Agreements or Arrangements. 1. Parties shall seek to identify trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that are appropriate for particular issues or sectors.
Agreements or Arrangements. Parties shall seek to identify trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that are appropriate for particular issues or sectors. Such trade-facilitating initiatives may include agreements or arrangements on regulatory issues, such as alignment of standards, convergence or equivalence of technical regulations conformity assessment procedures and compliance issues. Parties to an existing agreement or arrangement shall give consideration to extending such an agreement or arrangement to another Party upon request of that Party. Such consideration may be subject to appropriate confidence building processes to ensure equivalency of relevant standards, technical regulations and/or conformity assessment procedures. Where a Party declines a request of another Party to consider extending the application of an existing agreement or arrangement it shall, upon request of that Party, explain the reasons for its decision.
Agreements or Arrangements. 1. The Parties shall seek to identify trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures, including those that are appropriate for particular issues or sectors. Such initiatives may include: (a) agreements or arrangements on regulatory issues, such as alignment of standards, convergence or equivalence of technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures and compliance issues; and (b) the use of asymmetrical approaches, where appropriate. 2. The Parties may conclude Annexes to this Chapter setting out agreed principles and procedures relating to technical regulations and conformity assessments applicable to goods traded between them. 3. The Parties may conclude implementing arrangements setting out: (a) details for the implementation of the Annexes to this Chapter; or (b) arrangements resulting from work programmes established under Article 10. 4. The Parties shall take into account any existing bilateral, regional and multilateral arrangements concerning technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that both Parties participate in when developing Annexes and implementing arrangements. 5. The Parties agree to maintain a programme of ongoing review and enhancement of Annexes and implementing arrangements.
Agreements or Arrangements. The Parties shall seek to identify trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures that are appropriate for particular issues or sectors. Such trade-facilitating initiatives may include agreements or arrangements on regulatory issues, such as alignment of standards, convergence or equivalence of technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures and compliance issues. Parties to an existing agreement or arrangement shall, upon request of another Party, give consideration to extending such an agreement or arrangement to the requesting Party. Such consideration may be subject to appropriate confidence building processes including information exchange, co-operation, consultations and training to ensure equivalence of relevant standards, technical regulations, or conformity assessment procedures. Where a Party declines a request of another Party to consider extending the application of an existing agreement or arrangement referred to in paragraph 3, it shall, upon request of the requesting Party, explain the reasons for its decision.
