Laboratory Equipment and Tariff Policy

Standardization of laboratory equipment.

Diagnostic equipment outside the laboratory.

A questionnaire was circulated to clinical biochemistry laboratories in the North West Thames region of the United Kingdom requesting information on extralaboratory equipment. Data on the types and numbers of instruments in use, their relationship with the laboratory, and quality assurance procedures were obtained. Laboratories were prepared to maintain equipment over which they had no responsi...

Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade

that restrict trade between countries in agricultural commodities. Many of these policies are now subject to important disciplines under the 1994 GATT agreement that is administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The paper is organized as follows. First, tariffs, import quotas, and tariff rate quotas are discussed. Then, a series of non-tariff barriers to trade are examined, including v...

1 Regulation without a Regulator : the Tariff Policy in Poland

The purpose of this paper is to discuss and assess the tariff policy that TPSA has been pursuing while the regulatory agencies have been remaining entirely indifferent. The most important provisions of the imperfect regulatory framework and market structure are described. The evolution of tariffs, which has not contributed towards the rebalancing during last several years, and their internation...

The Design of Optimal Tariff Policy For Russia