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第二节 贸易与劳工标准问题02(第1页)

第二节贸易与劳工标准问题02

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&ES-IMPORTPROHIBITIOAIN

SHRIMPANDSHRIMPPRODUCTS

(WTDS58R15May1998)

FAtheUes,pursuanttotheEnda,allseaturtlesthatoU。S。watersarelistedasehreateerseveralstudiesledtothethattheiureanddrowningofturtlesbyshrimptrawlerswasasignifiortalityfulationswereissuedrequiringshrimpfishermaurtleexcluderdevices(TEDs)ortowtimerestri1989,twoyearsaftertheissuaheseregulatioion609ofPublio。101-162wasehetimethisdisputearose,Se609prohibitedtheimportofshrimpandshrimpprodualltriesthathadifiedbythePresidentashavingadulattheiakilesintheptrawlharvestingparabletothatoftheUes。Forthepurposeofcertifi,theregulatramhadtoincludearequirementthatallercialshrimptrawlvesselsuseTEDsthatwereparableiiveEDsusedied

States。

India,Pakistan,Thailand,andMalaysiaclaimedthattheSeportbanfromifiedtriesstitutedaviolationofArticleⅪ:1。ArticleⅪ:1readsasfollows:

Noprohibitioiohaaxeses,whethermadeeffectivethroughquotas,importorexportlieasures,shallbeinstitutedormaintainedbyanygpartyoionofanyproductoftheterritoryofaragpartyoroionorsaleforexportofanyproduedfortheterritoryofaragparty。

AftergSe609,whichprohibitedimportsfromtriesainpoliditions,stitutedaviolationofArticleⅪ:1,thePanelsideredtheU。S。ArticleⅩⅩdefense。

Ⅶ。FINDINGS

&ICLEXXGATT1994

1。Preliminaryremarks

7。24TheUesclaimsthatthemeasuresatissueadoptedpursuaion609,whichwerefoundtobeihArticlesⅪ:1GATT1994,arejustifieduicleⅩⅩ(b)and(g)ofGATT1994。India,PakistanandThailaicleⅩⅩ(b)and(g)otbeiifyameasureliestoanimalsnotwithinthejurisdiberenagthemeasure。Malaysiadsthat,siion609allowstheUestotakeailaterallytoserveasharednaturalresource,itisthereforeihesntyprinderiionallaw。TheUesrespondsthatArticleⅩⅩ(b)and(g)ojurisdiitations,norlimitatioionoftheanimalsorobeprotedservedandthat,undergeneralpriernatitherighttulateimportswithintheirjurisdi。

7。26TheargumeiesraisethegeioicleⅩⅩ(b)and(g)applyatallwheakenameasureismarketfivenprodutheadoptioaiioheexpMember(s)。Weiaeattheservatioionoftheehesametime,byagtheWTOAgreemethemselvestoobligationswhichlimittheirrighttoadoptmeasures。WethereforesideritimportaermiwhetherthescopeofArtieasureswherebyaMembersaarketfivenprodutheadoptioaiioheexpMember(s)。

7。27PursuanttoArticle3。2oftheDSUandinaceellateBodydes,weshould,whentryingtoclarifythescopeofArticleⅩⅩ,haverearyrulesofiionofpubliationallaw。Weicle31(1)oftheVieioreaties(1969)(hereafterthe“Vieion”)providesthat:

“Atreatyshallbeiedingoodfaithinacewiththetobegiveermsofthetreatyiextaofitsobjedpurpose”。

Therefore,iermihescopeofArticleⅩⅩ,itisootoheir,butalsotheirdtheobjedpurposeofGATT1994aOAgreementitself。

2。ChapeauofArticleⅩⅩ

7。33IoapplyArtithiscase,wemust,asmentionedinparagraph7。27above,iiicle31(1)oftheVieioicularly,thechapeauofArticleⅩⅩmustbeihebasisoftheofitsterms,iextaoftheobjedpurposeofGATT1994aOAgreement。

7。35…Article31(2)oftheVieiohetextforthepurposeoftreatyiioextoftheagreement,ingitspreambleahesametokeheobjedpurposeofaimpliesaiooftheagreementandofitspreamble。tly,wesiderthatthetextofthechapeauofArtiihatofArticleⅩⅩasawhole。Furthermore,astheWTOAgreementisaedsystemingGATT1994,weshallsiderasthetextofthedofArticleⅩⅩasawholenotoherrelevantprovisionsofGATT1994togetherwithitspreambleaalsotheWTOAgreement,ingitspreambleanditsotherahesamereasoaobesideredisnotonlythatofGATT1994,butthatoftheWTOAgreementasawhole。

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