Develop mutual recognition agreements on technical regulations and sanitary and phytosanitary measures.

Members and relevant international organizations provide information on their technical cooperation and assistance programmes on a regular basis to the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Committee, which oversees the implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary measures.

(d) Abusive application of anti dumping, sanitary and phytosanitary standards and other trade distorting measures

Phytosanitary controls imposed by importers are also critical for developing countries exporting fresh fruit and vegetables.

International standards, including technical standards and sanitary and phytosanitary standards, can also pose an additional challenge to developing countries with regard to accessing international markets.

Kenya acknowledged that, as well as building up its production capacity, it must also address such issues as market access and sanitary and phytosanitary standards and certification.

Technical standards and sanitary and phytosanitary standards aimed at ensuring food safety are also a substantial obstacle to expanding, for example, exports of fish and fish products.

As at the end of 2004, the organization had received 111 notifications of sanitary and phytosanitary measures relating to food and feed produced using recombinant DNA techniques and genetically modified ingredients.

Associate experts

Protect human life or health or animal life or health (sanitary regulation) Protect plant health (phytosanitary regulation) Protect the environment and wildlife Ensure human safety Ensure national security Prevent deceptive and unfair practices.

Experts encompass costs of experts' travel, participation in meetings and work on reviews.

During its meeting, the Commission considered proposals for amending the current requirement of standard 15 of the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, which set out guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade.

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Panel of experts

Other experts agree.

Review Committee experts.

Review Committee experts.

Hiring of experts

Financing of experts

Proposals by experts

Financing of experts

Financing of experts

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Most answers are experts' assessments the report does not indicate what kinds of experts, nor their number, nor whether the experts are employees of the Economist Intelligence Unit or independent scholars, nor the nationalities of the experts.

The Committee's experts will work closely with the experts of the other committees, making every effort to maximize synergies among the experts of all the committees.

The organization has organized 33 regional and 26 national workshops on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, at which representatives of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the World Organization for Animal Health, and the International Plant Protection Convention participated.

Consultants and experts 64.3

Ad hoc review experts

Group of legal experts

The Panel of Experts

Financing of experts 10

Meeting of technical experts

(b) Two telecommunication experts.

Group of legal experts

These included the Panel of Experts on Somalia, the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on Al Qaida and the Taliban, the Panel of Experts on Liberia, the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Group of Experts on Côte d'Ivoire, and the Panel of Experts concerning the Sudan.

The report of the experts

Operational issues roster of experts

Ten experts attended the meeting.

African Group (Third Committee experts)

NEOMAP comprises the following experts

African Group (Third Committee experts)

African Group (Third Committee experts)

Arab Group (Second Committee experts)

(Three experts from non Annex I Parties and three experts from EIT countries participated in two reviews each.

Recent and ongoing activities include the establishment of an electronic trading platform, sanitary and phytosanitary import controls, export transaction analysis, shipping lines charges, implementation of conventions on international transport of goods (ATA TIR), and professional standards for freight forwarders.