Common use of Conformity Assessment Procedures Clause in Contracts

Conformity Assessment Procedures. 1. The Parties agree to seek to increase efficiency, avoid duplication and ensure cost effectiveness through an appropriate range of mechanisms, including, but not limited to: (a) facilitating recognition of cooperative arrangements between accreditation agencies from each other's territory; (b) implementing unilateral recognition by one Party of the results of conformity assessments performed in the other Party's territory; (c) implementing mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures conducted by bodies located in the respective territories of the Parties; (d) recognising accreditation procedures for qualifying conformity assessment bodies; (e) supporting government recognition of conformity assessment bodies; and (f) accepting suppliers' declarations of conformity, where appropriate. 2. The Parties shall seek to ensure that conformity assessment procedures applied between them facilitate trade by ensuring that they are no more restrictive than is necessary to provide an importing Party with confidence that products conform with the applicable technical regulations, taking into account the risk that non-conformity would create. Any agreements or arrangements on mutual recognition of conformity assessment concluded between the Parties under this Agreement shall be included in Annexes and Implementing Arrangements to this Chapter pursuant to Article 102. 3. The Parties may consult on such matters as the technical competence of the conformity assessment bodies involved, as appropriate to enhance confidence in the continued reliability of each other's conformity assessment results, before accepting results of a conformity assessment procedure. 4. A Party shall, on the request of the other Party, explain its reasons for not accepting the results of a conformity assessment procedure performed in the territory of that other Party. 5. Each Party shall accredit or otherwise recognise conformity assessment bodies in the territory of the other Party on terms no less favourable than those it accords to conformity assessment bodies in its territory. 6. If a Party accredits, or otherwise recognises a body assessing conformity with a particular technical regulation or standard and it refuses to accredit or otherwise recognise a body of the other Party assessing conformity with that technical regulation or standard, it shall, on request, explain the reasons for its refusal. 7. The Parties shall seek to cooperate in coordinating their procedures for issuing approvals of products, or otherwise recognising

Conformity Assessment Procedures. 1. The Parties agree to seek to increase efficiency, avoid duplication and ensure cost effectiveness through an appropriate recognise that a broad range of mechanismsmechanisms exist to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results, including, but not limited to: (a) facilitating recognition the importing Party's reliance on a supplier's declaration of cooperative arrangements between accreditation agencies from each other's territoryconformity; (b) implementing unilateral recognition by one Party of the results of conformity assessments performed in the other another Party's territory; (c) implementing cooperative arrangements among conformity assessment bodies from each other's territory; (d) mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures conducted by bodies located in the respective territories territory of the Partiesanother Party; (de) recognising accreditation procedures for qualifying conformity assessment bodies; (ef) supporting government recognition designation of conformity assessment bodies; and (fg) accepting suppliers' declarations of conformitydevising solutions to increase administrative efficiency, where appropriatethat avoid duplication and are cost effective. 2. The Parties shall intensify their exchange of information on the range of mechanisms to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results. 3. The Parties shall seek to ensure that conformity assessment procedures applied between among them facilitate trade by ensuring that they are no more restrictive than is necessary to provide an importing Party with confidence that products conform with the applicable technical regulations, taking into account the risk that non-conformity would create. Any agreements or arrangements on mutual recognition 4. Before accepting the results of a conformity assessment concluded between procedure, and to enhance confidence in the Parties under this Agreement shall be included in Annexes and Implementing Arrangements to this Chapter pursuant to Article 102. 3. The continued reliability of each other's conformity assessment results, the Parties may consult on such matters as the technical competence of the conformity assessment bodies involved, as appropriate to enhance confidence in the continued reliability of each other's conformity assessment results, before accepting results of a conformity assessment procedureappropriate. 45. A Party shall, on the request of the other another Party, explain its reasons for not accepting the results of a conformity assessment procedure performed in the territory of that other Party. 56. Each Party shall accredit accredit, approve, license, or otherwise recognise conformity assessment bodies in the territory of the other another Party on terms no less favourable than those it accords to conformity assessment bodies in its territory. 6. If a Party accredits, approves, licenses or otherwise recognises a body assessing conformity with a particular technical regulation or standard in its territory and it refuses to accredit accredit, approve, license, or otherwise recognise a body of the other Party assessing conformity with that technical regulation or standardstandard in the territory of another Party, it shall, on request, explain the reasons for its refusal. 7. The Parties shall seek Where a Party declines a request from another Party to cooperate enter into negotiations on facilitating recognition in coordinating their its territory of the results of conformity assessment procedures for issuing approvals conducted by bodies in the territory of productseither of the other Parties, or otherwise recognisingit shall, on request, explain its reasons.

