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(c)    identifying mutually agreed priority sectors for enhanced
                                     cooperation;

                              (d)    establishing work programmes, as appropriate, in mutually
                                     agreed  priority  areas  to  facilitate  the  acceptance  of
                                     conformity  assessment  results  and  equivalence  of
                                     technical regulations, in consultation with relevant experts
                                     when scientific or technical issues are involved;

                              (e)    monitoring the progress of work programmes; and

                              (f)    overseeing     bilateral   or   plurilateral   arrangements
                                     developed  pursuant  to  Article  6.13  (Implementing
                                     Arrangements).

                       7.     With respect to Chapter 7 (Trade Remedies), the functions of the
                              Committee on Goods shall include:

                              (a)    monitoring  the  implementation  of  Chapter  7  (Trade
                                     Remedies);

                              (b)    enhancing a Party’s knowledge and understanding of the
                                     other Parties’ trade remedy laws, regulations, policies, and
                                     practices;

                              (c)    improving  cooperation  between  the  Parties’  authorities
                                     responsible for matters on trade remedies; and

                              (d)    cooperating on any other matter that the Parties agree as
                                     necessary.

                       Committee on Services and Investment

                       8.     The  functions  of  the  Committee  on  Services  and  Investment,
                              established  pursuant  to  subparagraph  1(b)  of  Article  18.6
                              (Subsidiary Bodies of the RCEP Joint Committee), shall include
                              supervising  and  coordinating  the  work  of  any  other  relevant
                              subsidiary  body,  and  considering  any  matter  arising  under  or
                              relating to the implementation or operation of:

                              (a)    Chapter 8 (Trade in Services);

                              (b)    Chapter 9 (Temporary Movement of Natural Persons); and

                              (c)    Chapter 10 (Investment).




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