Unification of the regulatory standards environment

Technical measures and standards

Export standards and technical regulations

Costs and benefits of technical standards

Delegates noted the significance of the Recommendation L International Model for technical harmonization based on good regulatory practice for the preparation, adoption and application of technical regulations via the use of international standards .

UNRWA health services employed WHO technical standards and followed WHO technical guidelines.

Subsequent legislation in 1949 the Rules of Childcare Centres further developed regulatory standards.

Adapt and simplify technical standards for rural consumers

Creation of common international legal and technical standards.

Technical manufacturing skills Facilities Dedication of workforce Quality standards

We urgently need globally applicable regulatory minimum standards similar to those, say, within the WTO.

Acapacity buildingpro gramme will be implemented and specific expertise provided to improve regulatory frameworks. is programme also enhances technical and institutional monitoring systems in compliance with international regulations and standards.

Assistance to non acceding countries into approximatinge their regulatory rules and norms with those of the EU and implementingation of internationally agreed standards Regulatory and product related issues and, trade facilitation through the use of standards.,

For this reason, enacting new regulatory standards now while setting distant deadlines is a sensible strategy.

Working towards regulatory convergence and harmonization and keeping standards stable and predictable were other key priorities.

Governments and business needed to work together to achieve greater regulatory convergence and implement international standards.

Make use of the UNECE International Model for regulatory cooperation To accept and introduce EU 1) standards, 2) technical regulations, and 3) legislation Commit to adopt and implement trade facilitation measures Regulatory convergence and implementation of international standards Implement and control the application of competition regulations Ensure legislative support Stop environmental product legislation from becoming a new trade barrier

Standards harmonised by these agencies are regularly adopted in many countries outside Europe which follow European technical standards.

7. Adaptive responses being considered include technical responses, institutional changes, economic adjustments and regulatory instruments.

It must be recognized that regulatory reform entails adjustment costs and necessitates regulatory capacity and institution building, technical assistance and capacity building in this regard.

In June 2003, ASEAN 3 agreed to harmonize financial policies and standards, regulatory systems and tax treatments.

International standards, including technical standards and sanitary and phytosanitary standards, can also pose an additional challenge to developing countries with regard to accessing international markets.

Private standards and technical regulations, set by major importers, supermarket chains, etc., will gain in importance, and will be more stringent than national or regional standards and technical regulations.

Technical assessment of progress in the implementation of the standards for Kosovo

Performance standards were important and technical assistance with flexible instruments worked well.

Fibre Channel is standardized in the T11 Technical Committee of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited standards committee.

Introduce standards (Government) To bring third countries' technical standards and regulations closer to the European Union requirements Strengthen institutions and public administration Implement international rules and standards

International and national regulatory and standards bodies have also taken up this issue and are now formulating and advising on minimum information security standards for international commercial partners.

Since Given the CTIED' s also works on the harmonization of technical standards, (Recommendation L of the Working Party 5 on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies), the recent policy dialogues on energy standards organized by the Committee on Sustainable Energy CSE are will be of interest. particularly interesting.

In 2004, the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Technical Harmonization and Standardization Policies organized three major events aimed at assisting transition economies in building and improving their regulatory frameworks

The MIL STD 188 series standards are encompassed by the DoD s Joint Technical Architecture.

Version 1.0 standards focused mainly on data and structural metadata and some technical aspects.

To review on a regular basis issues related to national practices and transnational cooperation in technical regulations within the UNECE region To facilitate good regulatory practice and regulatory cooperation To provide technical assistance and training To update existing recommendations and prepare new ones to respond to needs of member countries for regulatory cooperation and related activities.

Where there was a need for corporate standards and regulatory enforcement, it was the responsibility of the particular Governments to act.

It is charged with preparing and presenting an opinion on the regulatory standards that would ensure radiological protection and nuclear safety.

The regulatory approach has the advantage of ensuring compliance to strict quantity related standards, but only if there is adequate enforcement.

Standards of service as such have not existed as a regulatory and statutory framework for export and import of cultural goods.

Its Forty Recommendations, originally issued in 1990 and revised in 2003, provide detailed technical standards.

There was a risk that by focusing on standards it could reduce humanitarian action to business to be performed only according to technical standards.

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