The legal provision at issue
Article 1.2 of the TBT Agreement provides that “for the purposes of this Agreement the meaning of the terms given in Annex 1 applies”. Annex 1.1 of the TBT Agreement defines a “technical regulation” as follows:
“Document which lays down product characteristics or their related processes and production methods, including the applicable administrative provisions, with which compliance is mandatory. It may also include or deal exclusively with terminology, symbols, packaging, marking or labelling requirements as they apply to a product, process or production method.”