Article 9: International and Regional Systems

第9条  国际和区域体系

 

9.1 Where a positive assurance of conformity with a technical regulation or standard is required, Members shall, wherever practicable, formulate and adopt international systems for conformity assessment and become members thereof or participate therein.

9.1如需要切实保证符合技术法规或标准，只要可行，各成员即应制定和采用国际合格评定体系并作为该体系成员或参与该体系。

9.2 Members shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to them to ensure that international and regional systems for conformity assessment in which relevant bodies within their territories are members or participants comply with the provisions of Articles 5 and 6. In addition, Members shall not take any measures which have the effect of, directly or indirectly, requiring or encouraging such systems to act in a manner inconsistent with any of the provisions of Articles 5 and 6.

9.2 各成员应采取其所能采取的合理措施，保证其领土内的相关机构加入或参与的国际和区域合格评定体系遵守第5条和第6条的规定。此外，各成员不得采取任何具有直接或间接要求或鼓励此类体系以与第5条和第6条规定不一致的方式行事的效果的措施。

9.3 Members shall ensure that their central government bodies rely on international or regional conformity assessment systems only to the extent that these systems comply with the provisions of Articles 5 and 6, as applicable.

9.3 各成员应保证只有在国际或区域合格评定体系遵守适用的第5条和第6条规定的情况下，其中央政府机构方可依靠这些体系。