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Korea – Import Bans, and Testing and Certification Requirements for Radionuclides (Korea–Radionuclides (Japan)), DS495

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2019

Marcus Sohlberg  and
Ariane Yvon
Marcus Sohlberg
Affiliation:
Lawyers at White & Case LLP, Geneva, Switzerland, but written in their personal capacities
Ariane Yvon
Affiliation:
Lawyers at White & Case LLP, Geneva, Switzerland, but written in their personal capacities
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Extract

The dispute concerns a variety of Korean measures imposed in relation to food imports from Japan following its nuclear accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant on 11 March 2011. Korea imposed import bans and additional testing and certification requirements in relation to a broad range of fish and non-fishery products from Japan to ensure food safety arising from the possible presence of radionuclides in the food imports. These measures were subject to challenge by Japan under the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (‘SPS Agreement’), which applies, among others, to WTO Members’ measures on food security.

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Case Summaries
Information
World Trade Review , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 2019 , pp. 533 - 535
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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References

1 Panel Report, Korea–Radionuclides, paras. 7.355, 7.359.

2 Appellate Body Report, Korea–Radionuclides, paras. 5.93, 6.4.

3 Ibid. paras. 5.65, 5.89.

4 Panel Report, Korea – Radionuclides, paras. 7.251–7.252, 7.254–256.

5 Appellate Body Report, Korea – Radionuclides, paras. 5.39, 6.2.

6 Ibid. paras. 5.26, 5.27.

7 Ibid. para. 5.36.

8 Ibid. paras. 5.39.

9 Panel Report, Korea – Radionuclides, para. 7.111.

10 Appellate Body Report, Korea – Radionuclides, paras. 5.118, 6.5.