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DESCRIPTION OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OBLIGATIONS. In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, EC conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex shall be recognised to test, certify and mark products within the scope of their Nationally Recognised Testing Laboratory (NRTL) recognition for assessing conformity to US requirements. With regard to US conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex, in the event of a challenge within the European Community under Article 8(2) of Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973, test reports issued by such conformity assessment bodies shall be accepted by the European Community Authorities in the same way that reports from European Community notified bodies are accepted. That is, (listed conformity assessment bodies) in the US shall be recognised under Article 11 of Council Directive 73/23/EEC as ‘bodies which may make a report in accordance with Article 8.’ SECTION IV AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNATING THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES LISTED IN SECTION V EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — Belgium Ministère des Affaires Econo- miques National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Ministerie van Economische Zaken — Denmark Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen Danmarks Elektriske Materi- elkontrol (XXXXX) — Germany Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung — Greece Yπουργείο Ανάπτυξης Ministry of Development — Spain Ministerio de Industria y Energía EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — France Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie — Ireland Department of Enterprise and Employment — Italy Ministero dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato — Luxembourg Ministère des Transports — Netherlands De Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport— Austria Bundesministerium für xxxxx- chaftliche Angelegenheiten — Portugal Under the authority of the Government of Portugal: Instituto Português da Qualidade — Finland Kauppa- ja teollisuusministerio/ Handels- och industriministeriet — Sweden Under the authority of the Government of Sweden: Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll (SWEDAC) — United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry

DESCRIPTION OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OBLIGATIONS. In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, EC conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex shall be recognised to test, certify and mark products within the scope of their Nationally Recognised Testing Laboratory (NRTL) recognition for assessing conformity to US requirements. With regard to US conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex, in the event of a challenge within the European Community under Article 8(2) of Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973, test reports issued by such conformity assessment bodies shall be accepted by the European Community Authorities in the same way that reports from European Community notified bodies are accepted. That is, (listed conformity assessment bodies) in the US shall be recognised under Article 11 of Council Directive 73/23/EEC as ‘bodies which may make a report in accordance with Article 8.’ SECTION IV AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNATING THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES LISTED IN SECTION V EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — Belgium Ministère des Affaires Econo- miques National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Ministerie van Economische Zaken — Denmark Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen Danmarks Elektriske Materi- elkontrol (XXXXX) — Germany Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung — Greece Yπουργείο Ανάπτυξης Ministry of Development — Spain Ministerio de Industria y Energía EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — France Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie — Ireland Department of Enterprise and Employment — Italy Ministero dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato — Luxembourg Ministère des Transports Transports— Netherlands De Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en SportSport — Austria Bundesministerium für xxxxx- chaftliche Angelegenheiten — Portugal Under the authority of the Government of Portugal: Instituto Português da Qualidade — Finland Kauppa- ja teollisuusministerio/ Handels- och industriministeriet — Sweden Under the authority of the Government of Sweden: Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll (SWEDAC) — United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry

DESCRIPTION OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OBLIGATIONS. In accordance acc ordance with the provisions of the Agreement, EC conformity c onformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex shall be recognised recognized to test, certify and mark xxxx products within the scope sc ope of their Nationally Recognised Rec ognised Testing Laboratory (NRTL) recognition rec ognition for assessing conformity c onformity to US U.S. requirements. With regard to US U.S. conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex, in the event of a challenge within the European Community under Article 8(2) of Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973, test reports issued by such conformity assessment bodies shall be accepted a ccepted by the European Community Authorities in the same way that reports from European Community notified bodies are accepted. That is, (listed conformity assessment bodies) in the US U.S. shall be recognised recognized under Article 11 of Council Directive Dire ctive 73/23/EEC as ‘"bodies which may make a report in accordance acc ordanc e with Article 8.’ " SECTION IV AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNATING THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES LISTED IN SECTION V EC access to the US market US U.S. market: U.S. access to the EC market — market: Belgium Ministère des Affaires Econo- miques National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Economiques Ministerie van Economische Zaken — Denmark Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen Danmarks Elektriske Materi- elkontrol (XXXXX) — Boligministeriet Germany Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung — Greece Yπουργείο Ανάπτυξης =ΞΩ]ΨΚΜΓΩ ∗Υ∆Ξ∴]ςΟΖ Ministry of Development — Spain Ministerio de Industria y Energía EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — France Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie — Ireland Department of Enterprise and Employment — Italy Ministero dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato — x x xxx' Artigianato Luxembourg Ministère des Transports — Netherlands De Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport— Staat der Nederlanden Austria Bundesministerium für xxxxx- chaftliche wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten — Portugal Under the authority of the Government of Portugal: Instituto Português da Qualidade — Finland Kauppa- ja teollisuusministerio/ Handels- teollisuusministeriö /Hand els-och industriministeriet — Sweden Under the authority of the Government of Sweden: Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll (SWEDAC) — United Kingdom UK Department of Trade and IndustryIndustry National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) SECTION V CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES EC acc ess to the U.S. market: U.S. acc ess to the EC market: The names and scope of responsibilities of Conformity Assessment Bodies located in the EC and listed in acc ordanc e with this Sectoral Annex: (to be provided by the EC) The names and scope of responsibilities of Conformity Assessment Bodies located in the U.S. and listed in accordance with this Sectoral Annex: (to be provided by the U.S.) SECTION VI DESIGNATING, LISTING, SUSPENDING AND WITHDRAWING CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES EC acc ess to the U.S. market: U.S. acc ess to the EC market: Conformity assessment bodies from the EC shall be designated by the EC Authorities identified in Section IV and rec ognized by the Joint Committee, in acc ordanc e with the rec ognition pro cedures in the Agreement and this Annex. Conformance with the appropriate ISO /IEC Guides or the correspon ding EN 45000 series of standards shall be deemed c onsistent with U.S. requirements identified in Section I. For purposes of designation and listing, EC Designating Authorities identified in Section IV shall designate c onformity assessment bodies located in the EC by filing a properly prepared proposal for listing, which includes a c omplete lab assessment under the U.S. OSHA pro cedures. OSHA shall notify the EC Designating Authority normally within 30 days as to whether the proposal is complete or whether additional information is required. OSHA shall rely on the EC Designating Authorities identified in Section IV for c onducting on-site reviews at the respective Member States' conformity assessment bodies. Conformity assessment bodies from the U.S. shall be designated by the U.S. Authority identified in Section IV and rec ognized by the Joint Committee, in acc ordanc e with the recognition pro cedures in the Agreement and Council Directive 73/23/EEC. Conformance with the appropriate EN-45000 series of standards or the c orrespon ding ISO /IEC Guides shall be deemed c onsistent with the requirements of Council Directive 73/23/EEC. For purposes of designating and listing, the U.S. Designating Authority identified in Section IV shall designate c onformity assessment bodies located in the U.S. by filing a properly prepared proposal for listing with the EC, which includes a complete lab assessment under the following EC or Member State pro cedures, as appropriate. The EC shall notify the U.S. Designating Authority within 30 days as to whether the proposal is complete and shall indicate, where applicable, any additional information that is required. SECTION VI (c ontinued) Upon receipt of a complete proposal, the U.S. exercising its authority under its law shall: (a) prior to the passage from the transitional phase into the operational phase in the Telec ommunic ation Equipment and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Sectoral Annexes, give notice of its c onsent or objection to a proposed c onformity assessment body to the Joint Committee. The listing of an agreed c onformity assessment body in Se ction V of this Sectoral Annex shall only occur upon such passag e from the transitional phase into the operational phase of those Sectoral Annexes; (b) subsequent to passag e from the transitional phase into the operational phase in the Telecommunication Equipment and Ele ctromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Sectoral Annexes, give notice of its consent or objection to a proposed conformity assessment body to the Joint Committee normally within 120 business days. The listing of an agreed c onformity assessment body in Se ction V of this Sectoral Annex shall occur upon notice of consent to the Joint Committee and the Joint Committee's decision to list such body. These listing pro cedures shall supersede the pro cedures in Article 7( c) of the Agreement in its entirety and the time periods set out in Article 7(d) of the Agreement. EC c onformity assessment bodies listed in Section V shall have NRTL status in the U.S. Upon receipt of a complete proposal, the EC shall give notice of consent or objection to the Joint Committee within 60 days. The Joint Committee shall monitor the recognition of c onformity assessment bodies and confirm such a recognition by listing them in Section V of this Sectoral Annex. The U.S. conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V shall have Notified Body status within the EC. SECTION VI (c ontinued) With regard to the suspension of a conformity assessment body listed in this Sectoral Annex, the perio d specified in Article 8(e) of the Agreement shall begin to run after a Party has notified the Joint Sectoral Committee or the Joint Committee, pursuant to Article 8(c) of the Agreement, that it proposes to revoke the conformity assessment body's recognition in acc ordanc e with its proc edures under its applicable domestic law. Except as provided for in this Section, pro cedures for designation, listing, suspension and withdrawal of conformity assessment bodies under this Sectoral Annex shall be c xxxxx d out in acc ordanc e with Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the Agreement.

