AGREEMENT
REACHED BY A MEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES
ON ISSUES RELATED TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS
OR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
NOTIFICATION
Under Article 10.7 of the
Agreement "Whenever a Member has reached an agreement with any other
country or countries on issues related to technical regulations, standards or
conformity assessment procedures which may have a significant effect on trade,
at least one Member party to the agreement shall notify other Members through
the Secretariat of the products to be covered by the agreement and include a
brief description of the agreement." The following notification under
Article 10.7 has been received.
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Notifying
Member: United States of America
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Title of
the bilateral or plurilateral Agreement: Agreement Between the United
States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland on the Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Conformity for Marine Equipment
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Parties
to the Agreement: United States of America; United
Kingdom
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Date of
entry into force of Agreement: 1 January 2021
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Products
covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading): This Agreement applies to specific
marine equipment traded between the United States and the United Kingdom
which are subject to specified legislative, regulatory, and administrative
provisions pertaining to conformity assessment and technical regulations, as
detailed in Annex II of the Agreement, Product Coverage for Mutual
Recognition.
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Subject
matter covered by the Agreement (technical regulations, standards or
conformity assessment procedures): Conformity Assessment Procedures
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Brief
description of the Agreement: This Agreement establishes the conditions
under which each Party will accept certificates of conformity issued by the
other Party's conformity assessment bodies or authorities, in assessing
conformity to the exporting Party's requirements, as specified in the
technical annex to the Agreement. The Agreement also provides for related
cooperative activities. The text of the U.S.-UK Marine Equipment MRA is
available at: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/US-UK-Marine-Eq-MRA-signed.pdf
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8.
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Further
information available from: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point
Email: usatbtep@nist.gov
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