Common use of Agreements or Arrangements Clause in Contracts

Agreements or Arrangements. 1. The Parties shall seek to identify trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that are appropriate for particular issues or sectors. 2. Such trade-facilitating initiatives may include agreements or arrangements on regulatory issues, such as alignment of standards, convergence or equivalence of technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures and compliance issues. 3. The Parties may conclude Annexes to this Chapter setting out agreed principles and procedures relating to technical regulations and conformity assessments applicable to goods traded between them. 4. The Parties may conclude Implementing Arrangements setting out: (a) details for the implementation of the Annexes to this Chapter; and (b) arrangements resulting from work programmes established under Article 7.10 (Implementation). 5. The Parties acknowledge that Annexes and Implementing Arrangements concluded in accordance with this Chapter may take the form of a variety of mechanisms. This may include the use of asymmetrical approaches, where appropriate. 6. The Parties shall reflect any existing bilateral, regional and multilateral arrangements concerning technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that both Parties participate in when developing Annexes and Implementing Arrangements. 7. Where only one Party is party to agreements or arrangements identified as trade-facilitating initiatives under paragraphs 1 and 2, that Party shall consider extending such agreements or arrangements to the other Party, at the request of the other Party. Such consideration may be subject to appropriate confidence-building processes to ensure equivalency of relevant standards, technical regulations and/or conformity assessment procedures. 8. Where a Party declines a request of the other Party to consider extending the application of an existing agreement or arrangement, it shall, upon request of that Party, explain the reasons for its decision. 9. The Parties agree to maintain a programme of ongoing review and enhancement of Annexes and Implementing Arrangements.

Agreements or Arrangements. 1. The Parties shall seek to identify trade-facilitating initiatives regarding standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that are appropriate for particular issues or sectors. 2. Such trade-facilitating initiatives may include agreements or arrangements on regulatory issues, such as alignment of standards, convergence or equivalence of technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures and compliance issues. 3. The Parties may conclude Annexes to this Chapter setting out agreed principles and procedures relating to technical regulations and conformity assessments applicable to goods traded between them. 4. The Parties may conclude Implementing Arrangements setting out: (a) details for the implementation of the Annexes to this Chapter; and (b) arrangements resulting from work programmes established under Article 7.10 (Implementation). 5. The Parties acknowledge that Annexes and Implementing Arrangements concluded in accordance with this Chapter may take the form of a variety of mechanisms. This may include the use of asymmetrical approaches, where appropriate. 6. The Parties shall reflect any existing bilateral, regional and multilateral arrangements concerning technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that both Parties participate in when developing Annexes and Implementing Arrangements. 7. Where only one Party is party to agreements or arrangements identified as trade-facilitating initiatives under paragraphs 1 and 2, that Party shall consider extending such agreements or arrangements to the other Party, at the request of the other Party. Such consideration may be subject to appropriate confidence-confidence- building processes to ensure equivalency of relevant standards, technical regulations and/or conformity assessment procedures. 8. Where a Party declines a request of the other Party to consider extending the application of an existing agreement or arrangement, it shall, upon request of that Party, explain the reasons for its decision. 9. The Parties agree to maintain a programme of ongoing review and enhancement of Annexes and Implementing Arrangements.