Conformity Assessment Procedures. 1Each Party shall give positive consideration to accepting the results of conformity assessment procedures of other Parties, even where those procedures differ from its own, provided it is satisfied that those procedures offer an assurance of conformity with applicable technical regulations or standards equivalent to its own procedures. The Parties agree to Each Party shall seek to increase enhance the acceptance of the results of conformity assessment procedures conducted in the territories of other Parties with a view to increasing efficiency, avoid avoiding duplication and ensure ensuring cost effectiveness through an appropriate of the conformity assessments. In this regard, each Party may choose, depending on the situation of the Party and the specific sectors involved, a broad range of mechanisms, including, approaches. These may include but are not limited to: (a) facilitating recognition of cooperative arrangements between accreditation agencies from each other's territory; (b) implementing unilateral recognition by one a Party of the results of conformity assessments performed in the other territory of another Party's territory; (c) implementing recognition of co-operative arrangements between accreditation bodies in the territories of the Parties; mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures conducted by bodies located in the respective territories territory of the Partieseach Party; (d) recognising accreditation procedures for qualifying conformity assessment bodies; (e) supporting government recognition of conformity assessment bodiesbodies in the territory of another Party; use of existing regional and international multilateral recognition agreements and arrangements; designating conformity assessment bodies located in the territory of another Party to perform conformity assessment; and (f) accepting suppliers' declarations ’ declaration of conformity, where appropriate. 2. The Each Party shall exchange information with other Parties shall seek on its experience in the development and application of the approaches in Paragraph 2(a) to ensure that conformity assessment procedures applied between them facilitate trade by ensuring that they are no more restrictive than is necessary (g) and other appropriate approaches with a view to provide an importing Party with confidence that products conform with facilitating the applicable technical regulations, taking into account acceptance of the risk that non-conformity would create. Any agreements or arrangements on mutual recognition results of conformity assessment concluded between the Parties under this Agreement shall be included in Annexes and Implementing Arrangements to this Chapter pursuant to Article 102. 3. The Parties may consult on such matters as the technical competence of the conformity assessment bodies involved, as appropriate to enhance confidence in the continued reliability of each other's conformity assessment results, before accepting results of a conformity assessment procedure. 4procedures. A Party shall, on the upon request of the other another Party, explain its reasons for not accepting the results of a any conformity assessment procedure performed in the territory of that other Party. 5. Each Party shall accredit or otherwise recognise conformity assessment bodies in the territory of the other Party on terms no less favourable than those it accords to conformity assessment bodies in its territory. 6. If a Party accredits, or otherwise recognises a body assessing conformity with a particular technical regulation or standard and it refuses to accredit or otherwise recognise a body of the other Party assessing conformity with that technical regulation or standard, it shall, on request, explain the reasons for its refusal. 7. The Parties shall seek to cooperate in coordinating their procedures for issuing approvals of products, or otherwise recognising.

