World Bank2014-08-202014-08-202008-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19526This paper is about trade issues in East Asia. One of the most important non-tariff measures is regulations and standards aimed at securing the safety and or quality of products, labeling requirements and protection of the environment. Standards are now recognized as a trade issue since they determine market access. The use of standards by governments to meet public health and safety objectives and by the private sector to meet market-driven consumer and industrial objectives is important for economic development. Standards provide information on the quality and reliability of a product that may not be readily observable and thus reduce uncertainty and contribute to increased trade. Standards have become a key element in facilitating trade within and between countries since in order for a good to be traded it must comply with the agreed standard. This applies to both mandatory standards required by governments and voluntary standards set by industry associations and other non-state actors. Recognizing the potential of diverging national technical regulations to hinder trade flows, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has taken steps to eliminate such barriers in the sectors it considers important for economic integration. The sector that will be the first to have a fully harmonized regulatory regime across ASEAN countries will be cosmetics, starting in January 2008. The new regulation primarily involves broadly defined common safety requirements and a new approach to risk management, which does away with the requirement of pre-market approval for cosmetics products and introduces instead a system of post-market surveillance. In doing so, the new directive shifts to a great extent the responsibility of ensuring safety from the government to the private sector.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABBREVIATIONSACCESSIONACCREDITATIONACCREDITATIONSANNUAL REPORTARRANGEMENTARRANGEMENTSARTICLEARTICLESASSESSMENT RESULTSAUDITINGBARRIERS TO IMPORTSBILATERAL AGREEMENTSBINDINGCOMMON MARKETCOMMON STANDARDSCOMPETENT AUTHORITIESCOMPETENT AUTHORITYCOMPETITORSCOMPLAINTCOMPLAINTSCOMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDSCOMPUTERSCONFORMITY ASSESSMENTCONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURESCONSULTATIONCONSULTATION PROCESSCONSULTATIVE COMMITTEECONSUMER GOODSCONTENTSCONTROL SYSTEMSCOST OF COMPLIANCECUSTOMSDEVELOPING STANDARDSDIRECTIVESDISCRIMINATORY MEASURESDISPUTE SETTLEMENTDIVERGENT STANDARDSDOCUMENTSDOMESTIC FIRMSDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC STANDARDSECONOMIC COMMUNITYECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIES OF SCALEENTRYENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEXPORT MARKETSEXPORTING COUNTRYFOOD SAFETY STANDARDSFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN PRODUCERSFOREIGN STANDARDFOREIGN STANDARDSFOREIGN SUPPLIERSFORMAL RECOGNITIONFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTFREE TRADE AREAGLOBAL PRODUCTIONGLOBAL PRODUCTION CHAINSGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONHARMONIZATIONICTIMPORTED GOODSIMPORTING COUNTRIESIMPORTING COUNTRYINCOME COUNTRIESINFORMATION EXCHANGEINTEGRATION EFFORTSINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL NORMSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONINTRA-ASEAN TRADEINTRA-REGIONAL TRADELABOR STANDARDSLEGAL IMPLICATIONSLEGAL SYSTEMLEGISLATIONLOCAL FIRMSLOCAL PRODUCERSMANDATORY STANDARDSMARKET ACCESSMEMBER COUNTRIESMEMBER COUNTRYMEMBER STATESMINISTERSMULTILATERAL AGREEMENTSMULTILATERAL FRAMEWORKMULTILATERAL LEVELMUTUAL RECOGNITIONMUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTMUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTSNATIONAL LEGISLATIONNATIONAL STANDARDSNATIONAL STANDARDS BODIESNATIONAL TREATMENTNEIGHBORING COUNTRIESNON-TARIFF BARRIERSNON-TARIFF MEASURESNONTARIFF BARRIERSPACIFIC REGIONPERMITSPOLICY OBJECTIVESPOST-MARKET SURVEILLANCEPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCT BASISPRODUCT CATEGORIESPRODUCT CERTIFICATIONPRODUCT LIABILITYPRODUCT SPECIFICPRODUCT STANDARDSPRODUCTION PROCESSPUBLIC GOODPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLISHINGQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY MANAGEMENTQUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSQUALITY STANDARDSREFERENCE MATERIALSREGIONAL APPROACHREGIONAL APPROACHESREGIONAL BODIESREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSREGIONAL STANDARDSREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTSREGISTRYREGULATIONS POLICYREGULATORSREGULATORY AGENCIESREGULATORY APPROVALREGULATORY AUTHORITIESREGULATORY BURDENREGULATORY EFFORTREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY OBJECTIVESREGULATORY PRACTICEREGULATORY REFORMREGULATORY REGIMEREGULATORY REGIMESREGULATORY SCHEMERESEARCHERRULESSAFETYSAFETY CONCERNSSAFETY REQUIREMENTSSAFETY STANDARDSSTANDARD SETTINGSTANDARDIZATIONSTANDARDS AGENCIESSTANDARDS REGIMESSTANDARDS SYSTEMSTECHNICAL BARRIERSTECHNICAL PROCEDURESTECHNICAL REGULATIONTECHNICAL REGULATIONSTECHNICAL REQUIREMENTSTECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSTECHNICAL STANDARDSTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTHIRD-COUNTRY IMPORTSTRADE BARRIERSTRADE FLOWSTRADING PARTNERSTRANSPARENCYUNILATERAL ADOPTIONVANVENDORSVOLUNTARY STANDARDSWEBSITEWORLD TRADE10.1596/19526