Transparency and Exchange of Information. 1. Each Party shall, in accordance with the transparency obligations contained in the SPS Agreement, notify the contact point of the other Party of any new or revised SPS measures that may affect trade between the Parties, including emergency measures imposed to protect human, animal or plant life or health. 2. When the information referred to in paragraph 1 has been made available via notification to the WTO's Central Registry of Notifications, or to the relevant international organisation, the requirements in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to have been fulfilled. 3. A Party shall respond within a reasonable period of time to any request for information or clarification from the other Party regarding its SPS measures, including with respect to model certificates or attestations. 4. In implementing this Chapter, both Parties shall take into account relevant decisions of the WTO SPS Committee and international standards, guidelines and recommendations. 5. A Party may request information from the other Party on any matter arising under this Chapter, or any other SPS measure of the other Party affecting trade between the Parties, where such information has not already been included in a notification to the SPS Committee or has not otherwise been made publicly available. A Party that receives a reasonable request for information shall provide available information to the requesting Party within a reasonable period of time. 6. If the importing Party determines that there is a significant and sustained or recurring pattern of non-conformity with a sanitary or phytosanitary measure, the importing Party shall notify the exporting Party of the non-conformity. 7. Unless urgent problems of human, animal or plant life or health protection arise, threaten to arise, or the measure is of trade facilitating nature, the Party proposing an SPS measure shall normally allow at least 60 days for the other Party to provide written comments on the proposed measure after it makes a notification to the WTO. If feasible and appropriate, the Party proposing the measure may allow more than 60 days. The Party proposing the measure shall consider any reasonable request from the other Party to extend the comment period.
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Transparency and Exchange of Information. 1. Each Party shall, in accordance with The Parties recognise the value of transparency obligations contained in the SPS Agreement, notify adoption and application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and the contact point importance of the other Party of any new or revised SPS sharing information about such measures that may affect trade between the Parties, including emergency measures imposed to protect human, animal or plant life or healthon an ongoing basis.
2. When the information referred to in paragraph 1 has been made available via notification to the WTO's Central Registry of Notifications, or to the relevant international organisation, the requirements in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to have been fulfilled.
3. A Party shall respond within a reasonable period of time to any request for information or clarification from the other Party regarding its SPS measures, including with respect to model certificates or attestations.
4. In implementing this Chapter, both Parties each Party shall take into account relevant decisions the standards, guidelines and recommendations of the WTO SPS Committee and relevant international standard-setting bodies in accordance with Annex A of the SPS Agreement.
3. Each Party shall notify a proposed sanitary or phytosanitary measure that may have an effect on the trade of the other Party, including any that conforms to international standards, guidelines guidelines, or recommendations, by using the WTO SPS notification submission system as a means of notification.
4. The Parties shall exchange information on proposed or actual sanitary and recommendationsphytosanitary measures which affect, or are likely to affect, trade between them and information relating to each Party’s sanitary and phytosanitary regulatory system. To the extent that a Party desires to provide written comments on a proposed sanitary and phytosanitary measure by the other Party, the Party shall provide those comments in a timely manner.
5. A Party may that proposes to adopt a sanitary or phytosanitary measure shall, on request information from of the other Party, discuss any scientific or trade concerns that the other Party on any matter arising under this Chaptermay raise regarding the proposed measure and the availability of alternative, or any other SPS measure less trade- restrictive approaches for achieving the objective of the measure.
6. Each Party shall notify the other Party affecting of final sanitary or phytosanitary measures through the WTO SPS notification submission system. Each Party shall ensure that the text or the notice of a final sanitary or phytosanitary measure specifies the date on which the measure takes effect and the legal basis for the measure. Each Party shall publish, preferably by electronic means, notices of final sanitary or phytosanitary measures.
7. An exporting Party shall notify the importing Party through the contact points, in a timely and appropriate manner, if it has knowledge of:
(a) a significant or urgent situation of sanitary or phytosanitary risk in its territory that may affect current trade between the Parties; or
(b) significant changes in food safety, where such information has not already been included in a notification to pest, or disease management, control, or eradication policies or practices that may affect current trade between the SPS Committee or has not otherwise been made publicly availableParties.
8. A Party that receives a reasonable request for information shall provide available information to the requesting Party within a reasonable period of time.
