Conformity with Technical Regulations and Standards

符合技术法规和标准

Article 5: Procedures for Assessment of Conformity by Central Government Bodies

第5条  中央政府机构的合格评定程序

 

5.1 Members shall ensure that, in cases where a positive assurance of conformity with technical regulations or standards is required, their central government bodies apply the following provisions to products originating in the territories of other Members:

5.1 各成员应保证，在需要切实保证符合技术法规或标准时，其中央政府机构对源自其他成员领土内的产品适用下列规定：

5.1.1 conformity assessment procedures are prepared, adopted and applied so as to grant access for suppliers of like products originating in the territories of other Members under conditions no less favourable than those accorded to suppliers of like products of national origin or originating in any other country, in a comparable situation; access entails suppliers’ right to an assessment of conformity under the rules of the procedure, including, when foreseen by this procedure, the possibility to have conformity assessment activities undertaken at the site of facilities and to receive the mark of the system;

合格评定程序的制定、采用和实施，应在可比的情况下以不低于给予本国同类产品的供应商或源自任何其他国家同类产品的供应商的条件，使源自其他成员领土内产品的供应商获得准入；此准入使产品供应商有权根据该程序的规则获得合格评定，包括在该程序可预见时，在设备现场进行合格评定并能得到该合格评定体系的标志；

5.1.2 conformity assessment procedures are not prepared, adopted or applied with a view to or with the effect of creating unnecessary obstacles to international trade. This means, inter alia, that conformity assessment procedures shall not be more strict or be applied more strictly than is necessary to give the importing Member adequate confidence that products conform with the applicable technical regulations or standards, taking account of the risks non-conformity would create.

合格评定程序的制定、采用或实施在目的和效果上不应对国际贸易造成不必要的障碍。此点特别意味着：合格评定程序或其实施方式不得比给予进口成员对产品符合适用的技术法规或标准所必需的足够信任更为严格，同时考虑不符合技术法规或标准可能造成的风险。

5.2 When implementing the provisions of paragraph 1, Members shall ensure that:

5.2在实施第1款的规定时，各成员应保证：

5.2.1 conformity assessment procedures are undertaken and completed as expeditiously as possible and in a no less favourable order for products originating in the territories of other Members than for like domestic products;

合格评定程序尽可能迅速的进行和完成，并在顺序上给予源自其他成员领土内的产品不低于本国同类产品的待遇；

5.2.2 the standard processing period of each conformity assessment procedure is published or that the anticipated processing period is communicated to the applicant upon request; when receiving an application, the competent body promptly examines the completeness of the documentation and informs the applicant in a precise and complete manner of all deficiencies; the competent body transmits as soon as possible the results of the assessment in a precise and complete manner to the applicant so that corrective action may be taken if necessary; even when the application has deficiencies, the competent body proceeds as far as practicable with the conformity assessment if the applicant so requests; and that, upon request, the applicant is informed of the stage of the procedure, with any delay being explained;

公布每一合格评定程序的标准处理时限，或应请求，告知申请人预期的处理时限；主管机构在收到申请后迅速审查文件是否齐全，并以准确和完整的方式通知申请人所有不足之处；主管机构尽快以准确和完整的方式向申请人传达评定结果，以便申请人在必要时采取纠正措施；即使在申请存在不足之处时，如申请人提出请求，主管机构也应尽可能继续进行合格评定；以及应请求，通知申请人程序进行的阶段，并对任何迟延进行说明；

5.2.3 information requirements are limited to what is necessary to assess conformity and determine fees;

对信息的要求仅限于合格评定和确定费用所必需的限度；

5.2.4 the confidentiality of information about products originating in the territories of other Members arising from or supplied in connection with such conformity assessment procedures is respected in the same way as for domestic products and in such a manner that legitimate commercial interests are protected;

由此类合格评定程序产生或提供的与其有关的源自其他成员领土内产品的信息，其机密性受到与本国产品同样的遵守，其合法商业利益得到与本国产品相同的保护；

5.2.5 any fees imposed for assessing the conformity of products originating in the territories of other Members are equitable in relation to any fees chargeable for assessing the conformity of like products of national origin or originating in any other country, taking into account communication, transportation and other costs arising from differences between location of facilities of the applicant and the conformity assessment body;

对源自其他成员领土内的产品进行合格评定所征收的任何费用与对本国或源自任何其他国家的同类产品所征收的费用相比是公平的，同时考虑因申请人与评定机构所在地不同而产生的通讯、运输及其他费用；

5.2.6 the siting of facilities used in conformity assessment procedures and the selection of samples are not such as to cause unnecessary inconvenience to applicants or their agents;

合格评定程序所用设备的设置地点及样品的提取不致给申请人或其代理人造成不必要的不便；

5.2.7 whenever specifications of a product are changed subsequent to the determination of its conformity to the applicable technical regulations or standards, the conformity assessment procedure for the modified product is limited to what is necessary to determine whether adequate confidence exists that the product still meets the technical regulations or standards concerned;

只要在对一产品是否符合适用的技术法规或标准作出确定后改变其规格，则对改变规格产品的合格评定程序即仅限于为确定对该产品仍符合有关技术法规或标准是否有足够的信任所必需的限度；

5.2.8 a procedure exists to review complaints concerning the operation of a conformity assessment procedure and to take corrective action when a complaint is justified.

建立程序，以审查有关实施合格评定程序的投诉，且当一投诉被证明属合理时采取纠正措施。

5.3 Nothing in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall prevent Members from carrying out reasonable spot checks within their territories.

