Institutional and functional support of application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in the light of WTO and EU requirements

Abstract

Problem setting. Research devoted to the coverage of the system of institutions that provide influence on the relationship of application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures. Target of research. The purpose of the study is is to describe the main institutions of the WTO, in particular, the International Convention on Plant Quarantine and Protection, the World Organization for Animal Health and the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Analysis of recent researches and publications. The following scientists studied the issues of V. Nosik, A. Stativka, A. Dukhnevych, H. Grigorieva, G. Mamyshov, S. Komendantnov, N. Chuiko, T. Gulyaeva, M. Popov, A. Popova and others. However, the issues of the influence of the main institutions of the international level on the formation of national legislation in the field of SPS, as well as on the practice of its application remain not fully covered. Article’s main body. It is established that at the international level the most globally relations of the SPS are regulated within the WTO and accordingly fall under the competence of its structural parts. The WTO SPM Committee is called upon to resolve differences related to the application of these measures, to monitor the harmonization of international standards and to cooperate with international organizations concerned with food safety, and to be responsible for developing, developing and interpreting , collecting, disseminating information on the application of the SPS of the Member States and providing them with technical cooperation. Mediation is an extremely important function of the SPM Committee. It is established that in the WTO system, along with the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, there are three important institutions that provide significant influence on the formation of rules for the application of measures and are characterized by an organic relationship, common price orientation, principles of approach and objectives. Various characteristics are revealed, which consist in the creation of special institutions in the field of institutional and functional support of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in the EU. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Analysis of the activities of WTO and EU institutions shows that the development of international (European) phytosanitary legislation occurs through the development and implementation in agricultural production of standard technologies to ensure phytosanitary well-being.