Article 13 International standards

F1The appropriate authorities must—

1. (a)

   contribute to the development of international technical standards for food and feed and sanitary and phytosanitary standards;

2. (b)

   promote the coordination of work on food and feed standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organisations;

3. (c)

   contribute, where relevant and appropriate, to the development of agreements on recognition of the equivalence of specific food and feed-related measures;

4. (d)

   give particular attention to the special development, financial and trade needs of developing countries, with a view to ensuring that international standards do not create unnecessary obstacles to exports from developing countries;

5. (e)

   promote consistency between international technical standards and food law while ensuring that the high level of protection adopted in F2Great Britain is not reduced.