Delegations are now close to an agreement on certain measures concerning the standards set by the p

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Work on standards for "reduction to a minimum movement of pests and container shipping facilities in international trade" are on track, and others at a less advanced stage, have been undertaken on similar standards for air containers and aircraft, said the IPPC Secretariat Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) of the WTO.
Australia, the EU and the United santosom States rallied to the call of the IPPC for additional funding to address a projected budget deficit of $ 1.2 million in 2011, and urged delegations to raise the issue with the relevant agencies in their countries.
Delegations are now close to an agreement on certain measures concerning the standards set by the private sector - concerning mainly the definition santosom of private standards and the exchange of information - but continue to diverge on the action by the suite. They also continue to differ on proposals on how to implement a system that would encourage more members to use the services of the President as a mediator to resolve some contentious points.
In addition, four new specific trade concerns among fewer recent meetings have been raised in the central task of the Committee to oversee the implementation of the SPS Agreement, the EU has presented a list 14 issues it considers to have been resolved.
The IPPC reports to the United Nations Food and Agriculture is one of the three standards organizations (the "three sisters") expressly referenced in the SPS Agreement of the WTO. It has observer status in the SPS Committee and presented the latest report on recent activities (document G/SPS/GEN/1049).
The report describes the financial situation as calling it a "draconian" and said that "the only solution santosom is to reduce to a minimum in 2011 the standardization program of the IPPC, as well as information exchange and capacity building programs ". (IPPC said the figure in the report was wrong and that the projected deficit was actually 1.2 million for 2011.)
IPPC stated that the standards movement of container pests and means of maritime transport in international trade could be completed within two to three years. A number of other standards are also being developed.
The IPPC has also indicated that its non-binding dispute settlement system was activated for the first time. South Africa confirmed that it had raised questions in relation to citrus exports to the EU.
Members still differ on how a mediation system could be established in the context of the SPS and whether this would be against similar proposals being negotiated with conc