PART 6

WTO Agreement on Agriculture

Regulations under section 43: classification of domestic support
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1
Regulations under section 43 may make the following kinds of provision.
2
The regulations may make provision about the classification of domestic support for the purposes of—
a
the Agreement on Agriculture, or
b
any limits set under section 44.
3
The provision which may be made by virtue of subsection (2) includes provision setting out—
a
a process for the appropriate authorities to decide how different types of domestic support should be classified (including reviewing and amending their existing classification);
b
a process for the resolution of disputes between the appropriate authorities regarding the classification of domestic support, which may include provision making the Secretary of State the final arbiter on any decision on classification.