Статья 6.10. Соглашения или договоренности об облегчении торговли / Article 6.10. Agreements or Arrangements to Facilitate Trade

Article 6.10
Agreements or Arrangements to Facilitate Trade

1. Parties shall seek to identify trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that are appropriate for particular issues or sectors of mutual interest.

2. Such trade-facilitating initiatives may include agreements or arrangements on regulatory issues, such as alignment of standards, convergence or equivalence of technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures, compliance issues, and mutual recognition of the results of conformity assessment procedures.

3. Parties shall ensure that all necessary and relevant information shall be provided during discussions over such agreements or arrangements.

4. Where Parties decide to initiate discussions or negotiations on agreements or arrangements on mutual recognition of the results of conformity assessment procedures, the Parties shall cooperate on the necessary steps which include, inter alia:

(a) identifying specific products and the respective requirements for such products;

(b) assessing the equivalence of technical regulations and the respective conformity assessment procedures for such products; or

(c) assessing the accreditation or designation systems and accreditation or designation procedures for conformity assessment bodies.

5. In order to implement the agreements or arrangements on mutual recognition of conformity assessment results as specified in paragraph 4, each Party shall normally designate conformity assessment bodies in its territory.

6. Where a Party declines a request of the other Party to discuss such agreements or arrangements, it shall, upon request of that Party, explain the reasons for its decision in writing.