DESCRIPTION OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OBLIGATIONS. In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, EC conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex shall be recognised to test, certify and mark xxxx products within the scope of their Nationally Recognised Testing Laboratory (NRTL) recognition for assessing conformity to US requirements. With regard to US conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex, in the event of a challenge within the European Community under Article 8(2) of Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973, test reports issued by such conformity assessment bodies shall be accepted by the European Community Authorities in the same way that reports from European Community notified bodies are accepted. That is, (listed conformity assessment bodies) in the US shall be recognised under Article 11 of Council Directive 73/23/EEC as ‘bodies which may make a report in accordance with Article 8.’ SECTION IV AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNATING THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES LISTED IN SECTION V EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — Belgium Ministère Ministe`re des Affaires Econo- miques National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Economiques Ministerie van Economische Zaken — Denmark Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen Danmarks Elektriske Materi- elkontrol Materielkontrol (XXXXX) — Germany Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung — Greece Yπουργείο Ανάπτυξης Υπoυργεío Ανáπτυκης Ministry of Development — Spain Ministerio de Industria y Energía — France Ministe`re de l’e´conomie, des finances et de l’industrie — Ireland Department of Enterprise and Employment — Italy Ministero dell’Industria, del Commercio e dell’Artigianato — Luxembourg Ministe`re des Transports — Netherlands De Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — France Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie — Ireland Department of Enterprise and Employment — Italy Ministero dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato — Luxembourg Ministère des Transports — Netherlands De Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport— Austria Bundesministerium für xxxxx- chaftliche wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten — Portugal Under the authority of the Government of Portugal: Instituto Português Portugueˆs da Qualidade — Finland Kauppa- ja teollisuusministerio/ teollisuusministeriö/Handels- och industriministeriet — Sweden Under the authority of the Government of Sweden: Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll (SWEDAC) — United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry

DESCRIPTION OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OBLIGATIONS. In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, EC conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex shall be recognised to test, certify and mark products within the scope of their Nationally Recognised Testing Laboratory (NRTL) recognition for assessing conformity to US requirements. With regard to US conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex, in the event of a challenge within the European Community under Article 8(2) of Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973, test reports issued by such conformity assessment bodies shall be accepted by the European Community Authorities in the same way that reports from European Community notified bodies are accepted. That is, (listed conformity assessment bodies) in the US shall be recognised under Article 11 of Council Directive 73/23/EEC as ‘bodies which may make a report in accordance with Article 8.’ SECTION IV AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNATING THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES LISTED IN SECTION V EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — Belgium Ministère Ministe`re des Affaires Econo- miques National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Economiques Ministerie van Economische Zaken — Denmark Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen Danmarks Elektriske Materi- elkontrol Materielkontrol (XXXXX) — Germany Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung — Greece Yπουργείο Ανάπτυξης Υnoυργsío Ανánτυ3ης Ministry of Development — Spain Ministerio de Industria y Energía — France Ministe`re de l’e´conomie, des finances et de l’industrie — Ireland Department of Enterprise and Employment — Italy Ministero dell’Industria, del Commercio e dell’Artigianato — Luxembourg Ministe`re des Transports — Netherlands De Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — France Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie — Ireland Department of Enterprise and Employment — Italy Ministero dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato — Luxembourg Ministère des Transports — Netherlands De Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport— Austria Bundesministerium für xxxxx- chaftliche wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten — Portugal Under the authority of the Government of Portugal: Instituto Português Portugueˆs da Qualidade — Finland Kauppa- ja teollisuusministerio/ teollisuusministeriö/Handels- och industriministeriet — Sweden Under the authority of the Government of Sweden: Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll (SWEDAC) — United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry

