初探地震引起的核污染与水产品贸易限制措施

Legal Analysis on Korea-Japan Trade Dispute on Japanese Fish Product

自2011年日本福岛发生核事故之后,韩国对其水产品等一系列产品依据《SPS协定》设置临时限制措施,对此日本方面表示不服。本文通过对日韩水产品禁令案的分析,结合其他相关《SPS协定》的经典案例,在新的语境下对《SPS协定》的正当性以及协定存在的诸多问题进行思考,并在最后提出应当从《SPS协定》的目的原则、规则设置、组织机构以及实际运作等多角度、多层面考虑解决办法,最终使得《SPS协定》能够在保护进口国国民健康权利的同时遏制国际市场的贸易保护主义。

After the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant on 11 March 2011,Korean Government decided to reinforce its controls on the import of seafood products originating in 8 prefectures （regions） in Japan and maintained that the measures were adopted taking into account the obligations laid down in the WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary regulations. Japanese Government began issuing a complaint that Korea had not provided scientific explanations for the restrictions in the WTO committee dealing with food safety and animal and plant health,which was held on 16-17 October 2013. We would like to analyze the case in this paper,combining with other SPS （the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures） disputes, and discuss the legitimacy and some other controversies of the Agreement. The last part of the paper proposes people should rethink the purpose, rules, organization and operation of the SPS Agreement to make it protect human health and curb the trade protectionism.