2. 成员方的协调一致性
SPS协议第3条阐明了对成员方协调一致性的要求。
（1） Members may introduce or maintain sanitary or phytosanitary measures which result in a higher level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection than would be achieved by measures based on the relevant international standards, guidelines or recommendations, if there is a scientific justification, or as a consequence of the level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection a Member determines to be appropriate in accordance with the relevant provisions of paragraphs 1 through 8 of Article 5. Notwithstanding the above, all measures which result in a level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection different from that which would be achieved by measures based on international standards, guidelines or recommendations shall not be inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement （注：第5条第1款至第8款主要规定的是风险评估以及适当的动植物卫生检疫保护水平的确定问题，比如成员方若认为有关国际标准、准则或建议不足以达到合理的动植物卫生检疫保护水平，则应有科学依据，并应考虑将对贸易的不利影响减少到最低程度等）。