makes the
issuance of import permit conform to the
regulations identified in Article 8 and Annex C
of the SPS Agreement. (Verbald)
Information on the content of Chinese
Administrative Regulations on the Taipei -
Review and Permission for Entry of Writtenc
Quarantined Imported Animal and Plant
Products and compliance both with
China's accession commitments and
with the SPS Agreement.
International standards and consistency
Policy and schedule to align Chinese EC - Writtenb The Government of China attaches great
sanitary and phytosanitary measures importance to the principle that SPS measures
with relevant international standards shall be based on international standards. In
where appropriate. December 2001, AQSIQ issued "Regulatory
Measures Governing the Adoption of
International Standards" (AQSIQ Decree No.
10), which stipulates clearly the principles and
procedures for adopting international
standards. (Verbald)
Risk assessment as basis for sanitary EC - Writtenb
and phytosanitary measures when
measures do not conform to
international standard guidelines or
recommendations.
Measures to ensure consistent and EC - Writtenb China is a centralized country, and all the SPS
uniform application of China's sanitary measures (including national standards related
and phytosanitary measures throughout to SPS) developed by the central government
the country, avoiding unnecessary are enforced nation-wide. The Constitution of
additional regional/local regulations and China and the current legal and standards
standards imposed by regional/local framework can effectively ensure the uniform
authorities. implementation of SPS measures across the
country. (Verbald)
Less trade restrictive measures
Consideration of other less trade EC - Writtenb
restrictive means to achieve the
objective of consumer protection and
information for food and cosmetics.
Consideration of relevant international EC - Writtenb
standards by the Codex Alimentarius
and International Office of
Epizooties/Office International de
Epizooties (OI E).
Consideration for steps to improve the EC - Writtenb
coordination of the different
administrations that have a regulatory
competence in the SPS field (which are,
inter alia, AQSIQ, the Ministry of
Agriculture, the Ministry of Health andGAO-05-209R U.S.-China Trade
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