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New project proposals were submitted focusing on facilitating cross-border e-commerce; recycling food contact plastics; and improving standardization education.On the last day of discussion of the Second Plenary Session of the Subcommittee on Standards and Conformity (SCSC), the president of the SCSC and executive president of the National Institute of Quality (Inacal), Cesar Jose Bernabe Perez, closed this important event where 18 economies of the APEC Forum participated.
During these two days, the importance of aligning the standards of our economies with international ones has been highlighted, in addition to addressing in greater depth the development and challenges posed in the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of the World Trade Organization (WTO), he said.
He specified that the Joint Regulatory Advisory Committee (JRAC), the Food Safety Cooperation Forum (FSCF) and the Regulatory Harmonization Steering Committee (RHSC) presented their reports of achievements and results for the year 2024. I also want to highlight the 15th Conference on Standards and Conformity, which was held as part of our activities. This focused on how technical sustainability standards can be integrated into international trade agreements, she stressed.
As for the projects discussed during these two days of plenary, topics were addressed ranging from strengthening quality infrastructure to improving governance in the implementation of standardization and conformity assessment. Emerging issues such as digitalization, gender equality in standards, and mitigation of plastic pollution were also discussed.
New projects
Likewise, new project proposals were presented focused on facilitating cross-border e-commerce; recycling plastics in contact with food; and improving education in standardization and management of food safety incidents. Eighteen APEC economies participated in these two days of plenary, including Australia, Canada, Korea, Chile, China, the United States, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
