Conformity Assessment Results-Subdefinitions

Equivalence of conformity assessment results is the sufficiency of different conformity assessment results to provide the same level of assurance of conformity with regard to the same specified requirements. Recognition of conformity assessment results is the acknowledgement of the validity of a conformity assessment result provided by another person or body. Acceptance of conformity assessment results is the use of a conformity assessment result provided by another person or body. Unilateral arrangement is an arrangement whereby one party recognizes or accepts the conformity assessment results of another party. Bilateral arrangement is an arrangement whereby two parties recognize or accept each other's conformity assessment results. Multilateral arrangement is an arrangement whereby more than two parties recognize or accept one another's conformity assessment results. Agreement groups are bodies that are signatories to the agreement on which an arrangement is based. Reciprocity is a relationship between two parties where both have the same rights and obligations towards each other. Reciprocity can exist within a multilateral arrangement comprising a network of bilateral reciprocal relationships. Although rights and obligations are the same, opportunities emanating from them can differ, which can lead to unequal relationships between parties. Equal treatment is treatment accorded to products or processes from one supplier that is no less favourable than that accorded to like products or processes from any other supplier, in a comparable situation. National treatment is treatment accorded to products or processes originating in other countries that is no less favourable than that accorded to like products or processes of national origin, in a comparable situation. Equal and national treatment is treatment accorded to products or processes originating in other countries that is no less favourable than that accorded to like products or processes of national origin, or originating in any other country, in a comparable situation.