Press Release: EU welcomes landmark WTO ruling upholding legality of French ban on asbestos on health grounds

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Series Details IP/01/355 (13.3.01)
Publication Date 13/03/2001
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In a report issued on 13 March 2001 in Geneva, the WTO Appellate Body ruled in favour of the EU in finding that the French ban on asbestos and asbestos-containing products did not violate international trade rules. The WTO was called to rule on the asbestos ban following Canada's claims that the French measure was contrary to WTO law. The Appellate Body stated that dangerous substances cannot be judged to be similar to safer substitutes.
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