Common use of Technical Regulations Clause in Contracts

Technical Regulations. 1. Where relevant international standards exist or their completion is imminent, each Party shall use them, or relevant parts of them, as a basis for their technical regulations except when such international standards or relevant parts would be an ineffective or inappropriate means for the fulfilment of the legitimate objectives pursued, for instance because of fundamental climatic or geographical factors or fundamental technological problems. 2. Each Party shall give positive consideration to accepting as equivalent, technical regulations of another Party, even if these regulations differ from its own, provided it is satisfied that these regulations adequately fulfil the objectives of its own regulations. 3. Where a Party does not accept a technical regulation of another Party as equivalent to its own it shall, upon request of the other Party, explain the reasons for its decision.

Technical Regulations. 1. Where relevant international standards exist or their completion is imminent, each Party shall use them, or relevant parts of them, as a basis for their technical regulations except when such international standards or relevant parts would be an ineffective or inappropriate means for the fulfilment of the legitimate objectives pursued, for instance because of fundamental climatic or geographical factors or fundamental technological problems. 2. Each Party shall give positive consideration to accepting as equivalent, technical regulations of another Party, even if these regulations differ from its own, provided it is satisfied that these regulations adequately fulfil the objectives of its own regulations. 3. Where a Party does not accept a technical regulation of another Party as equivalent to its own it shall, upon request of the other Party, explain the reasons for its decision.

Technical Regulations. 1. Where relevant international standards exist or their completion is imminent, each Party shall use them, or relevant parts of them, as a basis for their its technical regulations except when such international standards or relevant parts would be an ineffective or inappropriate means for the fulfilment of the legitimate objectives pursued, for instance because of fundamental climatic or geographical factors or fundamental technological problems. 2. Each Party shall give positive consideration to accepting as equivalent, equivalent technical regulations of another Party, even if these regulations differ from its own, provided it is satisfied that these regulations adequately fulfil the objectives of its own regulations. 3. Where a Party does not accept a technical regulation of another Party as equivalent to its own own, it shall, upon request of the that other Party, explain the reasons for its decision.

Technical Regulations. 1. Where relevant international standards exist or their completion is imminent, each Party shall use them, or relevant parts of them, as a basis for their technical regulations except when such international standards or relevant parts would be an ineffective or inappropriate means for the fulfilment of the legitimate objectives pursued, for instance because of fundamental climatic or geographical factors or fundamental technological problems. 2. Each Party shall give positive consideration to accepting as equivalent, equivalent technical regulations of another the other Party, even if these regulations differ from its own, provided it is satisfied that these regulations adequately fulfil the objectives of its own regulations. 3. Where a Party does not accept a technical regulation of another the other Party as equivalent to its own own, it shall, upon request of the other Party, explain the reasons for its decision.

Technical Regulations. 1. Where relevant international standards exist or their completion is imminent, each Party shall use them, or relevant parts of them, as a basis for their its technical regulations except when such international standards or relevant parts would be an ineffective or inappropriate means for the fulfilment of the legitimate objectives pursued, for instance because of fundamental climatic or geographical factors or fundamental technological problems. 2. Each Party shall give positive consideration to accepting as equivalent, equivalent technical regulations of another Party, even if these regulations differ from its own, provided it is satisfied that these regulations adequately fulfil the objectives of its own regulations. 3. Where a Party does not accept a technical regulation of another Party as equivalent to its own own, it shall, upon request of the that other Party, explain the reasons for its decision.