5.3 第1款和第2款的任何规定均不得阻止各成员在其领土内进行合理的现场检查。

5.4 In cases where a positive assurance is required that products conform with technical regulations or standards, and relevant guides or recommendations issued by international standardizing bodies exist or their completion is imminent, Members shall ensure that central government bodies use them, or the relevant parts of them, as a basis for their conformity assessment procedures, except where, as duly explained upon request, such guides or recommendations or relevant parts are inappropriate for the Members concerned, for, inter alia, such reasons as: national security requirements; the prevention of deceptive practices; protection of human health or safety, animal or plant life or health, or the environment; fundamental climatic or other geographical factors; fundamental technological or infrastructural problems.

5.4 如需切实保证产品符合技术法规或标准、且国际标准化机构发布的相关指南或建议已经存在或即将拟就，则各成员应保证中央政府机构使用这些指南或建议或其中的相关部分，作为其合格评定程序的基础，除非应请求作出适当说明，指出此类指南、建议或其中的相关部分特别由于如下原因而不适合于有关成员：国家安全要求；防止欺诈行为：保护人类健康或安全、保护动物或植物生命或健康及保护环境；基本气候因素或其他地理因素；基本技术问题或基础设施问题。

5.5 With a view to harmonizing conformity assessment procedures on as wide a basis as possible, Members shall play a full part, within the limits of their resources, in the preparation by appropriate international standardizing bodies of guides and recommendations for conformity assessment procedures.

5.5为在尽可能广泛的基础上协调合格评定程序，各成员应在力所能及的范围内充分参与有关国际标准化机构制定合格评定程序指南和建议的工作。

5.6 Whenever a relevant guide or recommendation issued by an international standardizing body does not exist or the technical content of a proposed conformity assessment procedure is not in accordance with relevant guides and recommendations issued by international standardizing bodies, and if the conformity assessment procedure may have a significant effect on trade of other Members, Members shall:

5.6只要不存在国际标准化机构发布的相关指南或建议，或拟议的合格评定程序的技术内容与国际标准化机构发布的相关指南或建议不一致，并且此合格评定程序可能对其他成员的贸易产生重大影响，则各成员即应：

5.6.1 publish a notice in a publication at an early appropriate stage, in such a manner as to enable interested parties in other Members to become acquainted with it, that they propose to introduce a particular conformity assessment procedure;

在早期适当阶段，以能够使其他成员中的利害关系方知晓的方式，在出版物上发布有关提议采用的特定合格评定程序的通知；

5.6.2 notify other Members through the Secretariat of the products to be covered by the proposed conformity assessment procedure, together with a brief indication of its objective and rationale. Such notifications shall take place at an early appropriate stage, when amendments can still be introduced and comments taken into account;

通过秘书处通知其他成员拟议的合格评定程序所涵盖的产品，并对该程序的目的和理由作出简要说明。此类通知应在早期适当阶段作出，以便仍可进行修正和考虑提出的意见；

5.6.3  upon request, provide to other Members particulars or copies of the proposed procedure and, whenever possible, identify the parts which in substance deviate from relevant guides or recommendations issued by international standardizing bodies;

应请求，向其他成员提供拟议的程序的细节或副本，只要可能，即应确认与有关国际标准化机构发布的指南或建议有实质性偏离的部分；

5.6.4 without discrimination, allow reasonable time for other Members to make comments in writing, discuss these comments upon request, and take these written comments and the results of these discussions into account.

无歧视地给予其他成员合理的时间以提出书面意见，应请求讨论这些意见，并对这些书面意见和讨论的结果予以考虑。

5.7 Subject to the provisions in the lead-in to paragraph 6, where urgent problems of safety, health, environmental protection or national security arise or threaten to arise for a Member, that Member may omit such of the steps enumerated in paragraph 6 as it finds necessary, provided that the Member, upon adoption of the procedure, shall:

5.7在遵守第6款引言部分规定的前提下，如一成员面临涉及安全、健康、环境保护或国家安全等紧急问题或面临发生此类问题的威胁，则该成员可省略第6款所列步骤中其认为有必要省略的步骤，但该成员在采用该程序时应：

5.7.1  notify immediately other Members through the Secretariat of the particular procedure and the products covered, with a brief indication of the objective and the rationale of the procedure, including the nature of the urgent problems;

立即通过秘书处将特定程序及其涵盖的产品通知其他成员，并对该程序的目的和理由作出简要说明，包括紧急问题的性质；

5.7.2  upon request, provide other Members with copies of the rules of the procedure;

应请求，向其他成员提供该程序规则的副本；

5.7.3 without discrimination, allow other Members to present their comments in writing, discuss these comments upon request, and take these written comments and the results of these discussions into account.

无歧视地给予其他成员合理的时间以提出书面意见，应请求讨论这些意见，并对这些书面意见和讨论的结果予以考虑。

5.8 Members shall ensure that all conformity assessment procedures which have been adopted are published promptly or otherwise made available in such a manner as to enable interested parties in other Members to become acquainted with them.

5.8各成员应保证迅速公布已采用的所有合格评定程序，或以可使其他成员中的利害关系方知晓的其他方式提供。

5.9 Except in those urgent circumstances referred to in paragraph 7, Members shall allow a reasonable interval between the publication of requirements concerning conformity assessment procedures and their entry into force in order to allow time for producers in exporting Members, and particularly in developing country Members, to adapt their products or methods of production to the requirements of the importing Member.

5.9除第7款提及的紧急情况外，各成员应在有关合格评定程序要求的公布和生效之间留出合理时间间隔，使出口成员、特别是发展中国家成员的生产者有时间使其产品和生产方法适应进口成员的要求。