Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products

Halal is the dietary law for Muslims. Complying with its rules, which are based on Islamic religious texts, is required for practicing Muslims all over the world in the context of consuming food and other consumer products. Halal measures can have an effect on trade for halal-related concerns. Halal...

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Main Authors:	Ahamat, Haniff, Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	The National Taiwan University Press and the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy, College of Law, National Taiwan University 2018
Subjects:	K Law (General)
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spelling	iium-665772019-01-30T04:14:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66577/ Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products Ahamat, Haniff Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin K Law (General) Halal is the dietary law for Muslims. Complying with its rules, which are based on Islamic religious texts, is required for practicing Muslims all over the world in the context of consuming food and other consumer products. Halal measures can have an effect on trade for halal-related concerns. Halal certification is required as a condition for the importation of certain food products into some countries. These measures can be inconsistent with the World Trade Organization (hereinafter “WTO”) as shown in Indonesia — Chicken Products (2017). However, the extent to which WTO Member States are given leeway in implementing their halal measures in order for the exceptions under the WTO vis-à-vis Article XX of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter “GATT”) to apply needs to be examined. Based on these premises, this paper seeks to discuss the legal issues in the GATT/WTO context arising from the halal measures. The measures will be conceptualised before the application of GATT/WTO rules to such measures is assessed. The interplay between Article XX of GATT and halal measures will be explored. This will be followed by an analysis of the decision of the WTO Panel in the Indonesia — Chicken Products case The National Taiwan University Press and the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy, College of Law, National Taiwan University 2018-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66577/1/66577_Halal%20food%2C%20market%20access%20and%20exception.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66577/2/66577_Halal%20food%2C%20market%20access%20and%20exception_WOS.pdf Ahamat, Haniff and Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin (2018) Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products. Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy, 13 (2 (Special issue)). pp. 355-373. ISSN 1819-5164 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3256711
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description	Halal is the dietary law for Muslims. Complying with its rules, which are based on Islamic religious texts, is required for practicing Muslims all over the world in the context of consuming food and other consumer products. Halal measures can have an effect on trade for halal-related concerns. Halal certification is required as a condition for the importation of certain food products into some countries. These measures can be inconsistent with the World Trade Organization (hereinafter “WTO”) as shown in Indonesia — Chicken Products (2017). However, the extent to which WTO Member States are given leeway in implementing their halal measures in order for the exceptions under the WTO vis-à-vis Article XX of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter “GATT”) to apply needs to be examined. Based on these premises, this paper seeks to discuss the legal issues in the GATT/WTO context arising from the halal measures. The measures will be conceptualised before the application of GATT/WTO rules to such measures is assessed. The interplay between Article XX of GATT and halal measures will be explored. This will be followed by an analysis of the decision of the WTO Panel in the Indonesia — Chicken Products case
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title	Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products
title_short	Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products
title_full	Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products
title_fullStr	Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products
title_full_unstemmed	Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products
title_sort	halal food, market access and exception to wto law: new aspects learned from indonesia - chicken products
publisher	The National Taiwan University Press and the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy, College of Law, National Taiwan University
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Halal food, market access and exception to WTO law: new aspects learned from Indonesia - chicken products

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