Common use of Establishment of Standards Clause in Contracts

Establishment of Standards. The Member States undertake to: (a) apply uniform rules and procedures for the formulation of their national standards; (b) adopt African regional standards and where these are unavailable, adopt suitable international standards for products traded in the Common Market; (c) coordinate their views with regard to the selection, recognition, adaptation and application of regional and international standards in so far as the needs of the Common Market are concerned, and constantly endeavour to improve the standardisation of goods and services within the Common Market; and (d) apply the principle of reference to standards in their national regulations, so as to facilitate the harmonisation of their technical regulations.