Definition
The Parties shall strengthen their cooperation in the areas of technical regulations, standards,
metrology, conformity assessment procedures, market surveillance or monitoring and
enforcement activities in order to facilitate trade between the Parties, as set out in Chapter
Twenty-One (Regulatory Cooperation). This may include promoting and encouraging
cooperation between the Parties’ respective public or private organisations responsible for
metrology, standardisation, testing, certification and accreditation, market surveillance or
monitoring and enforcement activities; and, in particular, encouraging their accreditation and
conformity assessment bodies to participate in cooperation arrangements that promote the
acceptance of conformity assessment results.