Supplement VII to CEPA - Clauses
Liberalisation of Trade in Services (extracted from the Annex of Supplement VII to CEPA) –
| Sectors or sub-sectors | 1. Business Services |
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To allow testing organizations in Hong Kong to cooperate with designated Mainland organizations to undertake testing of products for the China Compulsory Certification (CCC) System on a pilot basis, for selected products listed in the CCC Catalogue and processed in Hong Kong (i.e. the processing facilities are located in Hong Kong). These testing organizations have to be accredited by the accreditation body of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (i.e. the Hong Kong Accreditation Service) to be capable of performing testing for the relevant products under the CCC System. Cooperation arrangements should comply with relevant requirements in the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Certification and Accreditation". |
Measures in Facilitating Trade and Investment (extracted from the main text of Supplement VII to CEPA) –
III. Trade and Investment Facilitation
2. Both sides agree to further strengthen their cooperation in the area of commodity inspection and quarantine, food safety, quality and standardisation. Accordingly, the following subparagraphs 5.2.5 and 5.2.6 are added to Article 5.2 of Annex 6 to "CEPA":
"5.2.6 To actively promote cooperation between Hong Kong's testing laboratories and Mainland's certification bodies which are members of international multilateral systems on mutual recognition of testing and certification that are open to national member bodies (such as the IECEE/CB system), so that Hong Kong's testing laboratories can be recognized under these multilateral systems."
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