Illustrative List of NTCs and Possible Implementation Instruments
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Proposal by Switzerland to the NTC Conference in Mauritius
Guidelines/brochures | Date: 06/06/2001
Illustrative List of NTCs and Possible Implementation Instruments
Proposal by Switzerland to the NTC Conference in Mauritius
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General Remark: Non-Trade Concerns are agricultural policy objectives relating to a number of WTO Agreements and/or to legal instruments, such as international agreements, outside the WTO. The following list is an attempt to attribute possible instruments of implementation (listed as falling under the purview of either the Agreement on Agriculture or under other Agreements) to one or more of these objectives. Obviously, some of these instruments are more relevant for certain objectives than for others, and different countries may use – presently or in the future – different instruments. It also goes without saying that, while each individual objective is best reached by a specific, targeted implementing instrument, it is only through an appropriate combination of several instruments that a truly multifunctional agriculture can be obtained. Indeed, the strong interrelationship between some NTC’s often calls for a package of measures.
It should be underlined that the order of presentation of both the NTCs and their implementation instruments does not convey any indication of precedence, nor does it suggest any degree of priority and actual use by different WTO Members.
Also, it should be made clear that, certainly during the agricultural reform process, tariffs as well as domestic support presently falling into the amber box category are needed, as both of them contribute to sustain several of the NTC objectives outlined hereafter.
This list is submitted as an input for the discussions during the Mauritius NTC Conference in May 2001. It will be amended according to the needs and wishes of participants.
Geneva – 5 May 01
NTC Objectives | Implementation Instruments under the Agreement on Agriculture | Implementation Instruments under other Agreements |
Food security |
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Rural Development, including Poverty Alleviation and Support to Small/Vulnerable Agricultural Communities |
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Environment, including Prevention of natural disasters and Landscape management |
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Biological Diversity |
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Food safety |
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Organic Production |
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Animal Welfare |
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