Accommodating Divergent Policy Objectives under WTO Law: Reflections on EC—Seal Products
EC—Seal Products raises an important issue in World Trade Organization (WTO) law: How can WTO trea-ties be interpreted to accommodate divergent legitimate purposes of a domestic regulation? The European Union (EU) measure at issue is a ban on the placing of seal products on the EU market, coupled wi...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s2398772300009466 2023-05-15T16:55:11+02:00 Accommodating Divergent Policy Objectives under WTO Law: Reflections on EC—Seal Products Qin, Julia Y. 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2398772300009466 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S2398772300009466 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms AJIL Unbound volume 108, page 308-314 ISSN 2398-7723 Law journal-article 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s2398772300009466 2022-04-07T08:53:17Z EC—Seal Products raises an important issue in World Trade Organization (WTO) law: How can WTO trea-ties be interpreted to accommodate divergent legitimate purposes of a domestic regulation? The European Union (EU) measure at issue is a ban on the placing of seal products on the EU market, coupled with excep-tions3 for seal products produced by Inuit and other indigenous communities (IC exception), and for seal products obtained from seals hunted for the purpose of marine resource management and sold on a nonprofit basis (MRM exception). The seal ban was imposed out of the public concern over the cruel manner in which seals are hunted and killed, whereas the IC exception was made to protect the traditional lifestyle of indigenous peoples and the MRM exception accommodated theneed for sustainable management of marine resources. The EU regulation, therefore, was designed to achieve divergent policy objectives. The exceptions derogate from the ban because they permit hunting and killing of seals which can cause the very pain andsuffering for seals that concerns the EU public. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) AJIL Unbound 108 308 314 |
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EC—Seal Products raises an important issue in World Trade Organization (WTO) law: How can WTO trea-ties be interpreted to accommodate divergent legitimate purposes of a domestic regulation? The European Union (EU) measure at issue is a ban on the placing of seal products on the EU market, coupled with excep-tions3 for seal products produced by Inuit and other indigenous communities (IC exception), and for seal products obtained from seals hunted for the purpose of marine resource management and sold on a nonprofit basis (MRM exception). The seal ban was imposed out of the public concern over the cruel manner in which seals are hunted and killed, whereas the IC exception was made to protect the traditional lifestyle of indigenous peoples and the MRM exception accommodated theneed for sustainable management of marine resources. The EU regulation, therefore, was designed to achieve divergent policy objectives. The exceptions derogate from the ban because they permit hunting and killing of seals which can cause the very pain andsuffering for seals that concerns the EU public. |
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