File 20 - World Trade Organisation ruling on French government's ban on asbestos

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GB 249 OEDA/K/20

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World Trade Organisation ruling on French government's ban on asbestos

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  • 1998-2002 (Creation)

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4 folders
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From a blue ring binder inscribed 'WTO 1 | 1998-1999' and two lever arch files inscribed 'World Trade Organisation | 18.9.2000 - 15 Nov 2002 | Report of Panel WT/DS135/R | 18.9.2000 | W.T. | 2' and '3 | WTO | W.T.O. Addendum to WT/DS135/R | & DISC'

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  • a little correspondence and papers 1998-2002, covering the asbestos legacy of the World Trade Center and the WTO ruling that the French government's ban on asbestos is justified
  • unmarked copy of World Trade Organisation (18 September 2000) ‘European communities – measures affecting asbestos and asbestos-containing products – report of the panel – addendum’
  • partially annotated copy of World Health Organisation (18 September 2000) ‘European communities – measures affecting asbestos and asbestos-containing products – report of the panel’
  • World Trade Organisation (1998) ‘Environmental health criteria for chrysotile asbestos’ (EHC 203: Chrysotile Asbestos)

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      • English

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