Regulatory cooperation in APEC member economies Evgeny Petrosyan
APEC Regulatory Cooperation Regulatory cooperation is activities aimed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of regulations, build public trust in regulations, and improve consumer confidence in globally traded products As there is no one size fits all approach to regulatory cooperation, APEC should agree on broad, overarching principles that can help guide cooperative activities within APEC towards successful, productive outcomes
The main principles of regulatory cooperation Support and advance the multilateral trading system Focus on tangible and practical outcomes Strengthen implementation of the APEC-OECD checklist in APEC economies Promote alignment to International standards and conformance systems Engage key stakeholders
Regulatory cooperation framework Objectives: Bogor Goals FTAAP REI Principles APEC Regulatory Cooperation Plan APEC Regulatory Cooperation Process Mechanism Collective Action Plan Purposes ARCAM Criteria Emerging regulatory issue Projects Voluntary Action Plan SRB JRAC TFTF
APEC Tasking Statement for 2012 Regional Economic Integration Continue to implement the APEC Supply-Chain Connectivity Framework with a view to achieving an APEC-wide target of a 10% improvement by 2015 in terms of reducing of time, cost, and uncertainty of moving goods and services through the Asia-Pacific region, taking into consideration individual economy circumstances. In order to achieve this aim Continue to work on the APEC Regulatory Cooperation Advancement Mechanism on Trade-Related Standards and Technical Regulations (ARCAM) Implement specific recommendations to promote interoperable standards for smart grid, to facilitate trade in solar technologies through collaboration on standards and conformance, and to enable greater consistency and transparency in measures to support green buildings Promoting Liberalization of Trade and Investment in Environmental Goods and Services (EGS)
APEC Tasking Statement for 2012 Advancing Regulatory Convergence and Cooperation Undertake specific actions to develop, use, and strengthen implementation of good regulatory practices, including by ensuring internal coordination of rule-making, assessing the impact of regulations, and conducting public consultations Report on how the principles contained in the APEC Regulatory Cooperation Plan will be applied by relevant APEC fora and sub-fora; incorporated into the APEC budget management process; and promote cross-fora collaboration in APEC Strengthen food safety systems and facilitate trade
Main results of the regulatory cooperation support the multilateral trading system - Collective Action Plan (CAP) and - Voluntary Action Plan (VAP) for 2012-2013 trade and investment liberalization, regional economic integration - APEC JRAC workshop on Developing harmonized electrical equipment regulatory Risk assessment tool in Singapore
Main results of the regulatory cooperation contribution to establishing reliable supply chains - workshop and reported recommendations to promote Supply Chain Visibility, as well as results of workshops on Product Safety Incidents Information Sharing System in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia contribution to fostering innovative growth - the 9th Conference on Standards and Conformance in the Field of Innovations and Related Good Practices. 80 participants took part in the conference, prepared by Russia. IPEG Workshop on Policies and Practices relating to IPR in United States
Main results of the regulatory cooperation expanding regulatory cooperation and advancing regulatory convergence - Workshop on Regulatory Approaches to Smart Grid Investment/Deployment, which was held on 16-17 May 2012 in Quebec, Canada on the margins of the World Forum for Energy Regulators (WFER) which was a follow up to the 2011 ARCAM Initiative on Smart Grid Interoperability - Aligning Energy Efficiency Regulations for ICT Products - Developing a Strategic Approach and plans for the 18 July 2012 workshop to be held in Seoul, Korea - New Multiyear Project, The Role of Standards and Conformity Assessment Measures in Enhancing the Performance of the Commercial Building Sector
Main results of the regulatory cooperation expanding regulatory cooperation and advancing regulatory convergence - Conference on Innovative Education about Standardization and WSC Academic Day in Bali, Indonesia - New project for the next APEC education activities including lecturers training and exchange program in early 2013 - Two standards education initiatives for 2012 sponsored by the NIST (US)
Main results of the regulatory cooperation promote other areas, including APEC-wide initiatives on human security, food - Food Safety Cooperation Forum (FSCF, Australia) - FSCF Partnership Training Institute Network (PTIN) Export - Certification Workshop in Greenbelt, Maryland, (US) - APEC FSCF PTIN Laboratory Capacity Building Sub-Regional Trainings for 2012 in Peru, Malaysia, and Vietnam - Global Food Safety Partnership (World Bank administered multi donor trust fund
Main results of the regulatory cooperation promote other areas, including APEC-wide initiatives on human security, food Peru - Laboratory Capacity Building for the Determination of Toxic Contaminants in Seafood and the workshop in Thailand Philippines - Scientific Seminar Workshop on Food Safety Risk- Benefit Analysis Russian Federation - School Feeding Systems in APEC Economies and workshop in June 2012 in Moscow. Malaysia - Product Safety Incidents Information Sharing System in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia New Zealand - APEC Wine Regulatory Forum Public-Private Dialogue on risk management and certification requirements for regional trade in wine in Auckland, New Zealand
Forecast of TILF outcomes/deliverables for 2012 SCSC endorses concrete outcomes to prevent barriers to trade in emerging technologies in the area of innovations, Smart Grid, Solar (PV), Green buildings, ICT, Wine The SCSC 2012 work are aimed to promote implementation of APEC Regulatory cooperation action plan and sector-specific regulatory cooperation. SCSC work on GRP are contributing to outcomes on the Senior Officials work to advance implementation of GRP and regulatory cooperation SCSC expected significant outcome from the different workshops and educational activities
The Conference on equivalence of technical regulations and standards (SCSC APEC) 5-6 December 2012, Moscow, Russian Federation The main objective is to develop and implement the mechanisms to assess equivalence of the requirements established in national systems of technical regulating and standards for different groups of products A methodology should be developed to assess equivalence of technical regulations and standards (either their parts or requirements) in different industrial sectors based on: comparison of sets of requirements or separate requirements of different technical regulations and standards of different economies; comparison of indicators used in procedures of conformity assessment, primarily in international systems and standards, as well as results of conformity assessment of products to the established requirements when testing products for conformity The Conference will help to define the current possibilities and existing potential for further reduction of technical barriers to trade though development of new methods of mutual recognition of conformity assessment results by using the principles of equivalence of requirements
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