Common use of Mutual Recognition Clause in Contracts

Mutual Recognition. 1. A Party may recognize the education or experience obtained, requirements met, or licenses or certifications granted in the other Party for the purposes of the fulfillment, in whole or in part, of its standards or criteria for the authorization, licensing or certification of service suppliers of the other Party. 2. Recognition referred to in paragraph 1 above, which may be achieved through harmonization or otherwise, may be based upon an agreement or arrangement between the Parties or may be accorded unilaterally. 3. Where a Party recognizes, by agreement or arrangement between the Party and a non-Party or unilaterally, the education or experience obtained, requirements met or licenses or certifications granted in the non-Party; (a) nothing in Article 76 shall be construed to require the Party to accord such recognition to the education or experience obtained, requirements met or licenses or certifications granted in the other Party; and (b) the Party shall accord the other Party an adequate opportunity to demonstrate that the education or experience obtained, requirements met or licenses or certifications granted in the other Party should also be recognized.