Article 909: Notification, Publication, and Provision of
Information
1. Further to Articles 1802 (Publication) and 1803 (Notification and Provision of Information), each Party proposing to adopt or modify a technical regulation, shall:
(a) at least 60 days prior to the adoption or modification of such technical regulation, other than a law, publish a notice and notify in writing the other Parties of the proposed measure in such a manner as to enable interested persons to become acquainted with such measure, except that in the case of any such measure related to perishable goods, each Party shall, to the greatest extent practicable, publish such notice and provide such notification at least 30 days prior to the adoption or modification of such measure, but no later than when notification is provided to domestic producers;
(b) identify in such notice and notification the good or
service to which the proposed measure would apply, and
shall provide a brief description of the objective of,
and reasons for, such measure;
(c) provide a copy of the proposed measure to any Party or
interested person that so requests, and shall, wherever
possible, identify any provision that deviates in
substance from relevant international standards; and
(d) without discrimination, allow other Parties and interested persons to make comments in writing and shall, upon request, discuss such comments and take such comments and the results of such discussions into account.
2. Each Party proposing to adopt or modify a standard or any conformity assessment procedure not otherwise considered to be a technical regulation shall, where an international standard relevant to the proposed measure does not exist or such measure is not substantially the same as an international standard, and where the measure may have a significant effect on the trade of the other Parties:
(a) at an early appropriate stage, publish a notice and provide a notification of the type required in paragraphs 1 (a) and (b); and
(b) observe paragraphs 1 (c) and (d).
3. Each Party shall seek, through appropriate measures, to ensure, with respect to a technical regulation of a state or provincial government other than a local government: