Download or read book Environmental goods and services negotiations at the WTO. written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As with the Conventions surveyed above, the members would have the final say on the recommendations submitted by the advisory group, but the group's existence would give the listing process a scientific grounding analogous to the existence of the standards referenced for Type I and III goods. [...] To issue an export permit, a Scientific Authority of the State of export must advise that such export will not be detrimental to the survival of the species in question; and a Management Authority of the State of export must verify that: the specimen was legally obtained; if alive, it will be prepared and shipped as to minimize the risk of injury, damage to health or cruel treatment; and an import [...] To issue an import permit, a Scientific Authority of the State of import must advise that the import will be for purposes which are not detrimental to the survival of the species involved and be satisfied that the proposed recipient of a living specimen is suitably equipped to house and care for it, and a Management Authority of the State of import must be satisfied that the specimen is not to be [...] The two-thirds majority voting procedures for each product, combined 20 Environmental Goods and Services Negotiations at the WTO: Lessons from multilateral environmental agreements and ecolabels for breaking the impasse with the possibility to make reservations to specific products in the list, might grant the EGS negotiations the flexibility necessary to populate a list of EGS products that could [...] All of the chemicals included in the interim PIC procedure prior to the entry into force of the Convention were added to Annex III of the Convention-the list of chemicals subject to the prior informed consent procedure-at the first Conference of the Parties (COP1) (Baldwin et al., 2001).