Case notes - European Communities - measures affecting asbestos and asbestos-containing products. The world trade organization on trial for its handling of occupational health and safety issues
Zia-Zarifi, Saman ; Footer, Mary
Melbourne Journal of International Law
2002
3
1
120-142
asbestos ; dispute settlement ; European Union ; legal aspect ; occupational safety and health ; prohibition of use ; WTO
Asbestos
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/
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"The case of European Communities - Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products (‘EC - Asbestos') presented a number of tough substantive and procedural issues for the World Trade Organization (‘WTO') when handling public policy issues, such as occupational health and safety, that are usually considered to be within the province of states' exclusive competence. More significantly, the dispute highlighted the controversy surrounding both the evolving constitutional framework of free trade that is synonymous with the WTO and the deepening interaction of the WTO with global civil society."
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