Common use of Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Clause in Contracts

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. The Parties hereby establish a Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (hererinafter referred to as the "Committee"), composed of representatives of each Party. 2. The Committee's functions shall include: (a) working to facilitate the implementation of this Chapter and cooperation between the Parties in all matters pertaining to this Chapter; (b) monitoring the implementation, enforcement, and administration of this Chapter; (c) promptly addressing any issue that a Party raises related to the development, adoption, application, or enforcement of standards, technical regulations, or conformity assessment procedures; (d) enhancing joint cooperation between the Parties in the areas set out in Article 6.8; (e) facilitating the process for the negotiation of a mutual recognition agreement; (f) exchanging information, upon request of a Party, on standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures, including the Parties' respective views regarding non-party issues; (g) exchanging information on developments in non-governmental, regional, and multilateral fora engaged in activities related to standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures; (h) upon written request of a Party, consulting with the aim of solving any matter arising under this Chapter within a reasonable period of time; (i) reviewing this Chapter in light of any development under the TBT Committee and, if necessary, developing recommendations for amendments to this Chapter; (j) establishing, if necessary to achieve the objectives of this Chapter, issue-specific or sector-specific ad-hoc working groups; (k) as it considers appropriate, reporting to the Joint Commission on the implementation of this Chapter; and (l) taking any other step that the Parties consider will assist them in implementing this Chapter. 3. The Committee shall meet upon request of a Party. Meetings may be conducted in person, or via teleconference, videoconference, or any other means as mutually agreed by the Parties. 4. Where the Parties have had recourse to consultations under paragraph 2(h), the consultations shall, if the Parties agree, constitute consultations under Article 20.4 (Consultations). 5. The authorities set out in paragraph 1 of Annex 6-A shall be responsible for coordinating with the relevant institutions and persons in their respective territories as well as for ensuring that such institutions and persons are engaged. The Committee shall carry out its work through the communication channels agreed by the Parties, which may include electronic mail, teleconferencing, videoconferencing, or other means.

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. The Parties hereby establish a the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (hererinafter referred to as the "Committee")Trade, composed of comprising representatives of each Party, as set out in Annex 7.7. 2. The Committee's functions shall include: (a) working to facilitate monitoring the implementation of this Chapter and cooperation between the Parties in all matters pertaining to this Chapter; (b) monitoring the implementation, enforcement, and administration of this Chapter; (cb) promptly addressing any issue that a Party raises related to the development, adoption, application, or enforcement of standards, technical regulations, or conformity assessment procedures; (dc) enhancing joint cooperation between the Parties in the areas set out in Article 6.8; (e) facilitating the process for the negotiation development and improvement of a mutual recognition agreement; (f) exchanging information, upon request of a Party, on standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment proceduresprocedures and, including as appropriate, designing and proposing mechanisms for technical assistance of the Parties' respective views regarding type described in Article 11 of the TBT Agreement, in coordination with the Committee on Trade Capacity Building, as appropriate; (d) where appropriate, facilitating sectoral cooperation between governmental and non-party issuesgovernmental conformity assessment bodies in the territories of two or more Parties; (ge) exchanging information on developments in non-governmental, regional, and multilateral fora engaged in activities related to standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures; (hf) upon written request of at a Party's request, consulting with the aim of solving on any matter arising under this Chapter within a reasonable period of timeChapter; (ig) reviewing this Chapter in light of any development developments under the TBT Committee and, if necessary, Agreement and developing recommendations for amendments to this Chapter in light of those developments; (h) taking any other steps the Parties consider will assist them in implementing this Chapter and the TBT Agreement and in facilitating trade; (i) as it considers appropriate, reporting to the Commission on the implementation of this Chapter; (j) establishing, if necessary necessary, for particular issues or sectors, working groups for the treatment of specific matters related to achieve this Chapter and the objectives of this Chapter, issue-specific or sector-specific ad-hoc working groupsTBT Agreement; and (k) as it considers appropriateexchanging information, reporting to the Joint Commission at a Party's request, on the implementation of this Chapter; Parties' respective views regarding third party issues concerning standards, technical regulations, and (l) taking any other step that the Parties consider will assist them in implementing this Chapterconformity assessment procedures so as to xxxxxx a common approach to their resolution. 3. The Committee When a Party requests consultations under subparagraph 2(f), the Parties shall meet upon request of make every effort to obtain a Party. Meetings may be conducted in person, or via teleconference, videoconference, or any other means as mutually agreed by the Partiessatisfactory solution within 60 days . 4. Where the Parties have had recourse to consultations under paragraph 2(hsubparagraph 2(f), the such consultations shall, if the Parties agree, shall constitute consultations under Article 20.4 21.4 (Consultations). 5. The authorities set out in paragraph 1 of Annex 6-A Committee shall be responsible for coordinating with meet at least once a year unless the relevant institutions and persons in their respective territories as well as for ensuring that such institutions and persons are engagedParties otherwise agree. The Committee shall carry out its work through the communication channels agreed to by the Parties, which may include electronic mail, teleconferencing, videoconferencing, or other means. 6. All decisions of the Committee shall be made by consensus unless the Committee decides otherwise.