6. If the importing Party determines that there is a significant and sustained or recurring pattern of non-conformity with a other Party, on request, all sanitary or phytosanitary measure, measures related to the importing importation of a good into that Party’s territory.
9. Each Party shall notify the exporting Party provide, upon request of the other Party, information on results of import checks in case of rejected or non-conformitycompliant consignments, including the scientific basis for such rejections.
7. Unless urgent problems of human, animal or plant life or health protection arise, threaten to arise, or the measure is of trade facilitating nature, the Party proposing an SPS measure shall normally allow at least 60 days for the other Party to provide written comments on the proposed measure after it makes a notification to the WTO. If feasible and appropriate, the Party proposing the measure may allow more than 60 days. The Party proposing the measure shall consider any reasonable request from the other Party to extend the comment period.
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Transparency and Exchange of Information. 1. Each Party shall, in accordance with The Parties recognize the value of transparency obligations contained in the SPS Agreement, notify adoption and application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and the contact point importance of the other Party of any new or revised SPS sharing information about such measures that may affect trade between the Parties, including emergency measures imposed to protect human, animal or plant life or healthon an ongoing basis.
2. When the information referred to in paragraph 1 has been made available via notification to the WTO's Central Registry of Notifications, or to the relevant international organisation, the requirements in paragraph 1 shall be deemed to have been fulfilled.
3. A Party shall respond within a reasonable period of time to any request for information or clarification from the other Party regarding its SPS measures, including with respect to model certificates or attestations.
4. In implementing this Chapter, both Parties shall each Party should take into account relevant decisions guidance of the WTO SPS Committee and international standards, guidelines guidelines, and recommendations.
3. Each Party agrees to notify a proposed sanitary or phytosanitary measure that may have an effect on the trade of the other Party, including any that conforms to international standards, guidelines, or recommendations, by using the WTO SPS notification submission system as a means of notification.
4. The Parties shall exchange information on proposed or actual sanitary and phytosanitary measures which affect or are likely to affect trade between them and relating to each Party’s SPS regulatory system and to the extent that any Party desires to provide written comments on a proposed sanitary and phytosanitary measure by the other Party, the Party shall provide those comments in a timely manner.
5. A Party may that proposes to adopt a sanitary or phytosanitary measure shall discuss with the other Party, on request information from and if appropriate and feasible, any scientific or trade concerns that the other Party on any matter arising under this Chaptermay raise regarding the proposed measure and the availability of alternative, or any other SPS measure less trade-restrictive approaches for achieving the objective of the measure.
6. Each Party shall notify the other Party affecting of final sanitary or phytosanitary measures through the WTO SPS notification submission system. Each Party shall ensure that the text or the notice of a final sanitary or phytosanitary measure specifies the date on which the measure takes effect and the legal basis for the measure. Each Party shall publish, preferably by electronic means, notices of final sanitary or phytosanitary measures.
7. An exporting Party shall notify the importing Party through the Contact Points established under Article 5.5 in a timely and appropriate manner if it has knowledge of:
(a) a significant or urgent situation of a sanitary or phytosanitary risk in its territory that may affect current trade between the Parties; or
(b) significant changes in food safety, where such information has not already been included in a notification to pest, or disease management, control, or eradication policies or practices that may affect current trade between the SPS Committee or has not otherwise been made publicly availableParties.
8. A Party that receives a reasonable request for information shall provide available information to the requesting Party within a reasonable period of time.
6. If the importing Party determines that there is a significant and sustained or recurring pattern of non-conformity with a other Party, on request, all sanitary or phytosanitary measure, measures related to the importing importation of a good into that Party’s territory.
9. Each Party shall notify the exporting Party provide information, upon request of the other Party, on results of import checks in case of rejected or non-conformitycompliant consignments, including the scientific basis for such rejections.
7. Unless urgent problems of human, animal or plant life or health protection arise, threaten to arise, or the measure is of trade facilitating nature, the Party proposing an SPS measure shall normally allow at least 60 days for the other Party to provide written comments on the proposed measure after it makes a notification to the WTO. If feasible and appropriate, the Party proposing the measure may allow more than 60 days. The Party proposing the measure shall consider any reasonable request from the other Party to extend the comment period.
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