Common use of Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Clause in Contracts

Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. 1. The Parties establish a Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures as a forum to ensure and monitor the implementation of this Chapter and to consider any matter that could affect compliance with its provisions. The SPS Sub- committee may review this Chapter and make recommendations accordingly. 2. The SPS Sub-committee shall comprise representatives designated by each Party. This Sub-committee shall meet on ordinary session at least once a year on a mutually agreed date and venue, and will hold special sessions upon request of any Party. The SPS Sub-committee shall hold its first ordinary session within the first year following the entry into force of this Agreement. The SPS Sub-committee shall adopt its working procedures at this first meeting. The agenda shall be agreed by the Parties before the meetings. The Sub- committee may also meet by video and audio conference. 3. The SPS Sub-committee shall: (a) develop and monitor the implementation of this Chapter; (b) provide a forum for discussing problems arising from the application of SPS measures and the application of this Chapter, and identify possible solutions; (c) discuss the need to establish joint study programmes, in particular in relation to the establishment of specific limits; (d) identify cooperation needs; (e) conduct the consultations established in Article 104 concerning the settlement of disputes arising under this Chapter; (f) conduct the consultations established in Article 100 of this Chapter concerning special and differential treatment; and (g) perform any other function mutually agreed between the Parties. 4. The SPS Sub-committee may establish ad hoc working groups in order to undertake specific tasks and shall establish their functions and working procedures.

Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. 1. The Parties will establish a the Sub-committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Measures, as a forum to ensure and monitor the implementation of this Chapter and to consider any matter that could affect compliance with its provisionscompliance. The SPS Sub- Sub-committee may can review this Chapter Agreement and make recommendations recommend accordingly. 2. The SPS Sub-committee shall comprise be composed by representatives designated by each Party. This Sub-committee ; it shall meet on ordinary session at least regularly once a year on a mutually agreed date and venue, and will hold special sessions upon held extraordinary meetings on request of any either Party. The SPS Sub-committee shall hold its meet for the first ordinary session time within the first year following after the entry into force of this Agreement. The SPS Sub; at the first meeting the sub-committee shall adopt its internal working procedures at this first meetingprocedures. The agenda shall be agreed by the Parties before the meetingsmeeting. The Sub- venue of meetings shall also be mutually agreed. The Sub-committee may could also meet by video and audio conference. 3. The SPS Sub-committee shallshall have the following functions: (a) To develop and monitor the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter; (b) . To provide a forum for discussing problems arising from the application of the SPS measures and the application of this Chapter, and identify identifying possible solutions; (c) . To discuss the need to establish joint study programmes, in particular in relation to the establishment of specific limits; (d) . To identify the cooperation needs; (e) . To conduct the consultations established in Article 104 20 of this Chapter concerning the settlement of disputes arising under this Chapter; (f) . To conduct the consultations established in Article 100 16 of this Chapter concerning the special and differential treatment; and (g) perform any other function treatment Other functions mutually agreed between the Parties. 4. Parties The SPS Subsub-committee may establish ad ad-hoc working groups in order to undertake specific tasks and shall will establish their functions and working proceduresthe conditions for the activity of these groups.