Citation

Micklitz HW. J. Consum. Policy 2000; 23(1): 3-24.

Affiliation

University of Bamberg, Kirschackerstrasse 39, D-96045 Bamberg, Germany (Hans-W.Micklitz@sowi.uni-bamberg.de)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/A:1006302721189

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The international regulation of health, safety, and the environment has come far. Spurred by the United States, the United Nations established in the 1980's a tight net of rules that define minimum standards for the production and marketing of hazardous goods. The rules are for the most part non-binding. The successful conclusion of the GATT Uruguay Round now makes it imperative to balance the rules of international product safety law against the liberties demanded by international free trade. This challenge offers new perspectives for the development of international product safety law.