Conformity Assessment Procedures. 1. The Parties agree to seek to increase efficiency, avoid duplication and ensure cost effectiveness through an appropriate recognise that a broad range of mechanismsmechanisms exist to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results, including, but not limited to: (a) facilitating recognition the importing Party's reliance on a supplier's declaration of cooperative arrangements between accreditation agencies from each other's territoryconformity; (b) implementing unilateral recognition by one Party of the results of voluntary arrangements between conformity assessments performed in the other assessment bodies from each Party's territory; (c) implementing agreements on mutual recognition acceptance of the results or certification of conformity assessment procedures with respect to specified regulations conducted by bodies located in the respective territories territory of the Partiesother Party; (d) recognising accreditation procedures for qualifying conformity assessment bodies; (e) supporting government recognition designation of conformity assessment bodies; and (f) accepting suppliers' declarations recognition by one Party of conformity, where appropriatethe results of conformity assessment procedures performed in the other Party's territory on a unilateral basis for a sector nominated by that Party. 2. To this end, the Parties shall intensify their exchange of information on the variety of mechanisms to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results or certification. 3. The Parties shall seek to ensure that conformity assessment procedures applied between them the Parties facilitate trade by ensuring that they are no more restrictive than is necessary to provide an importing Party with confidence that products conform with the applicable technical regulations, taking into account the risk that non-conformity would create. Any agreements or arrangements on mutual recognition 4. Before accepting the results of a conformity assessment concluded between procedure, and to enhance confidence in the Parties under this Agreement shall be included in Annexes and Implementing Arrangements to this Chapter pursuant to Article 102. 3. The continued reliability of each other's conformity assessment results, the Parties may consult on such matters as the technical competence of the conformity assessment bodies involved, as appropriate to enhance confidence in the continued reliability of each other's conformity assessment results, before accepting results of a conformity assessment procedureappropriate. 45. A Party shall, on the request of the other Party, explain its reasons for not accepting the results of a conformity assessment procedure performed in the territory of that other Party. 56. Each Party shall accredit accredit, approve, license, or otherwise recognise conformity assessment bodies in the territory of the other Party on terms no less favourable than those it accords to conformity assessment bodies in its territory. 6. If a Party accredits, approves, licenses, or otherwise recognises a body assessing conformity with a particular technical regulation or standard in its territory and it refuses to accredit accredit, approve, license, or otherwise recognise a body of the other Party assessing conformity with that technical regulation or standardstandard in the territory of the other Party, it shall, on request, explain the reasons for its refusal. 7. The Parties shall seek to cooperate in coordinating their procedures for issuing approvals of products, or otherwise recognising.

Conformity Assessment Procedures. 1. The Parties agree to seek to increase efficiency, avoid duplication and ensure cost effectiveness through an appropriate recognize that a broad range of mechanismsmechanisms exists to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results, including, but not limited to: (a) facilitating recognition the importing Party's reliance on a supplier's declaration of cooperative arrangements between accreditation agencies from each other's territoryconformity; (b) implementing unilateral recognition by one Party of the results of voluntary arrangements between conformity assessments performed in the other assessment bodies from each Party's territory; (c) implementing agreements on mutual recognition acceptance of the results or certification of conformity assessment procedures with respect to specified regulations conducted by bodies located in the respective territories territory of the Partiesother Party; (d) recognising accreditation procedures for qualifying conformity assessment bodies; (e) supporting government recognition designation of conformity assessment bodies; and (f) accepting suppliers' declarations recognition by one Party of conformity, where appropriatethe results of conformity assessment procedures performed in the other Party's territory on a unilateral basis for a sector nominated by that Party. 2. The To this end, the Parties shall seek intensify their exchange of information on the variety of mechanisms to ensure that facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment results or certification. 3. Each Party shall give positive consideration to accept the results of conformity assessment procedures applied between them facilitate trade by ensuring that they are no more restrictive than is necessary to provide an importing Party with confidence that products conform with the applicable technical regulations, taking into account the risk that non-conformity would create. Any agreements or arrangements on mutual recognition of conformity assessment concluded between the Parties under this Agreement shall be included carried out in Annexes and Implementing Arrangements to this Chapter pursuant to Article 102. 3. The Parties may consult on such matters as the technical competence of the conformity assessment bodies involved, as appropriate to enhance confidence in the continued reliability of each other's conformity assessment results, before accepting results of a conformity assessment procedure. 4. A Party shall, on the request of the other Party, explain its reasons for . Where a Party does not accepting accept the results of a conformity assessment procedure performed in the territory of that the other Party, it shall, on request of the other Party, explain its reasons. 54. Each Party shall accredit accredit, approve, license, or otherwise recognise recognize conformity assessment bodies in the territory of the other Party on terms no less favourable than those it accords to conformity assessment bodies in its territory. 6. If a Party accredits, approves, licenses, or otherwise recognises recognizes a body assessing conformity with a particular technical regulation or standard in its territory and it refuses to accredit accredit, approve, license, or otherwise recognise recognize a body of the other Party assessing conformity with that technical regulation or standardstandard in the territory of the other Party, it shall, on request, explain the reasons for its refusal. 75. The Parties At the request of a Party, the other Party shall seek give favourable consideration to cooperate enter into negotiations to reach agreement on facilitating recognition in coordinating their its territory of the results of conformity assessment procedures for issuing approvals conducted by bodies in the other Party, including mutual recognition agreements, subject to the interests of productsboth Parties. Where a Party declines a request from the other Party, or otherwise recognisingit shall explain its reasons upon request.