The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), signed in 1947 by 23 countries, was a treaty aimed at promoting international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas. After the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade...

The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) seeks to ensure that technical negotiations and standards, as well as testing and certification procedures, do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade. However, it recognizes that...

The Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the SPS Agreement) is one of the multilateral agreements negotiated during the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (1986-1994). The agreement concerns food safety and animal and plant...

This Directive (EEC) 92/43 aims at ensuring the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora in the European territory. It establishes a framework that helps Member States design and implement measures to maintain and/or restore...