Common use of Cooperation and Trade Facilitation Clause in Contracts

Cooperation and Trade Facilitation. 1. In addition to Articles 5, 6, and 9 of the TBT Agreement, the Parties acknowledge that a broad range of mechanisms (12) exists to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results. In this regard, a Party shall give consideration to a request made by another Party with respect to any sector-specific proposal for cooperation including by, as appropriate: (a) implementing mutual recognition of the results by conformity assessment bodies located in its territory and another Party's territory with respect to specific technical regulations; (b) recognizing existing mutual and multilateral recognition arrangements between or among accreditation bodies or conformity assessment bodies; (c) using accreditation to qualify conformity assessment bodies, particularly international systems of accreditation; (d) designating conformity assessment bodies or recognise the other Party's designation of conformity assessment bodies; (e) unilaterally recognizing the results of conformity assessment procedures performed in the other Party's territory; and (f) accepting a supplier's declaration of conformity. 2. The Parties recognize that a broad range of mechanisms exist to support greater regulatory alignment and to eliminate unnecessary technical barriers to trade in the region, including: (a) regulatory dialogue and cooperation to, among other things: (i) exchange of information on regulatory approaches and practices, (ii) promote the use of good regulatory practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures, (iii) provide technical advice and assistance, on mutually agreed terms and conditions, to improve practices related to the development, implementation and review of technical regulations, standards, conformity assessment procedures and metrology, or (iv) provide technical assistance and cooperation, on mutually agreed terms and conditions, to build capacity and support the implementation of this Chapter; (b) facilitation of the greater use and alignment of standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures with relevant international standards, guides, and recommendations; and (c) promotion of the acceptance of technical regulations of the other Party as equivalent. 3. In addition to subparagraph (c), the Parties shall work to develop common standards and conformity assessment procedures in sectors of mutual interest. The Parties shall determine the scope of this work through the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade established under Article 11.11 (Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade). 4. The Parties shall strengthen their exchange and collaboration on mechanisms to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results, to support greater regulatory alignment and to eliminate unnecessary technical barriers to trade in the region. To this end, the Parties shall seek to identify, develop, and promote trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures that address particular cross-cutting or sector-specific issues. 5. The Parties shall encourage cooperation between their respective organizations responsible for standardization, conformity assessment, accreditation and metrology, whether they are public or private, with a view to facilitate trade.

Cooperation and Trade Facilitation. 1. In addition Further to Articles 5, 6, 6 and 9 of the TBT Agreement, the Parties acknowledge that a broad range of mechanisms (12) exists exist to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results. In this regard, a Party shall give consideration to a request made by another Party with respect to any sector-specific proposal for cooperation including by, as appropriatemay: (a) implementing implement mutual recognition of the results by of conformity assessment procedures performed by bodies located in its territory and another the other Party's ’s territory with respect to specific technical regulations; (b) recognizing recognise existing regional and international mutual and multilateral recognition arrangements between or among accreditation bodies or conformity assessment bodies; (c) using use accreditation to qualify conformity assessment bodies, particularly international systems of accreditation; (d) designating designate conformity assessment bodies or recognise the other Party's ’s designation of conformity assessment bodies; (e) unilaterally recognizing recognise the results of conformity assessment procedures performed in the other Party's ’s territory; and (f) accepting accept a supplier's ’s declaration of conformity. 2. The Parties recognize recognise that a broad range of mechanisms exist to support greater regulatory alignment and to eliminate unnecessary technical barriers to trade in the regiontrade, including: (a) regulatory dialogue and cooperation to, among other things: (i) exchange of information on regulatory approaches and practices,; (ii) promote the use of good regulatory practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures,; (iii) provide technical advice and assistance, on mutually agreed terms and conditions, to improve practices related to the development, implementation and review of technical regulations, standards, conformity assessment procedures and metrology, ; or (iv) provide technical assistance and cooperation, on mutually agreed terms and conditions, to build capacity and support the implementation of this Chapter; (b) greater alignment of national standards with relevant international standards, except where inappropriate or ineffective; (c) facilitation of the greater use and alignment of standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures with relevant international standards, guides, guides and recommendationsrecommendations as the basis for technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures; and (cd) promotion of the acceptance of technical regulations of the other Party as equivalent. 3. In addition With respect to subparagraph (c)the mechanisms listed in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Parties shall work to develop common standards recognise that the choice of the appropriate mechanism in a given regulatory context depends on a variety of factors, such as the product and conformity assessment procedures in sectors sector involved, the volume and direction of mutual interest. The Parties shall determine trade, the scope relationship between Parties’ respective regulators, the legitimate objectives pursued and the risks of this work through the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade established under Article 11.11 (Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade)non-fulfilment of those objectives. 