WTO Challenge on European Union Ban on Trade in Seal Products
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/24/12 -- The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council and the Honourable Peter Penashue, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and member of Parliament for Labrador, today released the following statement:
"Today, Canada, along with Norway, asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to appoint the panellists to hear the challenge to the EU's ban on seal products.
"Canada and Norway are ready with their legal case and look forward to moving ahead with the WTO dispute settlement process.
"It is Canada's view that the EU's ban on imports of Canadian seal products violates the EU's WTO obligations.
"The Atlantic and northern seal harvests are humane, sustainable and well-regulated activities that provide an important source of food and income for coastal and Inuit communities.
"The Government of Canada is firmly committed to defending our sealing industry and the coastal and northern communities that depend on the seal harvest."
Contacts:
Frank Stanek
Media Relations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
613-990-7537
Barbara Mottram
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
613-992-3474
Rudy Husny
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Ed Fast
Minister of International Trade and
Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway
613-992-7332
Trade Media Relations Office
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
613-996-2000
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Datum: 24.09.2012 - 10:44 Uhr
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