Common use of Technical Cooperation Clause in Contracts

Technical Cooperation. 1. The Parties agree to cooperate and provide technical assistance, to the extent possible, in order to, inter alia: (a) encourage the implementation of this Chapter; (b) encourage the implementation of the TBT Agreement; (c) strengthen the relevant organizations of standardization, technical regulation, and conformity assessment, including their training of the human resources; (d) increase the cooperation between the standardizing, technical regulatory, or conformity assessment bodies in the Parties' territories, including participation and collaboration in international organizations; (e) enhance cooperation in the development and improvement of standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures; and (f) facilitate the consideration of any sector-specific proposal a Party makes for further cooperation between governmental and non-governmental standardizing or conformity assessment bodies in the Parties' territories. 2. Upon request of a Party that has an interest in developing a similar technical regulation of the other Party, that other Party shall endeavor to provide, to the extent practicable, relevant information, studies, or other documents, except for confidential information, on which it has relied in the development of the technical regulation.