Standardisation and Conformity Assessment. The Parties will cooperate in the field of standardisation, metrology, certification and quality assurance in order to reduce differences between the Parties in these areas, remove technical barriers and facilitate bilateral trade. This cooperation shall include:
Standardisation and Conformity Assessment. Cooperation shall aim at reducing divergences in standardisation and certification. Cooperation shall be realised in particular through: – encouraging the use of European standards and conformity assessment procedures and techniques; – upgrading Algerian conformity assessment and metrology bodies and helping to establish the necessary conditions for the eventual negotiation of mutual recognition agreements in these fields; – cooperation in the area of quality management; – providing assistance to the Algerian bodies responsible for intellectual, industrial and commercial property and for standardisation and quality.
Standardisation and Conformity Assessment. The Parties shall aim to reduce differences in standardisation and conformity assessment. Co-operation in this field shall focus in particular on:
Standardisation and Conformity Assessment. The Parties will cooperate in the field of standardisation, metrology, certification and quality assurance in order to reduce differences between the Parties in these areas, remove technical barriers and facilitate bilateral trade. This cooperation shall include: (a) measures, in accordance with the provisions of the WTO TBT Agreement, to promote greater use of international technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures, including sector specific measures; (b) developing agreements on mutual recognition of conformity assessment in sectors of mutual economic interest; (c) cooperation in the area of quality management and assurance in selected sectors of importance to South Africa; (d) facilitation of technical assistance for southern African capacity building initiatives in the fields of accreditation, metrology and standardisation; (e) developing practical links between South African and European standardisation, accreditation and certification organisations.
Standardisation and Conformity Assessment. The Parties shall aim to reduce differences in standardisation and conformity assessment. Cooperation in this field shall focus in particular on: (a) rules in the field of standardisation, metrology, quality standards, and recognition of conformity, in particular as regards sanitary and phytosanitary standards for agricultural products and foodstuffs; (b) upgrading the level of Egyptian conformity assessment bodies, with a view to the establishment, in due time, of mutual recognition agreements in the area of conformity assessment; (c) developing structures for the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights, for standardisation and for setting quality standards.
