Compatibility and Equivalence Sample Clauses

Compatibility and Equivalence. 1. Without prejudice to the rights conferred by this Chapter and taking into account the international activities on standards and metrology, the Parties shall, to the greatest extent, make compatible their respective standards and metrology measures, without reducing the level of safety or protection to human, animal or plant life or health, the environment and consumers. 2. A Party shall accept as equivalent to its own any technical regulations of the other Party, when in cooperation with the other Party, the importing Party determines that the technical regulations of the exporting Party adequately fulfill the legitimate objectives of the importing Party. 3. The importing Party shall provide to the exporting Party, on request, its reasons in writing for not treating a technical regulation as equivalent under paragraph 2.
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Compatibility and Equivalence. 1. Recognizing the central role of measures related to standardization in the promotion and protection of the legitimate objectives, the parties shall work together in accordance with this chapter, to strengthen the level of safety or of protection of human life and health, animal and plant, of their environment and the prevention of practices which may mislead consumers. 2. The Parties shall make compatible to the maximum extent possible, their respective technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures, without reducing the level of safety or of protection of human life and health, animal and plant, the environment or to consumers, without prejudice to the rights conferred by any party in this chapter and taking into account international standardization activities. 3. At the request of a party the other party shall take reasonable measures to promote the compatibility of the measures related to specific standardization that exist in its territory, to measures relating to the normalization that exist in the territory of the other party, taking into account international standardization activities. 4. Each Party shall accept a technical regulation to adopt or maintain the other party as equivalent to its own where, in cooperation with the importing Party and the exporting party proves to the satisfaction of the visit, that its Technical Regulation adequately complies with the legitimate objectives of the importing Party, and, where appropriate, revise it. at the request of the exporting party and the importing Party shall provide written reasons for not accepting a technical regulation as equivalent. 5. Each Party shall, whenever possible, shall accept the results of conformity assessment procedures conducted in the territory of the other party, even where these procedures differ from those provided that those procedures offer satisfactory, equivalent to an assurance that the procedures provided that the party carrying out or to be carried out in their territory which accepts that the good or service complies with the relevant applicable technical regulations or standards developed or maintained in the territory of that Party and, where appropriate, revise the relevant measure on standardisation. 6. Prior to accepting the results of a conformity assessment procedure in accordance with paragraph 5, and in order to build confidence in the integrity of the results of conformity assessment of each of the Parties may consult on matters such as the te...
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Compatibility and Equivalence. Without prejudice to the rights of the Parties under this Appendix and taking into account international standardisation activities, the Parties shall, to the extent practicable, make compatible their standards-related measures, without reducing the level of safety or of protection of human, animal or plant life or health, the environment or the consumer.
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Compatibility and Equivalence. Without prejudice to the rights conferred by this Chapter and taking into account the international activities on standards and metrology, the Parties shall, to the greatest extent, make compatible their respective standards and metrology measures, without reducing the level of safety or protection to human, animal or plant life or health, the environment and consumers.
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Compatibility and Equivalence. 1. At the request of a Party, the other Party shall, to the extent possible and by appropriate means, endeavor to promote the compatibility of the specific technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that exist in its territory with the technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that apply to products identified in the territory of that Party. 2. Each Party shall favorably consider accepting as equivalent the technical regulations of the other Party, even if they differ from its own, provided that it is satisfied that such regulations adequately fulfill the legitimate objectives of its own technical regulations. 3. Each Party shall give favorable consideration to the request of the other Party to negotiate, whenever possible, agreements for mutual recognition of the results of conformity assessment procedures, adopting, to the extent possible, recognized international practices in this area.
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Compatibility and Equivalence. Recognizing the crucial role of standards-related measures in achieving legitimate objectives, the Parties shall, in accordance with this Chapter, work jointly to enhance the level of safety and of protection of human, animal and plant life and health, the environment and consumers.
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Compatibility and Equivalence. 1. Without prejudice to the rights conferred under this Chapter, and taking into account international standardization and metrology activities, the Parties shall, to the greatest extent practicable, make compatible their respective standards-related and metrology-related measures without reducing the level of safety or of protection of human, animal or plant life or health, the environment or consumers. 2. Each Party shall treat a technical regulation adopted by the other Party as equivalent to its own where in cooperation with that other Party, the importing Party determines that the technical regulations of the exporting Party adequately fulfil the importing Party's legitimate objectives. 3. The importing Party shall provide to the exporting Party, on request, its reasons in writing for not treating a technical regulation as equivalent under paragraph 2.
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Compatibility and Equivalence. Parties will accept each other’s technical regulations as being equivalent to their own once it has been demonstrated that they fulfil the same objectives. If one party does not accept a particular regulation, they must communicate their reasons in writing. The parties will review, revise and update their standards and regulations as necessary to facilitate harmonisation. bodies are responsible for determining whether a product satisfies the necessary requirements of standards and technical regulation. Parties can consult to determine the technical competence of these bodies and their compliance with international standards.
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Compatibility and Equivalence. 1. Without prejudice to the rights of the Parties under this Appendix and taking into account international standardisation activities, the Parties shall, to the extent practicable, make compatible their standards-related measures, without reducing the level of safety or of protection of human, animal or plant life or health, the environment or the consumer. 2. Each Party shall accept a technical regulation adopted or maintained by an exporting Party as equivalent to its own where the exporting Party, in cooperation with the importing Party, demonstrates to the satisfaction of the importing Party that its technical regulation adequately fulfills the importing Party's legitimate objectives. 3. Upon the request of the exporting Party, the importing Party shall communicate in writing its reasons for not accepting any particular technical regulation of the exporting Party as equivalent to its own in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article. 4. The Parties recognize the need to review, revise and update standards and technical regulations to achieve greater harmonisation. 5. The Parties further affirm the need to review procedures for conformity assessment systems in order to facilitate certification, accreditation and the issuing of marks of conformity.
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