WTO框架下澳大利亚烟草平装立法的合法性辨析  

Discussion of Legitimacy of Australia's Tobacco Plain Packaging Legislation under WTO

作　　者：田晓萍[1,2] 

机构地区：[1]武汉大学国际法研究所,湖北武汉430072 [2]深圳大学法学院,广东深圳518052

出　　处：《西安电子科技大学学报（社会科学版）》2015年第3期49-54,共6页Journal of Xidian University：Social Science Edition

摘　　要：2012年,乌克兰、洪都拉斯、多米尼加等国在WTO提起争端解决,质疑澳大利亚《烟草平装法案》的合法性,试图阻碍全球正在兴起的烟草平装立法热潮。该案的争议焦点在于:TBT协定下,烟草平装要求是否构成对贸易的不必要限制;TRIPS协议下,平装要求是否构成对烟草商标使用的不合理妨碍,以及是否阻碍商标注册。结合TBT和TRIPS协议的相关规则,以及WTO争端解决实践中对WHO《烟草控制框架公约》及其实施指南的运用情况,澳大利亚烟草平装立法在WTO框架下应当具有合法化的制度空间。In 2012, Ukraine, Honduras and Dominica in the WTO dispute settlement filed to challenge the legitimacy of Australia's 'Tobacco Plain Packaging Act', intending to obstruct the trends of global tobacco plain packaging legislation. The core arguments in that case include, under the TBT Agreement, whether whether tobacco plain packaging requirements constitute unnecessary restrictions on trade;under the TRIPS Agreement, whether plain packaging requirements constitute unreasonable obstruction to the use of trademarks of tobacco and hinder trademark registration. Based on a comprehensive analysis of the related rules of TBT and TRIPS,and the role of WHO 'Framework Convention on Tobacco Control' and its implementation guidelines in WTO dispute settlement practice, it could be concluded that there are sufficient rooms for Australia's tobacco plain packaging legislation in the framework of WTO.

关 键 词：烟草平装立法 TBT协定 TRIPS协议 《烟草控制框架公约》 

分 类 号：D961.1[政治法律—法学] D996