4. The Parties shall strengthen their exchange and collaboration on mechanisms to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results, to support greater regulatory alignment and to eliminate unnecessary technical barriers to trade in the region. To this end, the Parties shall seek to identify, develop, and promote trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures that address particular cross-cutting or sector-specific issues. 5. A Party shall, on request of the other Party, give due consideration to any sector- specific proposal for cooperation under this Chapter. 6. Further to Article 2.7 of the TBT Agreement, a Party shall, on request of the other Party, explain the reasons why it has not accepted a technical regulation of the other Party as equivalent. 7. The Parties shall encourage cooperation between their respective organizations organisations responsible for standardizationstandardisation, conformity assessment, accreditation and metrology, whether they are public or private, with a view to facilitate tradeaddressing issues covered by this Chapter.

Cooperation and Trade Facilitation. 1. In addition The Parties shall seek to Articles 5identify, 6develop, and 9 promote trade facilitation initiatives, as appropriate for particular issues or sectors, related to technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures, taking into account the respective experience of the TBT AgreementParties in other appropriate bilateral, regional, or multilateral arrangements. The Parties shall also seek to identify, develop, and promote joint work between their standards bodies with the Parties acknowledge that a broad range aim of mechanisms (12) exists to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment resultsfacilitating trade. In this regardSuch initiatives may include, a Party shall give consideration to a request made by another Party with respect to any sector-specific proposal for cooperation including by, as appropriate:but are not limited to (a) implementing mutual recognition Intensify joint cooperation to increase knowledge and understanding of the results by conformity assessment bodies located their respective systems in its territory and another Party's territory with respect order to specific technical regulationsfacilitate market access; (b) recognizing existing mutual Promote compatibility or equivalence of technical regulations and multilateral recognition arrangements between or among accreditation bodies or conformity assessment bodiesprocedures; (c) using accreditation to qualify conformity assessment bodiesTo promote convergence or harmonization with international standards, particularly international systems of accreditation;and (d) designating conformity assessment bodies or recognise the other Party's designation of conformity assessment bodies; (e) unilaterally recognizing Recognize and accept the results of the conformity assessment procedures performed in the other Party's territory; and (f) accepting a supplier's declaration of conformityprocedures. 2. The Parties recognize that the existence of a broad wide range of mechanisms exist to support greater regulatory alignment coherence and to eliminate unnecessary technical barriers to trade in the region, including: (a) Encourage regulatory dialogue and cooperation in order to, among other things: (i) exchange of information on regulatory approaches practices and practices,approaches; (ii) promote the use of good regulatory practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of standards, technical regulations, standards regulations and conformity assessment procedures,; (iii) provide technical advice and technical assistance, on in terms and mutually agreed terms and conditions, to improve practices related to the development, implementation and review of technical regulations, standards, standards and conformity assessment procedures and metrology, orprocedures; (iv) provide technical assistance and cooperation, to the other Party on mutually agreed terms and conditions, for the improvement of practices related to build capacity the elaboration, implementation and support the implementation of this Chapter; (b) facilitation of the greater use and alignment review of standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures with relevant international standards, guides, and recommendations; andprocedures; (cb) promotion Promote, disseminate and exchange experiences and information regarding the possibility of accepting as equivalent the acceptance of technical regulations of the other Party Party; (c) Increase, as equivalentfar as possible, the harmonization of national standards with international standards, and (d) Encourage greater use of international standards, guidelines and recommendations as a basis for technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures. 3. In addition With respect to subparagraph (c)paragraphs 1 and 2, the Parties shall work recognize that the choice of appropriate mechanisms in a given regulatory context will depend on a variety of factors, such as: the product and sector involved, the volume and direction of trade, the relationship between the Parties' respective regulators, the legitimate objectives pursued, and the risks of failing to develop common standards and conformity assessment procedures in sectors of mutual interest. The Parties shall determine the scope of this work through the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade established under Article 11.11 (Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade)achieve those objectives. 4. The Parties shall strengthen their will intensify the exchange and collaboration on of mechanisms to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results, to support greater regulatory alignment consistency and to eliminate remove unnecessary technical barriers to trade in the region. To this end, the Parties shall seek to identify, develop, and promote trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures that address particular cross-cutting or sector-specific issues. 5. The Parties shall encourage cooperation between their respective organizations responsible for technical regulation, standardization, conformity assessment, accreditation and metrology, whether they are public governmental or privatenon-governmental, with a view to facilitate tradeaddressing various issues covered by this Chapter. 6. The Parties shall seek, to the extent possible, to bring into international standardization forums common positions based on mutual interests.

