4.2.2016
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 29/15
(f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties;
(g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators' programmes and
customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures;
(h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems.
3.
The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation.
4.
A regular dialogue shall take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may
establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.
Article 26
Mutual administrative assistance
Without prejudice to other forms of cooperation envisaged in this Agreement, in particular in Article 25, the Parties
shall provide each other with mutual administrative assistance in customs matters in accordance with the Protocol to
this Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters.
Article 27
Customs valuation
The Agreement on the Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994 shall govern the customs valuation of goods in
the trade between the Parties. Its provisions are hereby incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis
mutandis.
CHAPTER 3
Technical Barriers to Trade
Article 28
WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
The Parties affirm that in their relations they will respect the rights and obligations of the WTO Agreement on Technical
Barriers to Trade (‘TBT Agreement’) which is incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
Article 29
Technical regulation, standardisation, metrology, accreditation, market surveillance and conformity assessment
1.
The Parties agree to:
(a) reduce the differences which exist between them in the fields of technical regulation, standardisation, legal
metrology, accreditation, market surveillance and conformity assessment, including by encouraging the use of
internationally agreed instruments in those fields;
(b) promote the use of accreditation in accordance with international rules in support of conformity assessment bodies
and their activities; and
(c) promote the participation and, where possible, the membership of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its relevant
bodies in European organisations the activity of which relates to standardisation, metrology, conformity assessment
and related functions.
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