Common use of Joint Management Committee Clause in Contracts

Joint Management Committee. 1. The Parties shall establish a Joint Management Committee which shall include representatives from the competent authorities of the Parties. The Committee shall be co-chaired by competent authorities’ representatives of each Party. At the first meeting of the Committee, it will establish its rules of procedure. 2. The objective of the Committee is to facilitate bilateral trade in goods affected by sanitary or phytosanitary measures and to achieve this by giving practical effect to this Chapter, including through the establishment and monitoring of the application of Implementing Arrangements. 3. The Committee shall consider any matters relating to the implementation of this Chapter including: (a) establishing, monitoring and reviewing work plans; (b) establishing technical working groups as appropriate; (c) initiating, developing, reviewing and modifying Implementing Arrangements which further elaborate the provisions of this Chapter; (d) exchanging sanitary and phytosanitary information on bilateral trade; (e) coordinating positions on important sanitary and phytosanitary issues in the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and in relevant international standards setting bodies; (f) consulting with a view to resolving sanitary and phytosanitary issues arising in bilateral trade. 4. This Committee shall meet within one year of the entry into force of this Agreement and at least annually thereafter or as mutually determined by the Parties. It may meet in person, teleconference, video conference, or through any other means, as mutually determined by the Parties. The Committee may also address issues through correspondence. 5. The Committee may agree to establish technical working groups consisting of expert-level representatives of the Parties, which shall identify and address technical and scientific issues arising from this Chapter. When additional expertise is needed, the membership of these groups need not be restricted to representatives of the Parties. 6. Notwithstanding paragraph 5, the competent authorities may consult on and resolve issues. Where they consider it appropriate, they may discuss the establishment of a working group and the scope of its work for a possible recommendation to the Committee.

Joint Management Committee. 1. The Parties shall establish a Joint Management Committee which shall include representatives from the competent authorities of the Parties. The Committee shall be co-chaired by competent authorities’ ' representatives of each Party. At the first meeting of the Committee, it will establish its rules of procedure. 2. The objective of the Committee is to facilitate bilateral trade in goods affected by sanitary or phytosanitary measures and to achieve this by giving practical effect to this Chapter, including through the establishment and monitoring of the application of Implementing Arrangementsimplementing arrangements. 3. The Committee shall consider any matters relating to the implementation of this Chapter including: (a) establishing, monitoring and reviewing work plans; (b) establishing technical working groups as appropriate; (c) initiating, developing, reviewing and modifying Implementing Arrangements implementing arrangements which further elaborate the provisions of this Chapter; (d) exchanging sanitary and phytosanitary information on bilateral trade; (e) coordinating discussing positions on important sanitary and phytosanitary issues in the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and in relevant international standards setting bodies;; and (f) consulting with a view to resolving sanitary and phytosanitary issues arising in bilateral trade. 4. This The Committee shall meet within one year of the entry into force of this Agreement and at least annually thereafter or as mutually determined by the Parties. It may meet in person, teleconference, video conference, or through any other means, as mutually determined by the Parties. The Committee may also address issues through correspondence. 5. The Committee may agree to establish technical working groups consisting of expert-level representatives of the Parties, which shall identify and address technical and scientific issues arising from this Chapter. When additional expertise is needed, the membership of these groups need not be restricted to representatives of the Parties. 6. Notwithstanding paragraph 5, the competent authorities may consult on and resolve issues. Where they consider it appropriate, they may discuss the establishment of a working group and the scope of its work for a possible recommendation to the Committee.