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8 38. The Co-Chair of the PPWG briefed the Meeting on the status of the
implementation of the ACTD and possible development of MRA for Pharmaceuticals in ASEAN. The Co-Chair’s paper appears as ANNEX 15.
39. The Meeting noted the progress made by the PPWG and its efforts to look
into MRA for GMP inspection in ASEAN by end of 2007. The Meeting also noted that the next PPWG Meeting will be held on 23 – 26 August 2005 in Singapore. The
Meeting acknowledged the assistance of the EC- ASEAN Regional Economic Cooperation Programme on Standards, Quality and Conformity Assessment.
5.8. Progress in Prepared Foodstuff
40. The Secretary of the PFPWG highlighted the Meeting on the progress of
consultative network amongst ASEAN Food Committee to facilitate the implementation of roadmap for agro-based sector integration. The paper appears as
ANNEX 16.
41. The Meeting noted the progress of the PFPWG.
5.9. Progress in Traditional Medicines and Health Supplement
42. The Chair of the TMHSPWG briefed the Meeting on the outcomes of the 3
rd
Meeting of the TMHSPWG held on 7 – 8 July 2005 in Bali, Indonesia. The Chair’s report appears as ANNEX 17.
43.
The Meeting noted the progress made by the TMHSPWG and endorsed the Report of the 3
rd
Meeting of the ACCSQ TMHSPWG and its revised Work
Programme of the TMHSPWG, which appear together as ANNEX 18. The Meeting agreed to support the TMHSPWG to explore assistance from its Dialogue Partners
and the WHO for the activities of the PWG.
5.10. Progress
in Medical Device
44. The Chair of the ACCSQ Medical Device Product Working Group MDPWG
briefed the Meeting on the outcome of the 2
nd
Meeting of the ACCSQ MDPWG held
on 11 – 12 July 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Chair’s paper appears as ANNEX 19.
45.
The Chair of MDPWG informed the Meeting of the proposed establishment of a Trust Fund to conduct activities of the PWG and to facilitate the participation of
Member Countries in the PWG Meetings and the funding would be mobilized in the following ways:
i The host country of the MDPWG Meetings or Workshops are allowed
to charge a registration fee for participants and any surplus funds will be deposited in Trust Fund.
ii Publication of
technical documents.
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The Meeting welcomed this initiative by the MDPWG. However, the Meeting requested the MDPWG to work out the detail on the mechanism to administer the
fund and submit it for consideration by the ACCSQ as soon as possible. The Meeting also agreed to the suggestion of Indonesia to seek the point of view from the SEOM
on this matter. 47.
The Meeting endorsed the nomination of Datuk Ir. Dr. M.S. Pillay, Director of Engineering Services of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia as the new Chair of the
MDPWG. The Meeting also encouraged Lao PDR and Philippines to nominate the representatives at the MDPWG as soon as possible.
48. The Meeting endorsed the Report of the 2
nd
ACCSQ MDPWG, its Terms of Reference and Work Programme subject to decision in paragraph 46. The report,
TOR and the Work Programme appears together as ANNEX 20. 5.11. Progress in Automotive
49. The Chair of the Automotive PWG briefed the Meeting on the outcome of the
2
nd
Meeting of the ACCSQ Automotive PWG held on 13 – 14 July 2005 in Jakarta,
Indonesia. The Chair’s paper appears as ANNEX 21. 50.
The Meeting was informed that the APWG would focus on harmonization of technical regulations and conformity assessment in the following areas:
i. Fuel Properties Emission Regulations Environment
ii. Certification Procedures; and
iii. Safety Regulations i.e. safety belt, tyre and safety glass
51. The Meeting took note of the proposal of Philippines to assist the local
industry in capacity building activities to enable them to meet the international standards and technical regulations and agreed that such proposal be submitted in
detail to the ACCSQ for consideration.
52. The Meeting considered and endorsed the Report of the 2
nd
Meeting of the ACCSQ Automotive PWG, the Terms of Reference and Work Programme which
appear as ANNEX 22.
5.12. Progress in Wood-Based
