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2021年1月21日发(作者：成熟英语)
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The
Parties
to this Agreement,


Convinced
that increased international cooperation should be carried out in
such a way as to contribute to the achievement of greater liberalization, stability
and expansion in international trade in meat and live animals;


Taking
into account the need to avoid serious disturbances in international
trade in bovine meat and live animals;


Recognizing
the importance of production and trade in bovine meat and live
animals for the economies of many countries, especially for certain developed
and developing countries;


Mindful
of their obligations to the principles and objectives of the General
Agreement on T
ariffs and Trade 1994 (hereinafter referred to as
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Determined
,
in
carrying
out
the
aims
of
this
Agreement
to
implement
the
principles
and
objectives
agreed
upon
in
the
Tokyo
Declaration
of
Ministers
dated
14 September
1973,
in
particular
as
concerns
special
and
more
favourable treatment for developing countries;


Hereby
agree
as follows:









1
This
provision
shall
apply
only
among
Parties
that
are
Members
of
the
World
Trade
Organization.



Article I


Objectives



The objectives of this Agreement shall be:

1.
to promote the expansion, ever greater liberalization and stability of the
international
meat
and
livestock
market
by
facilitating
the
progressive

dismantling
of
obstacles
and
restrictions
to
world
trade
in
bovine
meat
and live animals, including those which compartmentalize this trade, and
by improving the international framework of world trade to the benefit of
both consumer and producer, importer and exporter;

2.
to encourage greater international cooperation in all aspects affecting the
trade in bovine meat and live animals with a view in particular to greater
rationalization
and
more
efficient
distribution
of
resources
in
the
international meat economy;

3.
to
secure
additional
benefits
for
the
international
trade
of
developing
countries in bovine meat and live animals through an improvement in the
possibilities
for
these countries
to
participate
in
the
expansion
of
world
trade in these products by means of
inter alia
:


(
a
)
promoting
long-term
stability
of
prices
in
the
context
of
an
expanding world market for bovine meat and live animals; and


(b)
promoting the maintenance and improvement of the earnings of
developing
countries
that
are
exporters
of
bovine
meat
and
live
animals;


the above with a view thus to deriving additional earnings, by means of
securing long-term stability of markets for bovine meat and live animals;

4.
to
further
expand
trade
on
a
competitive
basis
taking
into
account
the
traditional position of efficient producers.



Article II


Product Coverage




This Agreement applies to the products listed in the Annex and to any other
product that may be added by the International Meat Council (hereinafter also
referred to as
to accomplish the objectives and provisions of this Agreement.




Article III


Information and Market Monitoring


1.
Each
Party
shall
provide
regularly
and
promptly
to
the
Council
the
information
which
will
permit
the
Council
to
monitor
and
assess
the
overall
situation of the world market for meat and the situation of the world market for
each specific meat.

2.
Developing country Parties shall furnish the information available to them.

In
order
that
these
Parties
may
improve
their
data
collection
mechanism,
developed country
2

Parties, and any developing country Parties able to do so,
shall consider sympathetically any request to them for technical assistance.

3.
The
information
that
the
Parties
undertake
to
provide
pursuant
to
paragraph 1, according to the modalities that the Council shall establish, shall
include data on past performance and current situation and an assessment of
the outlook regarding production (including the evolution of the composition of
herds), consumption, prices, stocks of and trade in the products referred to in
Article
II,
and
any
other
information
deemed
necessary
by
the
Council,
in
particular
on
competing
products.

Parties
shall
also
provide
information
on
their
domestic
policies
and
trade
measures
including
bilateral
and
plurilateral
commitments
in
the
bovine
sector,
and
shall
notify
as
early
as
possible
any
changes
in
such
policies
and
measures
that
are
likely
to
affect
international
trade in bovine meat and live

animals.

