Article 911: Technical Cooperation

    1. Each Party shall, on request of another Party:

  • Provide to that Party technical advice, information and assistance on mutually agreed terms and conditions to enhance that Party's standards-related measures, and related activities, processes and systems;
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  • Provide to that Party information on its technical cooperation programs regarding standards-related measures relating to specific areas of interest; and
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  • Consult with that Party during the development of, or prior to the adoption or change in the application of, any standards-related measure.
  • 2. Each Party shall encourage standardizing bodies in its territory to cooperate with the standardizing bodies in the territories of the other Parties in their participation, as appropriate, in standardizing activities, such as through membership in international standardizing bodies.