Transitional Arrangement. 1. There shall a transitional period of 24 months.
2. The purpose of this transitional arrangement is to provide a means whereby the Parties to the Agreement can build confidence in and understanding of each others system for designating and listing conformity assessment bodies and in the ability of these bodies to test and certify products. Successful completion of the transition arrangement should result in the determination that conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V comply with the applicable criteria and are competent to conduct conformity assessment activities on behalf of the other Party. Upon completion of the transition period, the results of conformity assessment procedures performed by the exporting Party's conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V shall be accepted by the importing Party.
3. This transitional period shall be used by the Parties:
(a) to consider new legislative changes needed to support the objectives of the Agreement;
Transitional Arrangement. On commencement of the operation of this clause sick leave will cease to exist. All existing sick leave credits will be converted to cumulative personal leave and recorded in days or hours. Employees will receive an entitlement of two (2) days non-cumulative personal leave. An employee's current sick leave anniversary date will be maintained for the purposes of the personal leave entitlement.
Transitional Arrangement. 6.1. There will be a transitional period of 18 months before the provisions of this Annex, notably section 4, become fully operational.
6.2. This transitional period will be used by the Parties:
(a) to exchange information on and develop better understanding of their respective regulatory requirements;
(b) to develop mutually agreed mechanisms for exchanging information on changes in technical requirements or methods of designating conformity assessment bodies;
(c) to monitor and evaluate the work carried out by designated conformity assessment bodies operating during the transitional period.
6.3. During the transitional period the Parties will also reciprocally recognise test reports and related documents issued by designated conformity assessment bodies of the other party in accordance with the provisions of this Annex. To this end, the approving authorities listed in Attachment 5 shall accept test reports and related documents, and evaluations from the designated bodies in the territory of the other Party, for the purposes of approval, without imposing additional requirements, and shall ensure that: — on receipt of test reports, related documents and a first evaluation of conformity, the dossiers are promptly examined for completeness, — the applicant is informed in a precise and complete manner of any deficiency, — an request for additional information is limited to omissions, inconsistencies or variances from the technical regulations or standards, — procedures for equipment modified subsequent to a determination of compliance, are limited to procedures necessary to determine continued conformance, — requirements and conformity assessment procedures applied to domestic products shall be applied with no additional requirements or variations to products or test results originating from the other Party.
6.4. Each approving authority commits itself to issuing approvals or advising the applicant no later than six (6) weeks from receipt of the test report and evaluation from a designated body in the territory of the other Party.
6.5. At the end of the transitional period the Parties will proceed to full mutual recognition of certificates of compliance issued by designated bodies in the other Party. Any proposal made during or at the end of the transitional period to limit the scope of recognition of any designated conformity assessment body or to exclude it from the list of bodies designated under this Annex shall be based on objective criteria and document...
Transitional Arrangement. In respect of employees of the Operator that when this Agreement enters into force have already terminated their employment with the Operator under a scheme as stated in 2.1.3.2 above, the Operator may charge the Joint Account with a discounted non-recurring amount.
Transitional Arrangement. In respect of employees of the Technical Services Provider that when this Agreement enters into force have already terminated their employment with the Technical Services Provider under a scheme as stated in 2.1.3.2 above, the Technical Services Provider may charge the Account with a discounted non-recurring amount.
Transitional Arrangement. Until the expiry of this MECA, and subject to meeting the criteria for payment under clause 22.15 above, employees may alternatively opt to keep the current provisions of Clause 22.13 instead.
Transitional Arrangement. 5.1. The mutual recognition provisions of this Annex, notably section 3, will take effect 18 months following the entry into force of this Annex.
5.2. During the period between the signing of the Agreement and its coming into effect, the Parties will work together to:
1. enhance their respective familiarity with each other’s regulatory requirements;
2. exchange information and review the work carried out by designated conformity assessment bodies; and
3. demonstrate to each other’s satisfaction their capability to carry out conformity assessment to the requirements of the other Party.
Transitional Arrangement. 1. There shall be a transitional period of 18 months prior to the operations of this Sectoral Annex.
2. The purpose of the transitional arrangement is to provide a mean whereby the Parties to this Agreement can cooperate to establish a system for designating conformity assessment bodies and can mutually build confidence in the abilities of these bodies. Successful completion of this transitional arrangement is intended to result in a determination that conformity assessment bodies comply with the applicable criteria and to have the equipment approved by the conformity assessment bodies of the exporting country accepted by the approval authority of the importing country.
3. During this transitional period, the parties shall:
(a) exchange information on technical data and conformity assessment criteria and procedures, thus developing greater familiarity with their respective regulatory requirements; and
(b) carry out or recommend any applicable policy, legislative and regulatory changes necessary for the provisions of this Annex.
4. Product Scope
Transitional Arrangement. There will be a transitional arrangement of 18 months prior to the operation of this Annex. During this transitional period, the Parties will:
(a) exchange information on, and develop greater familiarity with, their respective regulatory requirements; and
(b) carry out the policy, legislative and regulatory changes necessary for the provisions of this Annex.
Transitional Arrangement. Those PT1 and PT2 allowances created prior to January 1, 2008 are subject to the arrangements that applied at the time that these allowances were awarded.
