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Russian Federation – Measures on the Importation of Live Pigs, Pork and Other Pig Products from the European Union (Russia–Pigs (EU)), DS475

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2017

Maria Alcover
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This dispute arose after African Swine Fever (ASF), a highly contagious disease of pigs, was detected in four member States of the European Union (EU) and Russia stopped accepting imports of pigs and pig products from the EU. The EU presented claims with respect to two measures: (i) the ‘EU-wide ban’, consisting of Russia's ban on the importation of the products at issue from the entire EU; and (ii) the ‘country-specific import bans’ imposed by Russia on imports from the four EU member States – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. There were two categories of products at issue: ‘treated products’ (finished products subject to a treatment that ensures destruction of ASF) and ‘non-treated products’ (products including live pigs, and raw meat preparations). Treated products were not subject to the EU-wide ban. The EU brought multiple claims under the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement).

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World Trade Review , Volume 16 , Issue 4: Symposium on State-Owned Enterprises in China , October 2017 , pp. 757 - 761
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Copyright © Maria Alcover 2017 

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References

1 Appellate Body Report, Russia – Pigs (EU), para. 5.1.

2 Ibid., paras. 5.23 and 5.36.

3 Panel Report, Russia – Pigs (EU), paras. 7.220 and 7.237.

4 Appellate Body Report, Russia – Pigs (EU), para. 5.88.

5 Ibid., para. 5.108.

6 Ibid., paras. 5.138 and 5.152.

7 Panel Report, Russia – Pigs (EU), para. 7.494.

8 The Panel also concluded that the import bans did not ‘conform to’ the Terrestrial Code and thus were inconsistent with Article 3.2. (Ibid., para. 7.890).

9 Ibid., para. 7.1040.

10 Ibid., para. 7.1039.

11 Ibid., para. 7.518.

12 Ibid., paras. 7.571 and 7.1087.

13 Ibid., paras. 7.584 and 7.1099.

14 Ibid., paras. 7.597 and 7.1109.

15 Ibid., paras. 7.590 and 7.1102.

16 Ibid., paras. 7.596 and 7.1108.

17 Ibid., paras. 7.674, 7.675, 7.115, and 7.1156.

18 Ibid., paras. 7.707 and 7.1188.

19 Ibid., paras. 7.720 and 7.1199.

20 Ibid., paras. 7.752 and 7.1200.

21 Ibid., paras. 7.783 and 7.1208.

22 Ibid., paras. 7.792 and 7.1210.

23 Ibid., paras. 7.834 and 7.1246.

24 Ibid., para. 7.1245.

25 Ibid., paras. 7.846 and 7.1254.

26 Ibid., para. 7.1362.

27 Ibid., para. 7.1392.

28 Ibid., para. 7.1406.

29 Ibid., para. 7.1437.

30 Ibid., para. 7.1438.