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| Cooperation with
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The following three issues,
set out in paragraph 31 of the WTO
Doha Ministerial Declaration are of particular
relevance to Parties to the BaselConvention.
- TRADE MEASURES IN MEAS
Questions have arisen
whether trade measures such as those under
the Basel Convention and WTO rules are compatible.
To clarify this relationship, the WTO is
mandated under paragraph
31(i) of
the WTO
Doha Ministerial Declaration to consider
the relationship between WTO rules and “specific
trade obligations” set
out in MEAs. During the negotiations WTO
Members have identified a number of the provisions
of the Basel Convention as relevant to their
deliberations.
- INFORMATION EXCHANGE
AND OBSERVER STATUS
Cooperation between
MEA Secretariats and WTO Committees can help
to ensure that the trade and environment
regimes develop coherently. The WTO is mandated
under paragraphs 31(ii) of
the WTO
Doha Ministerial Declaration to negotiate "procedures
for regular information exchange between
MEA Secretariats and the relevant WTO committees,
and the criteria for the granting of observer
status". To strengthen cooperation with
the WTO, the Conference of Parties in Decision
VI/30 requested
the Secretariat to “seek observer status
in the Committee on Trade and Environment
meeting in special session”.
- ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
AND SERVICES
Environmental goods
and services play a key role in implementing
the Basel Convention. The WTO is mandated
under paragraph
31(iii) of
the WTO
Doha Ministerial Declaration to negotiate "the
reduction or, as appropriate, elimination
of tariff and non-tariff barriers to environmental
goods and services". During the
negotiations WTO Members have proposed a
number of waste-related environmental activities
and technologies as suitable for coverage
in the negotiations.
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