Cooperation and Technical Assistance Clause Samples
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. 1. Each Party recognises the rights and obligations relating to technical assistance in the TBT Agreement, especially for developing country Members.
2. Considerable cooperation already exists between the Parties and their competent authorities on TBT issues. To support implementation of this Chapter and increase mutual understanding of their respective systems, the Parties, through the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade established under Article 6.13, shall consider further cooperation and technical assistance programs in the field of technical barriers to trade. Such cooperation and technical assistance may include:
(a) conducting joint studies, symposiums and seminars;
(b) exchange of information in respect of technical regulations, standards, conformity assessment procedures and good regulatory practice;
(c) supporting the activities of international standardisation bodies and the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade;
(d) reinforcing the role of international standards as a basis for technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures;
(e) promoting the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies on the basis of relevant standards and guides of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); and
(f) any other areas as agreed by the Parties.
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. The Parties agree that it is in their common interest to promote mutual cooperation and technical assistance initiatives on issues related to technical barriers to trade. In this respect, the Parties have identified a number of cooperation activities which are set out in Article 57 of Title VI (Economic and Trade Development) of Part III of this Agreement. The Parties agree that collaboration between national and regional authorities dealing with technical barriers to trade matters, within both the public and private sectors, is important to facilitate trade within the regions and between the Parties themselves. To this end, the Parties undertake to carry out joint actions that may include:
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. 1. The cooperation and technical assistance measures required for the implementation of this Chapter are established in Article 62 of Title VI (Economic and Trade Development) of Part III of this Agreement.
2. The Parties will establish through the Sub-Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters set up in Article 156 of this Chapter, a working programme, including the identification of cooperation and technical assistance necessities to build and/or strengthen the capacity of the Parties on human, animal, or plant health and food safety issues of common interest.
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. 1. The Parties shall cooperate in the development of standards, technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures, and metrological measures with the aim to facilitate market access, increase knowledge on the national systems of the other Party and strengthen confidence between the Parties.
2. Upon the request of a Party, the other Party shall, to the extent possible, and taking into consideration the level of development of that other Party, provide to the requesting Party technical information and assistance to strengthen the national systems of standardization, conformity assessment procedures and metrology of the Parties.
3. The Parties shall develop cooperation programmes and provide technical assistance to each other with the aim of achieving full and effective compliance with their obligations under the WTO/TBT Agreement.
4. The Parties shall support the development and application of international standards.
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. Where it is not contrary to its laws, regulations and practices, the competent authorities shall cooperate in customs matters, including:
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. 1. Noting the different levels of development of the national food control systems and the Initiative for ASEAN Integration launched in 2000 by the ASEAN Leaders to narrow the development gap and to accelerate economic integration, Member states will seek to enhance cooperation and prov1s1on of technical assistance.
2. In order to facilitate effective implementation of this Sectoral MRA, each Member State will upon request, cooperate in technical assistance on mutually agreed terms and conditions, on building up and/or maintaining technical competence of inspection and certification systems for food hygiene of the prepared foodstuff products of other Member States. In particular, Member States shall consider cooperation and technical assistance towards:
a. enhancing exchange of information, technical experts among the Member States; and
b. providing training to other Member States for the purposes of enhancing the capacity for the inspection and certification system for food hygiene and other related activities of national food control systems.
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. 1. The Parties shall provide each other on mutually agreed terms with technical assistance and shall promote cooperation between their competent authorities. Such cooperation shall include the training of personnel.
2. The Parties shall cooperate with a view to eliminating trade in goods that infringe intellectual property rights. For this purpose, each Party shall establish and notify the other Parties by January 1, 1994 of contact points in its federal government and shall exchange information concerning trade in infringing goods.
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. Where it is not contrary to its laws, regulations and practices, the competent authorities shall cooperate in customs matters, including:
(a) The exchange of customs experts when mutually beneficial to promote understanding of the laws and customs procedures and techniques of each party;
(b) Training, particularly for the development of specialized skills of their customs officials;
(c) The exchange of scientific and technical information, relating to customs legislation, regulations and customs procedures;
(d) The exchange of information on new technologies, methods and procedures in the application of customs legislation; or
(e) Cooperation in the areas of research, development and testing of new customs procedures.
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. The Parties hereby agree to support cooperation and technical assistance processes for the strengthening of capabilities in sanitary and phytosanitary measures for the following purposes: Favouring and promoting the application and implementation of this Chapter and the SPM Agreement; Strengthening their respective authorities responsible for carrying out and applying sanitary and phytosanitary measures; Helping to carry out activities that facilitate trade; Cooperating on the development and implementation of international standards, guidelines or recommendations and, where necessary, request support from competent international organisations; Sharing non-confidential information which served one Party as the basis for a sanitary or phytosanitary measure; Cooperating, as much as possible, in bringing attention to sanitary and phytosanitary emergencies; and Carrying out other cooperation and technical assistance activities agreed upon by the Parties.
Cooperation and Technical Assistance. 1. The Parties agree to provide each other with technical cooperation and assistance, on mutually agreed terms and conditions, to, inter alia:
(a) further the implementation of this Chapter;
(b) further the implementation of the TBT Agreement;
(c) strengthen the capacities of their respective standardizing, technical regulations, conformity assessment, metrology, and information and notification systems bodies in the field of the TBT Agreement;
(d) collaborate in the education and training of human resources;
(e) collaborate in the development and application of international standards, guidelines, directives, guides, guidelines or recommendations;
(f) to collaborate in the strengthening of good regulatory practices; and
(g) share information of a non-confidential nature that has served as a basis for a Party in the development of a technical regulation.
2. The Parties shall encourage that the activities developed in the framework of technical cooperation and assistance serve as a reference in a process of recognition of conformity assessment, as established in Article 8.8 of this Chapter.
3. On request of a Party that has an interest in developing a technical regulation similar to the technical regulation of the other Party and to minimize duplication of costs, the other Party shall provide any available information, studies, or other relevant documents on which it has based the development of that technical regulation, except for confidential information.