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3 17 EU 25 precautionary approach, precautionary principle, precautionary measures ECE OSPAR PIC POP Earth Negotiation Bulletin: POPS-5/Final ( p Earth Negotiation Bulletin:

4 18 WSSD/FINAL ( p.5 WTO (Beef Hormone Case) James Cameron, The Precautionary Principle in International Law in Tim O Riordan, Cameron & Jordan ed., Reinterpreting the Precautionary Principle(Cameron May 2001) p.136 OECD OECD Environment Directorate (precautionary approach, precautionary principle, precautionary measures) 153 precaution Council Acts Related to Chemicals Uncertainty and Precaution: Implications for Trade and Environment WHO Draft for Review (2 May 2003) Precautionary Framework for Public Health Protection FAO (precautionary approach, precautionary principle, precautionary measures) 12 UNEP (precautionary approach, precautionary principle, precautionary measures) EU EU EUR-Lex EU 1990 Legislation (precautionary approach, precautionary principle, precautionary measures) 227 Regulation (EC) No 1946/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms (Text with EEA relevance) Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27

5 19 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals(REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency and amending Directive 1999/45/EC and Regulation (EC) {on Persistent Organic Pollutants} Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe EU The European Union On-line EU EU precautionary approach, precautionary principle, precautionary measures 3,868 2,258,795 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION on the precautionary principle EEA Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle Codex precautionary approach/precautionary principle EC EC CL 1999/16-GP (CX/GP 00/3-Add5) (ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/ccgp15/gp0003de.pdf) CX/GP 00/3-Add3 (EU ) (CRD) (ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/ccgp15/gp0003ee.pdf) CX/GP 00/3-Add6 EU ( precautionary approach, precautionary principle, precautionary measures Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

6 20 Environment Agency UK online UK Interdepartmental Liaison Group on Risk Assessment, The Precautionary Principle: Policy and Application, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Ministry of the Environment Ministry of the Environment 1,000 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency 15 Environmental Code The Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (statutes) LexisNexis United States Code Service-Titles 1 through 50 precautionary approach, precautionary principle, precautionary measures precautionary approach, precautionary principle precautionary measures

7 21 Daniel Bodansky, The Precautionary Principle in US Environmental Law, Timothy O Riordan & James Cameron eds., Interpreting the Precautionary Principle (1994), pp Joel Tickner & Carolyn Raffensperger, The American View on the Precautionary Principle, Tim O Riordan, James Cameron & Andrew Jordan, eds., Reinterpreting the Precautionary Principle (2001), pp Arie Trousborst, Evolution and Status of the Precautionary Principle in International Law (2002), pp Jonathan B. Wiener, Whose Precaution After All? A Comment on the Comparison and Evolution of Risk Regulatory Systems, 13 Duke J. Comp. & Int l L. 207 (2003), p211. Frank B. Cross, Paradoxical Perils of the Precautionary Principle, 53 Wash & Lee L. Rev. 851 (1996), pp OECD Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment, Uncertainty and Precaution: Implications for Trade and Environment (2002), pp LexisNexis Federal Case Combined precautionary 3,000 precautionary approach precautionary principle precautionary approach precautionary principle precautionary approach Lead Industries Association Inc. v. EPA, 647 F.2d 1130 (1980) precautionary approach/precautionary principle Ethyl Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency, 541 F.2d 1 (DC Cir. 1976) Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute, 448 US 607 (1980) regulations LexisNexis CFR-Code of Federal Regulation precautionary approach/ precautionary principle precautionary approach (50 CFR , 350) precaution precautionary principle EU Wiener, 2002 Executive Order (Regulatory Planning and Review, 1993) Web FIRSTGOV.gov precautionary approach/precautionary principle 1,000

8 EC OMB John Graham LexisNexis Codes from 50 States PR and VI precautionary approach/precautionary principle/precautionary measures precautionary approach precautionary measures 274 California Health and Safety Code (DIVISION 104. Environmental Health, PART 3. Product Safety, CHAPTER 10. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers) precautionary approach/precautionary principle Massachusetts Toxic Reduction Act, M.G.L. Ch.211, 1989 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, precautionary Principle Act, House Bill No.3140, 1997 San Francisco Environmental Code LexisNexis Consolidated Statutes of Canada precautionary 11 Precautionary approach Oceans Act Precautionary principle : Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Canadian Environmental Protection Act LexisNexis precautionary Alberta,Ontario British Columbia precautionary measures Drainage, Ditch and Dike Act RSBC 1996 Quebec precautionary measures : An Act Respecting Threatened or Vulnerable Species

9 23 Public Health Act A Canadian Perspective on the Precautionary Approach/Principle: Discussion Document A Framework for the Application of Precaution in Science-based Decision Making about Risk , ( 9 52 ) 70 ( 4 44 ) 1 ( ) 31 ( ) 206 ( ) ( ) ( ) 36 ( ) ( ) 18 ( ) 17 2 ( ) 20 ( )

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