Common use of Import Requirements Clause in Contracts

Import Requirements. 1. The general import requirements of a Party shall apply to products of another Party. 2. Each Party shall ensure that products exported to another Party meet the sanitary and phytosanitary requirements of the importing Party. 3. The importing Party shall ensure that its import conditions are applied in a proportionate and non-discriminatory manner. 4. Any modification to the import requirements of a Party has to consider the establishment of a transitional period, according to the nature of the modification, in order to avoid the interruption of the trade flow of products and to allow the exporting Party to adjust its procedures to such modification. 5. When a risk assessment is included by an importing Party in its import requirements, that Party will immediately initiate this assessment and inform the exporting Party of the period of time required for such assessment. 6. When the importing Party has concluded that the products of an exporting Party meet its sanitary and phytosanitary import requirements, such Party will authorise the import of such products within 90 working days [12] following the date in which such conclusion was reached.