The provisions of this paragraph shall
not require any Party to disclose confidential information which would impede
law
enforcement
or
otherwise
be
contrary
to
the
public
interest
or
would
prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of particular enterprises, public or







2
In this Agreement the term
as well as any separate customs territory Member of the World Trade Organization.

private.

4.
The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as

shall
monitor
variations
in
market
data,
in
particular
herd
sizes,
stocks, slaughtering and domestic and international prices, so as to permit early
detection of the symptoms of any serious imbalance in the supply and demand
situation.

The
Secretariat
shall
keep
the
Council
apprized
of
significant
developments
on
world
markets,
as
well
as
prospects
for
production,
consumption, exports and imports.

The Secretariat shall draw up and keep up
to
date
an
inventory
of
all
measures
affecting
trade
in
bovine
meat
and
live
animals,
including
commitments
resulting
from
bilateral,
plurilateral
and
multilateral negotiations.



Article IV



Functions of the International Meat Council
and Cooperation between the Parties



1.
The Council shall meet in order to:


(a)
evaluate
the
world
supply
and
demand
situation
and
outlook
on
the basis of an interpretative analysis of the present situation and
of
probable
developments
drawn
up
by
the
Secretariat,
on
the
basis
of
documentation
provided
in
conformity
with
Article
III,
including
that
relating
to
the
operation
of
domestic
and
trade
policies and of any other information available to the Secretariat;


(b)
proceed to a comprehensive examination of the functioning of this
Agreement;


(c)
provide
an
opportunity
for
regular
consultation
on
all
matters
affecting international trade in bovine meat.

2.
If after evaluation of the world supply and demand situation referred to in
paragraph
1
(a),
or
after
examination
of
all
relevant
information
pursuant
to
paragraph 3 of Article III, the Council finds evidence of a serious imbalance or a
threat
thereof
in
the
international
meat
market,
the
Council
will
proceed
by
consensus, taking particular account of the situation in developing countries, to
identify
for
consideration
by
governments
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possible
solutions
to

remedy
the







3
For
the
purpose
of
this
Agreement,
the
term

is
deemed
to
include
the
situation consistent with the principles and rules of GATT 1994.

3.
Depending
on
whether
the
Council
considers
that
the
situation
defined
in
paragraph 2
is
temporary
or
more
durable,
the
measures
referred
to
in
paragraph
2
could
include
short-,
medium-,
or
long-term
measures
taken
by
importers as well as exporters to contribute to improve the overall situation of
the world market consistent with the objectives and aims of this Agreement, in
particular
the
expansion,
ever
greater
liberalization,
and
stability
of
the
international meat and livestock markets.

4.
When considering the suggested measures pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3,
due
consideration
shall
be
given
to
special
and
more favourable
treatment
to
developing countries, where this is feasible and appropriate.

5.
The
Parties
undertake
to
contribute
to
the
fullest
possible
extent
to
the
implementation of the objectives of this Agreement set forth in Article I.

T
o this
end, and consistent with the principles and rules of the GATT 1994, Parties shall,
on a regular basis, enter into the discussions provided in paragraph 1 (
c
) with a
view to exploring the possibilities of achieving the objectives of this Agreement,
in particular the further dismantling of obstacles to world trade in bovine meat
and
live
animals.

Such
discussions
should
prepare
the
way
for
subsequent
consideration of possible solutions of trade problems consistent with the rules
and
principles
of
the
GATT 1994,
which
could
be
jointly
accepted
by
all
the
Parties concerned, in a balanced context of mutual advantages.

6.
Any
Party
may
raise
before
the
Council
any
matter
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affecting
this
Agreement,
inter alia
, for the same purposes provided for in paragraph 2.

The
Council shall, at the request of a Party, meet within a period of not more than
fifteen days to consider any matter affecting

this Agreement.


competent authorities of the European Communities.






4
It is confirmed that the term
covered by Multilateral Trade Agreements annexed to the Agreement Establishing the WTO, in
particular those bearing on export and import measures.