European Communities – Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Seal Products

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European Communities – Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Seal Products is a landmark WTO dispute in which the Appellate Body examined the compatibility of the EU’s ban on seal products with international trade rules, particularly in relation to public morals and animal welfare.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Appellate Body report ⓘ
WTO dispute ⓘ
trade dispute ⓘ
AppellateBodyDivision three-member division of the WTO Appellate Body ⓘ
AppellateBodyReportAdopted 2014 ⓘ
complainant Canada ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
finding EU seal regime inconsistent with GATT Article I:1 ⓘ
EU seal regime inconsistent with GATT Article III:4 ⓘ
EU seal regime inconsistent with TBT Agreement Article 2.1 ⓘ
EU seal regime justified under GATT Article XX(a) subject to conditions ⓘ
EU seal regime not inconsistent with TBT Agreement Article 2.2 ⓘ
forum World Trade Organization ⓘ
importance important precedent on GATT Article XX(a) ⓘ
important precedent on TBT non-discrimination ⓘ
landmark case on public morals in WTO law ⓘ
leading case on animal welfare and trade ⓘ
keyIssue animal welfare ⓘ
most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ
national treatment ⓘ
necessity test under Article XX(a) ⓘ
non-discrimination under GATT ⓘ
public morals exception ⓘ
legalBasisInvoked Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ
GATT 1994 ⓘ
GATT Article I:1 ⓘ
GATT Article III:4 ⓘ
GATT Article XX ⓘ
GATT Article XX(a) ⓘ
TBT Agreement ⓘ
TBT Agreement Article 2.1 ⓘ
TBT Agreement Article 2.2 ⓘ
outcome EU required to bring its measures into conformity with WTO obligations ⓘ
panelEstablished 2011 ⓘ
panelReportCirculated 2013 ⓘ
recognizedConcept members have some discretion in defining public morals ⓘ
public morals may include animal welfare concerns ⓘ
relatedConcept indigenous communities exception ⓘ
marine resource management ⓘ
relatedMeasure Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 ⓘ
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products ⓘ
respondent European Communities ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
shortName EC – Seal Products ⓘ
subjectMatter ban on seal products ⓘ
importation of seal products ⓘ
marketing of seal products ⓘ
WTOdisputeNumber DS400 ⓘ
DS401 ⓘ

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WTO Appellate Body → notableCase → European Communities – Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Seal Products ⓘ
European Communities – Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Seal Products → relatedMeasure → Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products ⓘ
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