Common use of International Standards and Harmonization Clause in Contracts

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.

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 for 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.

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, 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.

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, 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-by- products as well as food safety.