International Standards and Harmonization Sample Clauses

International Standards and Harmonization. 1. Without reducing the level of protection of human, animal or plant life or health, each Party shall base its sanitary and phytosanitary measures on relevant international standards, guidelines or recommendations, where they exist, with a view to seeking harmonization. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Parties may adopt a sanitary or phytosanitary measure offering a level of protection other than the level that would be achieved through a measure based on an international standard, guideline or recommendation, including a more stringent measure than the foregoing, if there is a scientific justification, or as a consequence of the level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection the Party determines to be appropriate in accordance with the relevant provisions of Article 5 of the SPS Agreement. 3. For purposes of achieving a higher degree of harmonization, the Parties shall, to the greatest extent possible, cooperate in the development of international standards, guidelines and recommendations to all aspects of sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and follow the standards, guidelines and recommendations set by the following organizations: (a) on plant health issues, the IPPC; (b) on animal health issues, the OIE; and (c) on food safety issues, the CODEX. 4. For matters not covered by the international organizations listed in paragraph 3, the Parties may consider, as agreed by the Parties, the standards, guidelines and recommendations of other relevant international organizations of which both Parties are members.
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International Standards and Harmonization. With the aim to harmonize sanitary and phytosanitary measures, the procedures of control, inspection and the approval of sanitary and phytosanitary measures of the Parties, shall be based on the following principles: a) each Party shall use international standards, guidelines or recommendations as reference guideline for its sanitary and phytosanitary measures; b) each Party may adopt, implement, establish or maintain a sanitary or phytosanitary measure with a level of protection different from or stricter than that of international standards, guidelines or recommendations, provided that there is scientific justification for the measure; c) with the aim of reaching a higher degree of harmonization, each Party shall follow the guidelines of the ASPS, the IPPC for plant health, the OIE for animal health and the Codex on food safety and tolerance limits; and d) the Parties shall establish harmonized systems for the procedures of control, inspection and approval of the sanitary and phytosanitary measures for animals, plants, their products and by-products as well as food safety.
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International Standards and Harmonization. To expeditiously apply sanitary and phytosanitary measures in the territory of the Parties, thereby facilitating trade flows, procedures for control, inspection and approval of sanitary and phytosanitary measures shall be based on the following principles: (a) Each Party shall use international standards, guidelines or recommendations as the basis for its sanitary and phytosanitary measures, in order to harmonize them or make them compatible with those of another Party; (b) notwithstanding subparagraph (a), the Parties may adopt, apply, establish or maintain a sanitary or phytosanitary measure that offers a level of protection different from that which would be achieved by measures based on an international standard, guideline or recommendation, or which is stricter, if there is scientific justification; (c) to achieve closer harmonization, the Parties shall follow the guidelines of the competent international organizations – the ICPP for plant health, the OIE for animal health, and the standards of the Codex with respect to food safety and tolerance limits; (d) the Parties shall also take into consideration the standards and guidelines of other international organizations of which they are members; and (e) the Parties shall establish harmonized sanitary and phytosanitary systems for sampling, diagnosis, inspection and certification of animals, plants, their products and byproducts and food safety.
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International Standards and Harmonization. With the aim to harmonize sanitary and phytosanitary measures, the procedures of control, inspection and approval of sanitary and phytosanitary measures of the Parties shall be based on the following principles: (a) each Party shall use international standards, guidelines or recommendations as reference guideline for its sanitary and phytosanitary measures; (b) each Party may adopt, implement, establish or maintain a sanitary or phytosanitary measure with a level of protection different from or stricter than that of international standards, guidelines or recommendations, provided that there is scientific justification for the measure;
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International Standards and Harmonization. 1. Each Party shall use international standards, guidelines or recommendations as the basis for its sanitary and phytosanitary measures, in order to harmonize them or make them compatible with those of the other Party. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Parties may adopt a sanitary or phytosanitary measure that offers a level of protection different from that which would be achieved by measures based on an international standard, guideline or recommendation, or which is higher, if there is scientific justification. 3. To achieve closer harmonization, the Parties shall follow the guidelines of the competent international organizations: the International Convention on Phytosanitary Protection for plant health; the OIE for animal health; and the standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission with respect to food safety and tolerance limits. 4. The parties shall also take into consideration the standards and guidelines of other international organizations of which they are members. 5. The Parties shall establish sanitary and phytosanitary harmonization systems for sampling, diagnosis, inspection and certification of animals, plants, their products and byproducts and food safety.
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International Standards and Harmonization. For the purpose of implementing expeditiously sanitary and phytosanitary measures in the territory of the Parties and thereby facilitate trade flows, control procedures, inspection and approval of the sanitary and phytosanitary measures will be shown in the following principles: a) Each Party shall use as a reference framework the international standards, guidelines or recommendations for its sanitary or phytosanitary measures in order to harmonize them or compatible with those of the other party; b) Without prejudice to paragraph (a), each Party may adopt, implement, maintain or establish a sanitary or phytosanitary measure with a level of protection different from that which would be achieved by a measure based on international standards, guidelines or recommendations or, more stringent than those provided that there is scientific justification; c) With the aim of reaching a higher degree of harmonization, each Party shall follow the guidelines of the relevant international organizations. in respect of the IPPC for health, animal plant health aspects of the OIE and on food safety and tolerance limits shall Codex standards; d) The Parties shall consider the standards and guidelines of other international organizations of which they are members; and e) The Parties shall establish harmonized systems in the field of sanitary and phytosanitary diagnostic methods of sampling, inspection and certification of animals, plants, their products and by-products as well as food safety.
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International Standards and Harmonization. With the aim to harmonize sanitary and phytosanitary measures, the Parties shall follow the principles as described below: (a) each Party shall use international standards, guidelines or recommendations as reference guideline for its sanitary and phytosanitary measures; (b) each Party may adopt, implement, establish or maintain a sanitary or phytosanitary measure with a level of protection different from or stricter than that of international standards, guidelines or recommendations, provided that there is scientific justification for the measure; (c) with the aim of reaching a higher degree of harmonization, each Party shall follow the guidelines of the SPS Agreement, the IPPC for plant health, the OIE for animal health and the Codex on food safety and tolerance limits; and (d) the Parties shall establish harmonized systems for the procedures of control, inspection and approval of the sanitary and phytosanitary measures for animals, plants, their products and by-products as well as food safety.
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International Standards and Harmonization. 1. Each Party shall use, as a frame of reference, international standards, guidelines or recommendations, for the establishment of its sanitary and phytosanitary measures, except when these do not constitute an effective or adequate means to protect life, human or animal health and plant health, due to factors of a climatic, geographical, technological or infrastructural nature, or for scientifically justified reasons, or because the level of protection it considers adequate Is not obtained. 2. A Party's sanitary or phytosanitary measure that conforms to an international standard, guideline or recommendation shall be presumed to be consistent with paragraphs 1 to 5 of Article 5 -03. 3. Where a Party has reason to believe that a sanitary or phytosanitary measure of another Party adversely affects or may adversely affect its exports, and the measure is not based on relevant international standards, guidelines or recommendations, it may request that Party to inform it in writing, within 30 days, of the reasons for the measure. 4. In order to promote the development and periodic review of international standards, guidelines and recommendations, as well as to achieve a greater degree of harmonization, each Party shall participate, according to its possibilities, in the competent international standardizing organizations, in particular the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the Office International des Epizooties and the International Plant Protection Convention. 5. The Parties shall develop criteria and procedures for the harmonization of methods of sampling, diagnosis, inspection and certification of animals, plants, their products and by-products, as well as food safety.
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