Members,
各成员：
Having regard to the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations;
注意到乌拉圭回合多边贸易谈判；
Desiring to further the objectives of GATT 1994;
期望促进GATT 1994目标的实现：
Recognizing the important contribution that international standards and conformity assessment systems can make in this regard by improving efficiency of production and facilitating the conduct of international trade;
认识到国际标准和合格评定体系可以通过提高生产效率和便利国际贸易的进行而在这方面作出重要贡献；
Desiring therefore to encourage the development of such international standards and conformity assessment systems;
因此期望鼓励制定此类国际标准和合格评定体系；
Desiring however to ensure that technical regulations and standards, including packaging, marking and labelling requirements, and procedures for assessment of conformity with technical regulations and standards do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade;
但是期望保证技术法规和标准，包括对包装、标志和标签的要求，以及对技术法规和标准的合格评定程序不给国际贸易制造不必要的障碍；
Recognizing that no country should be prevented from taking measures necessary to ensure the quality of its exports, or for the protection of human, animal or plant life or health, of the environment, or for the prevention of deceptive practices, at the levels it considers appropriate, subject to the requirement that they are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on international trade, and are otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
认识到不应阻止任何国家在其认为适当的程度内采取必要措施，保证其出口产品的质量，或保护人类、动物或植物的生命或健康及保护环境，或防止欺诈行为，但是这些措施的实施方式不得构成在情形相同的国家之间进行任意或不合理歧视的手段，或构成对国际贸易的变相限制，并应在其他方面与本协定的规定相一致；
Recognizing that no country should be prevented from taking measures necessary for the protection of its essential security interest;
认识到不应阻止任何国家采取必要措施以保护其基本安全利益；
Recognizing the contribution which international standardization can make to the transfer of technology from developed to developing countries;
认识到国际标准化在发达国家向发展中国家转让技术方面可以作出的贡献；
Recognizing that developing countries may encounter special difficulties in the formulation and application of technical regulations and standards and procedures for assessment of conformity with technical regulations and standards, and desiring to assist them in their endeavours in this regard;
认识到发展中国家在制定和实施技术法规、标准及对技术法规和标准的合格评定程序方面可能遇到特殊困难，并期望对它们在这方面所作的努力给予协助；
Hereby agree as follows:
特此协议如下：
Article 1: General Provisions
第1条 总 则
1.1 General terms for standardization and procedures for assessment of conformity shall normally have the meaning given to them by definitions adopted within the United Nations system and by international standardizing bodies taking into account their context and in the light of the object and purpose of this Agreement.
1.1标准化和合格评定程序通用术语的含义通常应根据联合国系统和国际标准化机构所采用的定义，同时考虑其上下文并按照本协定的目的和宗旨确定。
1.2 However, for the purposes of this Agreement the meaning of the terms given in Annex 1 applies.
1.2 但就本协定而言，应适用附件1中所列术语的含义。
1.3 All products, including industrial and agricultural products, shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
1.3 所有产品，包括工业品和农产品，均应遵守本协定的规定。
1.4 Purchasing specifications prepared by governmental bodies for production or consumption requirements of governmental bodies are not subject to the provisions of this Agreement but are addressed in the Agreement on Government Procurement, according to its coverage.
1.4 政府机构为其生产或消费要求所制定的采购规格不受本协定规定的约束，而应根据《政府采购协定》的范围由该协定处理。
1.5 The provisions of this Agreement do not apply to sanitary and phytosanitary measures as defined in Annex A of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
1.5本协定的规定不适用于《实施卫生与植物卫生措施协定》附件A定义的卫生与植物卫生措施。
1.6 All references in this Agreement to technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures shall be construed to include any amendments thereto and any additions to the rules or the product coverage thereof, except amendments and additions of an insignificant nature.
1.6 本协定中所指的所有技术法规、标准和合格评定程序，应理解为包括对其规则的任何修正或产品范围的任何补充，但无实质意义的修正和补充除外。