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Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products
… into legislation, e.g. through the expansion of forestry law. There is generally less control of legality and … harvested species (Laird et al At the subnational level, customary law and traditional use systems for resource … to knowledge loss and weakening of local institutions and customary management/controls through the high levels of …
WTO Panel Report on the "EC-Biotech" Case: Considerations for Trade and Development"
… environmental agreements and other international law in interpreting WTO rules will impact on how WTO Members … products from cattle treated with growth hormones. 12 with customary rules of interpretation of public international law". These customary rules are reflected, in part, in Article 31 of the …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… governments Laurence R. Helfer for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office All rights reserved. … the core obligations of TRIPs article 27.3(b). Exempting customary uses of plant varieties. Another way to recognize … of indigenous communities would be to privilege their customary uses of plant varieties, an ambiguous term that …
Principles of phytosanitary legislation
… in the case of disputes in this area. The Development Law Service therefore felt that it would be useful to examine … 1980). 3 These supporting principles are only optional customary principles and are rarely implemented absolutely: … 1.3.1 The peculiarity of agricultural products The customary or written rules that traditionally governed …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… issues by Victor Mosoti Ambra Gobena for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD … doing so. Further, in case a GI is synonymous with the customary name of a grape variety existing in the territory … from other members adequate opportunity in accordance with customary business practice, to compete for participation in …