Summary of CEPA Clauses Relating to Testing and Certification

CEPA Agreement	Clauses Relating to Testing and Certification
Agreement on Trade in Services (amended in Nov 2019 and Oct 2024 respectively)	Liberalisation of Trade in Services Implementation Guides on - Measure on the mutual recognition arrangement of certification and relevant testing business among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (promulgated in Sep 2017) Measure on China Compulsory Certification (CCC) product testing (promulgated in Feb 2019) Further liberalisation measures on CCC product testing, factory inspection and selection of post-certification test samples (promulgated in May 2020) Further liberalisation measures on CCC factory inspection and selection of post-certification test samples (promulgated in Feb 2025)
Agreement on Trade in Goods	Article 58 Article 59 Article 68
Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation	Article 23(4) Article 23(6) Article 23(7) Article 23(8)

Previous commitments

CEPA Agreement	Clauses Relating to Testing and Certification
Agreement between the Mainland and Hong Kong on Achieving Basic Liberalisation of Trade in Services in Guangdong	Liberalisation of Trade in Services Implementation Guide
Supplement X to CEPA	Liberalisation of Trade in Services Trade and Investment Facilitation Implementation Guide on - Measure on the movement of natural persons Other measures
Supplement IX to CEPA	Liberalisation of Trade in Services Implementation Guide
Supplement VIII to CEPA	Liberalisation of Trade in Services
Supplement VII to CEPA	Liberalisation of Trade in Services Trade and Investment Facilitation

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