Cooperation and Trade Facilitation. 1. In addition Further to Articles 5, 6, 6 and 9 of the TBT Agreement, the Parties acknowledge that a broad range of mechanisms (12) exists exist to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results. In this regard, a Party shall give consideration to a request made by another Party with respect to any sector-specific proposal for cooperation including by, as appropriatemay: (a) implementing implement mutual recognition of the results by of conformity assessment procedures performed by bodies located in its territory and another the other Party's territory with respect to specific technical regulations; (b) recognizing recognise existing regional and international mutual and multilateral recognition arrangements between or among accreditation bodies or conformity assessment bodies; (c) using use accreditation to qualify conformity assessment bodies, particularly international systems of accreditation; (d) designating designate conformity assessment bodies or recognise the other Party's designation of conformity assessment bodies; (e) unilaterally recognizing recognise the results of conformity assessment procedures performed in the other Party's territory; and (f) accepting accept a supplier's declaration of conformity. 2. The Parties recognize recognise that a broad range of mechanisms exist to support greater regulatory alignment and to eliminate unnecessary technical barriers to trade in the regiontrade, including: (a) regulatory dialogue and cooperation to, among other things: (i) exchange of information on regulatory approaches and practices,; (ii) promote the use of good regulatory practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures,; (iii) provide technical advice and assistance, on mutually agreed terms and conditions, to improve practices related to the development, implementation and review of technical regulations, standards, conformity assessment procedures and metrology, ; or (iv) provide technical assistance and cooperation, on mutually agreed terms and conditions, to build capacity and support the implementation of this Chapter; (b) greater alignment of national standards with relevant international standards, except where inappropriate or ineffective; (c) facilitation of the greater use and alignment of standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures with relevant international standards, guides, guides and recommendationsrecommendations as the basis for technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures; and (cd) promotion of the acceptance of technical regulations of the other Party as equivalent. 3. In addition With respect to subparagraph (c)the mechanisms listed in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Parties shall work to develop common standards recognise that the choice of the appropriate mechanism in a given regulatory context depends on a variety of factors, such as the product and conformity assessment procedures in sectors sector involved, the volume and direction of mutual interest. The Parties shall determine trade, the scope relationship between Parties' respective regulators, the legitimate objectives pursued and the risks of this work through the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade established under Article 11.11 (Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade)non-fulfilment of those objectives. 4. The Parties shall strengthen their exchange and collaboration on mechanisms to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results, to support greater regulatory alignment and to eliminate unnecessary technical barriers to trade in the region. To this end, the Parties shall seek to identify, develop, and promote trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures that address particular cross-cutting or sector-specific issues. 5. A Party shall, on request of the other Party, give due consideration to any sector- specific proposal for cooperation under this Chapter. 6. Further to Article 2.7 of the TBT Agreement, a Party shall, on request of the other Party, explain the reasons why it has not accepted a technical regulation of the other Party as equivalent. 7. The Parties shall encourage cooperation between their respective organizations organisations responsible for standardizationstandardisation, conformity assessment, accreditation and metrology, whether they are public or private, with a view to facilitate tradeaddressing issues covered by this Chapter.