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)