File includes: note on the experience of the arrangements for the mutual recognition of tests and inspections and suggestions for new areas in which such arrangements might be set up; Memo on the work concerning the elimination of technical barriers to trade; Details of exploratory talks between Romanian and EFTA regarding EFTA schemes and conventions (1976); Memo on the participation of the Netherlands in the Ship’s Equipment Scheme; Participation of third countries in the establishment of new schemes for the reciprocal recognition of tests and inspections; Cooperation among EFTA countries concerning the elimination of technical barriers to trade; New areas in which reciprocal recognition schemes might be set up; Financing of schemes; Note on the experience of the schemes functioning in practices

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