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Agreement on Trade in Services - Clauses

Liberalisation of Trade in Services (extracted from Table 2 of Annex 1 of the Agreement on Trade in Services)

Sectors or sub-sectors 1. Business Services
  1. Other Business Services
  1. Technical testing and analysis services (CPC8676) and Product testing services (CPC749)
Specific commitments
(Effective from 1 June 2020; The amendments made in Oct 2024 on item 2 and item 3 are marked in tracking mode, and will come into effect on 1 March 2025)

  1. To allow testing organisations in Hong Kong to cooperate with designated Mainland organisations to undertake testing of products for the China Compulsory Certification (CCC) System on all products that require CCC. These testing organisations have to be accredited by the accreditation body of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to be competent of performing testing of the relevant products under the CCC System. Cooperation arrangements should comply with relevant requirements in the Regulations on Certification and Accreditation of the People's Republic of China.
  2. To allow certification bodies in Hong Kong to cooperate with Mainland CCC certification bodies on CCC factory inspection through assigning inspectors to carry out such inspection of factories manufacturing CCC products in the whole Mainland. These certification bodies have to be accredited by the accreditation body of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to be competent of performing certification of relevant products under the CCC System.
  3. To allow certification bodies in Hong Kong to cooperate with Mainland CCC certification bodies to select post-certification test samples at factories manufacturing CCC products in the whole Mainland. These certification bodies have to be accredited by the accreditation body of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to be competent of performing certification of relevant products under the CCC System.
  4. In the area of voluntary certification, to allow testing organisations in Hong Kong to cooperate with Mainland certification bodies to undertake testing of products manufactured or processed in Hong Kong or the Mainland. These testing organisations have to be accredited by the accreditation body of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to be competent in performing testing of the relevant products.
  5. To implement, on a pilot basis, a mutual recognition arrangement of certification and relevant testing business among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone, with a view to carry out "certified once, tested once, and results accepted by three places".
  6. On the basis of mutual trust and mutual benefit, to allow testing and certification organisations in Hong Kong to cooperate with the Mainland testing and certification organisations in respect of acceptance of testing data (results). Specific cooperation arrangements are subject to further discussion.
  7. To allow contractual service providers employed by Hong Kong service suppliers, in the mode of movement of natural persons, to provide services under this sector or sub-sector on the Mainland.
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