Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. The Parties hereby establish the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, comprising representatives of each Party.
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. The Parties hereby establish a Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade comprising representatives of each Party as set out in paragraph 4. 2. The Committee shall: (a) monitor the implementation, enforcement, and administration of this Chapter; (b) promptly address any issue that a Party raises related to the development, adoption, application, or enforcement of standards, technical regulations, or conformity assessment procedures; (c) enhance cooperation between the Parties in the areas set out in Article 7.8; (d) facilitate the process for the negotiation of a mutual recognition agreement;
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. The Parties hereby establish the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the “Committee”), comprising representatives of each Party.
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. The Parties hereby establish a Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (hererinafter referred to as the "Committee"), composed of representatives of each Party. 2. The Committee's functions shall include: (a) working to facilitate the implementation of this Chapter and cooperation between the Parties in all matters pertaining to this Chapter; (b) monitoring the implementation, enforcement, and administration of this Chapter; (c) promptly addressing any issue that a Party raises related to the development, adoption, application, or enforcement of standards, technical regulations, or conformity assessment procedures; (d) enhancing joint cooperation between the Parties in the areas set out in Article 6.8; (e) facilitating the process for the negotiation of a mutual recognition agreement; (f) exchanging information, upon request of a Party, on standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures, including the Parties' respective views regarding non-party issues; (g) exchanging information on developments in non-governmental, regional, and multilateral fora engaged in activities related to standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment procedures; (h) upon written request of a Party, consulting with the aim of solving any matter arising under this Chapter within a reasonable period of time; (i) reviewing this Chapter in light of any development under the TBT Committee and, if necessary, developing recommendations for amendments to this Chapter; (j) establishing, if necessary to achieve the objectives of this Chapter, issue-specific or sector-specific ad-hoc working groups; (k) as it considers appropriate, reporting to the Joint Commission on the implementation of this Chapter; and (l) taking any other step that the Parties consider will assist them in implementing this Chapter. 3. The Committee shall meet upon request of a Party. Meetings may be conducted in person, or via teleconference, videoconference, or any other means as mutually agreed by the Parties. 4. Where the Parties have had recourse to consultations under paragraph 2(h), the consultations shall, if the Parties agree, constitute consultations under Article 20.4 (Consultations). 5. The authorities set out in paragraph 1 of Annex 6-A shall be responsible for coordinating with the relevant institutions and persons in their respective territories as well as for ensuring that such institutions and persons are engaged. The Committee shall carry out its work through the...
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. For purposes of Article 7.8, the Committee shall be coordinated by:
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. The Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade shall be coordinated by:
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. The Parties hereby establish a Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (the "TBT Committee"), composed of government representatives of each Party responsible for technical barriers to trade matters. The TBT Committee may also invite relevant persons, with the necessary expertise regarding the issues for discussion, to attend as observers.
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. The Parties hereby establish a Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (hereinafter the "Committee"), comprised of representatives appointed by each Party in accordance with Annex 7.9. The committee's functions shall include, among others: Monitoring the implementation and administration of this Chapter; Dealing promptly with such matters as another Party may raise with regards to the creation, adoption, application or execution of standards, technical regulations or conformity assessment procedures; Increasing cooperation on the creation and improvement of standards, technical regulation and conformity assessment procedures; Facilitating, as and when appropriate, sector cooperation between governmental and non-governmental bodies in the field of standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures in the Parties' territories, as well as facilitating the process of Mutual Recognition Agreements and equivalence of technical regulations; Exchanging information on work carried out in non-governmental, regional and multilateral forums and cooperation programmes involved in activities related to standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures; Reviewing this Chapter in light of what takes place within the WTO's Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade and creating recommendations to modify this Chapter if necessary; Reporting to the Free Trade Commission on the implementation of this Chapter; Establishing, as and when necessary, for specific issues or sectors, working groups to handle specific matters relating to this Chapter and the TBT Agreement; Holding, on request by a Party, technical meetings on any matter pertaining to this Chapter;
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. The Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade established pursuant to Article 22.3 shall be responsible for the effective implementation and operation of this Chapter.
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 1. For the purposes of Article 6.10, the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade shall be coordinated by:
