TBT definition
Examples of TBT in a sentence
The Parties hereby establish a Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Committee), comprising representatives of each Party.
The Parties shall use international standards, guides and recommendations, or the relevant parts of them, to the extent provided in Articles 2 and 5 of and Annex 3 to the TBT Agreement, as a basis for their technical regulations and related conformity assessment procedures where relevant international standards, guides and recommendations exist or their completion is imminent, except when they or their relevant parts are ineffective or inappropriate to fulfil the legitimate objectives.
For the purposes of applying Articles 2.12 and 5.9 of the TBT Agreement, the term “reasonable interval” shall normally mean a period of not less than six months, except when this would be ineffective in fulfilling the legitimate objectives being pursued.
Each Party shall endeavour to publish proposals for new technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that are in accordance with the technical content of relevant international standards, guides or recommendations and that it considers may have a significant effect on trade of the other Party according to the procedures established under Articles 2.9, 2.10, 3.2, 5.6, 5.7 or 7.2 of the TBT Agreement, as appropriate.
A Party that makes a notification pursuant to Articles 2.9, 3.2, 5.6 or 7.2 of the TBT Agreement shall allow at least 60 days for the other Party to present comments on its proposed new or amended technical regulations or conformity assessment procedures except where urgent problems of safety, health, environmental protection or national security arise or threaten to arise.
The TBT Committee may meet at such time as may be agreed by the Parties.
Each Party shall endeavour to notify the final text of a technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure at the time the text is adopted or published, as an addendum to the original notification of the proposed measure filed under Articles 2.9, 3.2, 5.6 or 7.2 of the TBT Agreement or this Chapter.
Nothing in this Chapter shall limit the right of a Party to prepare, adopt or apply, in accordance with its rights and obligations under the TBT Agreement, standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures to the extent necessary to fulfil a legitimate objective.
The TBT Committee may meet in person, via teleconference, videoconference or any other means as agreed by the Parties.
In determining whether an international standard, guide or recommendation as mentioned in Articles 2 and 5 of and Annex 3 to the TBT Agreement exists, each Party shall base its determination on the principles set out in relevant decisions and recommendations adopted by the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade.