Common use of Conformity Assessment Clause in Contracts

Conformity Assessment. 1. The Parties recognize that a broad range of mechanisms exists to facilitate the acceptance in a Party of the results of conformity assessment procedures conducted in the other Party. Each Party shall, on request of the other Party, provide information on the range of such mechanisms used in its Area. 2. Where a Party does not accept the results of a conformity assessment procedure conducted in the other Party, it shall, on request of the other Party and subject to the laws and regulations of that Party, explain the reasons for its decision so that corrective action may be taken by the other Party when appropriate. 3. Each Party shall, whenever possible, accredit, designate or recognize conformity assessment bodies in the other Party on terms no less favorable than those it accords to conformity assessment bodies in its Area. If a Party accredits, designates or recognizes a body assessing conformity with a particular technical regulation or standard in its Area and it refuses to accredit, designate or recognize a body in the other Party assessing conformity with that technical regulation or standard, it shall, on request, explain the reasons for its refusal. 4. Where a Party declines a request from the other Party to enter into negotiations to conclude an arrangement for recognition in its Area of the results of conformity assessment procedures conducted by conformity assessment bodies in the other Party, it shall explain the reasons for its decision.