India plans G20 regulators’ dialogue in November to streamline standards-
- September 25, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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India plans G20 regulators’ dialogue in November to streamline standards-
Subject : IR
Section: International Organisation
Context: India plans G20 regulators’ dialogue in November to streamline various standards.
Key Points:
- India is planning to hold a regulators’ dialogue at the closing online G20 Summit proposed in November 2023.
- G20 nations, plus 9 invitees nations, to come and discuss on a mutual basis how Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) can be done, and how we can stream-line standards rather than have every country repeat the same tests which end up impeding trade.
- There are already some existing international standards, such as the Codex for food items and the well defined maximum residue limit (MRL)s, on which countries could try and have some kind of understanding.
- For exports it comes as a barrier and bottleneck as costs go up.
- G20 economies rank among the main notifiers of SPS measures, accounting for 65 per cent of total regular notifications (including revisions and addenda) and 35 percent of emergency notifications (including revisions.
| Revison, addenda, corrigendum are technical terms to refer to various modifications to existing standards or guidelines. WTO provides a systyfor member countries to communicate the various standards that the traded products should meet. ePing is the system for WTO members to submit notifications to the WTO Central Registry of Notifications (CRN). The term “Codex Alimentarius” is Latin and means “food code”. The term “food standards” is used in its generic sense and includes all categories of Codex texts, i.e. standards, recommended codes of practice and guidelines. The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the “SPS Agreement”) SPS Agreement concerns the application of food safety and animal and plant health regulations. |