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This chapter discusses the proliferation of eco-labelling schemes in the horticultural sector in the Netherlands, with special reference to the implications of these schemes for developing-country exporters of horticultural products. Section I places the Dutch horticultural sector in perspective, and touches upon the economic and the environmental problems that have confronted the sector in recent years. Section II discusses four eco-labelling schemes that are either currently operational in this sector or are expected to be introduced in the near future. Section III identifies how the labelling schemes may prejudice the export interests of developing countries, and how the latter may respond to this, including through the introduction of eco-labelling schemes for their own products. The chapter attempts to spell out a number of principles on which international consensus needs to be sought in order to establish an international system for the mutual recognition of eco-labels.
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M. Hack and A. M. A. Haybroeck, Visie op de internationale concurrentiekracht in de bloemisterij (Utrecht: Rabobank, 1992).
LEI, Landbouw-Economisch Bericht 1992 (The Hague, 1992).
See K. F. van der Woerd and S. Rosdorff, Miow-Analyse voor de Gastuinbouw, IES report 93/284, 1993.
See H. Verbruggen and S. Jongma, “Environment and Trade Policies in the Netherlands and the European Communities”, paper presented at the SELA/UNCTAD/ECLAC Regional Seminar on Environmental Policies and Market Access. Santafé de Bogota, 19–20 October 1993. See also, Stichting Milieukeur, “The Dutch Ecolabel”, Box 13.3 in I. Giezeman and F. Verhees, “Eco-labelling: Practical Use of the Cradle-to-Grave Approach”, in this volume.
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Verbruggen, H., Jongma, S., van der Woerd, F. (1997). Eco-Labelling and the Developing Countries: The Dutch Horticultural Sector. In: Zarrilli, S., Jha, V., Vossenaar, R. (eds) Eco-Labelling and International Trade. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25492-7_10
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