DESCRIPTION OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OBLIGATIONS. In accordance acc ordance with the provisions of the Agreement, EC conformity c onformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex shall be recognised recognized to test, certify and mark xxxx products within the scope sc ope of their Nationally Recognised Rec ognised Testing Laboratory (NRTL) recognition rec ognition for assessing conformity c onformity to US U.S. requirements. With regard to US U.S. conformity assessment bodies listed in Section V of this Annex, in the event of a challenge within the European Community under Article 8(2) of Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973, test reports issued by such conformity assessment bodies shall be accepted b e a ccepted by the European Community Authorities in the same way that reports from European Community notified bodies are accepted. That is, (listed conformity assessment bodies) in the US U.S. shall be recognised recognized under Article 11 of Council Directive Dire ctive 73/23/EEC as ‘"bodies which may make a report in accordance acc ordanc e with Article 8.’ " SECTION IV AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNATING THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES LISTED IN SECTION V EC access to the US market US U.S. market: U.S. access to the EC market — market: Belgium Ministère des Affaires Econo- miques National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Economiques Ministerie van Economische Zaken — Denmark Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen Danmarks Elektriske Materi- elkontrol (XXXXX) — Boligministeriet Germany Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung — Greece Yπουργείο Ανάπτυξης =ΞΩ]ΨΚΜΓΩ ∗ΥΔΞ∴]ςΟΖ Ministry of Development — Spain Ministerio de Industria y Energía EC access to the US market US access to the EC market — France Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie — Ireland Department of Enterprise and Employment — Italy Ministero dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato — x x xxx' Artigianato Luxembourg Ministère des Transports — Netherlands De Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport— Staat der Nederlanden Austria Bundesministerium für xxxxx- chaftliche wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten — Portugal Under the authority of the Government of Portugal: Instituto Português da Qualidade — Finland Kauppa- ja teollisuusministerio/ Handels- teollisuusministeriö /Hand els-och industriministeriet — Sweden Under the authority of the Government of Sweden: Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll (SWEDAC) — United Kingdom UK Department of Trade and IndustryIndustry National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) SECTION V CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES EC acc ess to the U.S. market: U.S. acc ess to the EC market: The names and scop e of responsibilities of Conformity Assessment Bodies located in the EC and listed in acc ordanc e with this Sectoral Annex: (to be provided by the EC) The names and scop e of responsibilities of Conformity Assessment Bodies located in the U.S. and listed in accordance with this Sectoral Annex: (to be provided by the U.S.) SECTION VI DESIGNATING, LISTING, SUSPENDING AND WITHDRAWING CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES EC acc ess to the U.S. market: U.S. acc ess to the EC market: Conformity assessment bodies from the EC shall be designated by the EC Authorities identified in Section IV and rec ognized by the Joint Committee, in acc ordanc e with the rec ognition pro cedures in the Agreement and this Annex. Conformance with the appropriate ISO /IEC Guides or the correspon ding EN 45000 series of standards shall be deemed c onsistent with U.S. requirements identified in Section I. For purposes of designation and listing, EC Designating Authorities identified in Section IV shall designate c onformity assessment bodies located in the EC by filing a properly prepared proposal for listing, which includes a c omplete lab assessment under the U.S. OSHA pro cedures. OSHA shall notify the EC Designating Authority normally within 30 days as to whether the proposal is complete or whether additional information is required. OSHA shall rely on the EC Designating Authorities identified in Section IV for c onducting on-site reviews at the respective Member States' conformity assessment bodies. Conformity assessment bodies from the U.S. shall be designated by the U.S. Authority identified in Section IV and rec ognized by the Joint Committee, in acc ordanc e with the recognition pro cedures in the Agreement and Council Directive 73/23/EEC. Conformance with the appropriate EN-45000 series of standards or the c orrespon ding ISO /IEC Guides shall be deemed c onsistent with the requirements of Council Directive 73/23/EEC. For purposes of designating and listing, the U.S. Designating Authority identified in Section IV shall designate c onformity assessment bodies located in the U.S. by filing a properly prepared proposal for listing with the EC, which includes a complete lab assessment under the following EC or Member State pro cedures, as appropriate. The EC shall notify the U.S. Designating Authority within 30 days as to whether the proposal is complete and shall indicate, where applicable, any additional information that is required. SECTION VI (c ontinued) Upon receipt of a complete proposal, the U.S. Upon receipt of a complete proposal, exercising its authority under its law shall: the EC shall give notice of consent or objection to the Joint Committee