./.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/10.7/N/46 
21 July 2004 
 (04-3154) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
            
 
 
AGREEMENT REACHED BY A MEMBER WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES 
ON ISSUES RELATED TO TECHNICAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS 
OR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES 
 
Notification
 
 
 Under Article 10.7 of the Agreement "Whenever a Member has reached an agreement with any other country or countries on issues related to  technical regulations, standards or conformity 
assessment procedures which may have a significant effect on trade, at least one Member party to the agreement shall notify other Members through the Secr etariat of the products to be covered by the 
agreement and include a brief description of th e agreement."  The following notification under 
Article  10.7 has been received.   
1. Member notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
 
2. Title of the bilateral or plurilateral Agreement:  Agreement Between the United States 
of America and the European Community on the Mutual Recognition of Certificates of 
Conformity for Marine Equipment  
3. Parties to the Agreement:  United States of America, European Community 
 
4. Date of entry into force of the Agreement:  1 July 2004 
 
5. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading): 
This Agreement applies to specific marine e quipment traded between the United States and 
the European Community which are subject to specified legislative, regulatory and 
administrative provisions pertaining to conformity assessment and technical regulations, as 
detailed in the Agreement’s tec hnical annex on product coverage.  
6. Subject matter covered by the Agreemen t (technical regulations, standards or 
 conformity assessment procedures):  Conformity assessment procedures.  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  This Agreement specifies the conditions by which 
each Party will accept certificates of conformity issued by the other Party’s conformity 
assessment bodies or authorities, in assessing conformity to the exporting Party’s 
requirements, as specified the technical annex to  the Agreement, and to provide for related 
cooperative activities.  The text of the US-E C Marine Equipment MRA is available at:  
www.ustr.gov/regions/eu-med/westeu r/2004-02-27-agreement-marine.pdf . G/TBT/10.7/N/46 
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8. Further information available from:   
 
 National Center for Standards and Certification Information 
 National Institute of Standards and Technology 
 Bldg. 820, Room 164 
 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 U.S.A. 
   Telephone: +(301) 975-4040  Fax:  +(301) 926-1559  Email:  ncsci@nist.gov  
  
 