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Thematic session on Good Regulatory Practice

At the Eighth Triennial Review, Members agreed to continue to hold thematic sessions in conjunction with its regular meetings during 2019 to 2021, with a view to further deepening the Committee's exchange of experiences on specific topics, and to hold a session on good regulatory practice (GRP) in March 2019 with a focus on domestic committees, and other administrative mechanisms, to facilitate internal coordination on TBT.

This thematic session was moderated by: Mrs. Thembekile Mlangeni (South Africa)
Moderator Report

Panel 1

  1. Kenya: TBT Domestic Coordination Mechanism, Mrs Lucy Ikonya, National TBT Enquiry Point, Kenya Bureau of Standards.
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  2. Indonesia: Indonesia's experience on establishment of national committee for internal coordination on TBT, Dr. Zakiyah, Deputy Chairman of BSN for Implementation of Standards and Conformity Assessments, Indonesia Chairperson for the National Committee on TBT.
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  3. New Zealand: New Zealand's TBT User Guide for Regulators and other approaches to domestic coordination, Ms Kate Breach, Senior Policy Officer, Trade Negotiations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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  4. Chile: National Commission on Technical Barriers to Trade, Inter-ministerial Coordination for the Promotion of Transparency and Identification of Trade Concerns, Mr Gastón Fernández, Head of the Regulatory Department of the General Directorate for International Economic Affairs (DIRECON).
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Panel 2

  1. China: Understanding and implementing experience on good regulatory practice at the border, Mr. HU Liang, Shanghai Customs.
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  2. Guatemala: National consultations process regarding in particular trade concerns, Ms. Debora Cumes Mariscal, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the WTO.
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  3. United States: Internal Coordination Mechanisms, Jennifer Stradtman, Director, Technical Barriers to Trade, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
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  4. Australia: Internal coordination – Australia's approach to the involvement of national quality infrastructure in meeting the objectives of the TBT agreement, Ms Jennifer Evans, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA)
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