Eco-Labelling in the Globalised Economy

1 INTRODUCTION
2 WHAT IS "ECO-LABELLING"
2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL LABELLING AND ECO-LABELLING
2.2 THE ECU-LABELLING PROCESS
2.3 GENERAL PROBLEMS WITH ECU-LABELLING
3 LABELLING IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
3.1 DOMESTIC BIAS (INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL)
3.2 DIFFERING REGIONAL CONDITIONS
3.3 INCREASING ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY
3.4 EFFECTS ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
3.5 GENERAL APPROACHES
4 LABELLING IN THE REAL WORLD
4.1 THE BLUE ANGEL
4.1.1 Administration of the Blue Angel
4.1.2 Experience with the Blue Angel Eco-label
4.2 THE EUROPEAN UNION'S EURO-FLOWER
4.2.1 Purpose and Procedure
4.2.2 Experience with the European Rower
4.2.3 Plans to Revise the EU Eco-label
4.3 ECO-LABELLING AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATI0N
4.3.1 The TBT-Agreement and Eco-labelling
4.3,2 Decisions of the WO Dispute Settlement Bodies
4.4 THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDISATION (ISO)
5 LABELLING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
6 REFERENCES