Common use of Further to Article Clause in Contracts

Further to Article. 9.1 of the TBT Agreement, where a Party proposes to prepare or adopt procedures, criteria or other conditions to deem competent or otherwise approve conformity assessment bodies to demonstrate that a product conforms to a standard or technical regulation, it shall consider including provisions for deeming competent or otherwise approving a conformity assessment body if an accreditation body participating in an international or regional system of accreditation as agreed by the Parties has determined that the conformity assessment body: (a) conforms to relevant international standards, guides or recommendations, pertaining to conformity assessment; (b) is technically competent to demonstrate that the product complies with the standard or technical regulation; and (c) holds an appropriate scope of accreditation.