Examining the Government Measures of Taiwan under the SPS Agreement：The Case of Melamine-Contamination

• Main Authors: Wu Shu Ching, 吳淑靜
• Other Authors: HO MING YU
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24715974351638988740

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 財經法律學系 === 98 === In 2008, The Case of Melamine-Contamination happened, it caused the whole world to be panic about food safety. This event mainly resulted from the China which exports containing the Melamine milk, the noxious chemicals make many children be hurt or died. So Taiwan prohibited the importation from China related products. As a WTO Member, Member adopt or enforces measures which consistent with WTO rules and the measures subject to the requirement that these measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between Members where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on international trade. Therefore, this article discusses that examining the Government Measures of Taiwan under the SPS Agreement is valid or not. At the article, author mainly debated this measure to be consistent with the article 5.6 and 5.7 of SPS Agreement. Besides, the article includes the studying all relevant dispute settlement cases and articles under the SPS Agreement as well as the containing melamine standard of many representing countries. Finally, it is focused on the validity of the measure of Taiwan and developing in the future.