WORLD TRADE G/TBT/10.7/N/12
18March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1102)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
AGREEMENT REACHED BYAMEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY ORCOUNTRIES
ONISSUES RELATED TOTECHNICAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS
ORCONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
NOTIFICATION
Under Article 10.7oftheAgreement "Whenever aMember hasreached anagreement with
anyother country orcountries onissues related totechnical regulations, standards orconformity
assessment procedures which mayhaveasignificant effect ontrade, atleastoneMember party tothe
agreement shallnotify other Members through theSecretariat oftheproducts tobecovered bythe
agreement andinclude abrief description oftheagreement." Thefollowing notification under
Article 10.7hasbeenreceived.
1. Member notifying: POLAND
2. Titleofthebilateral orplurilateral Agreement: Memorandum ofUnderstanding Between
Polish Center forTesting andCertification (PCBC) andSwiss Association forTesting
andCertification
3. Parties totheAgreement: Polish Center forTesting andCertification,
Swiss Association forTesting andCertification
4. Dateofentry intoforce oftheAgreement: 27September 1995
5. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading):
Notspecified
6. Subject matter covered bytheAgreement (technical regulations, standards orconformity
assessment procedures): Conformity assessment procedures
7. Brief description oftheAgreement: Theintent oftheMemorandum istoprovide a
mechanism whereby theparties would perform anevaluation ofmanufacturer(s), service
organization(s) ordistributor(s) system andasaresult aregistration oftheir quality
system according totheinternational standards ISO9001, ISO9002 andISO9003 and
other comparable standards.
8. Further information available from: Polish Committee forStandardization, WTO TBT
National Enquiry Point, ul. Elektoralna 2,00-950 Warszawa, Telefax
No.+48226247122(general information) orPolish Center forTesting and
Certification, ul.Klobucka 23A,00-699 Warszawa, Telefax No.+48 226471222
(details).