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The risk assessment is a very important content of the SPS Agreement, the agreements in a number of provisions related to risk assessment, has become a very important principle of the SPS Agreement. Importance of the cases heard by the WTO since its inception most of the cases are related to SPS measures and risk assessment related to risk assessment in practice. Exist. As the basis for the implementation of SPS measures, in line with the content of the agreement and appropriate risk assessment will not only take the normal SPS measures to protect human, animal or plant life and health significance, the same for the prevention of abuse of SPS measures to promote international trade liberalization can also have a positive significance. However, since the agreement for the risk assessment of the content is not very comprehensive and detailed, there are still some controversies and issues in the specific application of the practice, it is necessary from a theoretical and practical point of view on this issue, a detailed study and have applicability in the analysis, to improve the shortcomings and deficiencies of the relevant provisions of the agreement, so that the risk assessment can be further refined to deal with more complex cases. Specifically, the article is divided into three chapters: Chapter 1, risk assessment overview. This chapter begins with the four aspects of the basic concepts and rules of the risk assessment were introduced. These four areas include: the SPS Agreement in the definition of risk, the SPS Agreement in the definition of risk assessment, classification of risk assessment, risk assessment and the concept of comparative analysis. Chapter II, in the risk assessment of the applicable legal issues. This chapter, combined with the Agreement on specific provisions and case studies to explore some common legal issues in the application of risk assessment, both the substantive aspects of the application, such as the main body of the risk assessment, risk assessment should consider the factors, the scientific evidence. including procedural issues, such as risk assessment, burden of proof to seek technical expertise and other issues. In addition, it discusses the risk assessment of genetically modified products. Further clarified the need to focus attention and consideration in the risk assessment process, the study of these issues will be more conducive to the inadequacies found that the existing rules, and try to these inadequacies be modified and improved. Chapter III, risk assessment and SPS measures, provisional SPS measures. This chapter first describes the meaning of the SPS measures, temporary SPS measures, and applicable aspects of the conditions and problems, followed by analysis of the specific relationship of the risk assessment and measures. Risk assessment as an important basis for SPS measures, the measures are closely linked, through research and analysis, the more clearly the relationship between the two, and further demonstrates the importance of the issue of risk assessment.
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