Common use of International Standards and Harmonization Clause in Contracts

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.

International Standards and Harmonization. To For the purpose of implementing expeditiously apply sanitary and phytosanitary measures in the territory of the Parties, Parties and thereby facilitating facilitate trade flows, procedures for controlcontrol procedures, inspection and approval of the sanitary and phytosanitary measures shall will be based on shown in the following principles: (a) Each Party shall use as a reference framework the international standards, guidelines or recommendations as the basis for its sanitary and or phytosanitary measures, measures in order to harmonize them or make them compatible with those of another Partythe other party; (b) notwithstanding subparagraph Without prejudice to paragraph (a), the Parties each Party may adopt, applyimplement, maintain or establish or maintain a sanitary or phytosanitary measure that offers with a level of protection different from that which would be achieved by measures a measure based on an international standardstandards, guideline guidelines or recommendationrecommendations or, or which is stricter, if more stringent than those provided that there is scientific justification; (c) to achieve closer With the aim of reaching a higher degree of harmonization, the Parties each Party shall follow the guidelines of the competent relevant international organizations – the ICPP for organizations. In respect of plant health, health The IPPC on aspects of the OIE for animal health, health and the standards of the Codex with respect to on food safety and tolerance limitslimits shall Codex standards; (d) the The Parties shall also take into consideration consider the standards and standards, guidelines or recommendations of other international organizations of which they are members; and (e) the The Parties shall establish harmonized systems in the field of sanitary and phytosanitary systems for diagnostic methods of sampling, diagnosis, inspection and certification of animals, plants, their products and byproducts and by-products as well as food safety.