Standards and conformity assessment (EU harmonised areas) — Continuation of work on the implementation of the Palermo Action Plan for the Free Movement of Industrial Products approved by the July 2003 Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Trade Ministers. Take the necessary steps, with the support of continuing assistance, to complete and upgrade the quality infrastructure and to start negotiating an Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA), — adapt the Egyptian institutions in charge of implementing product legislation and train the various stakeholders, — harmonise the remaining national standards with European and international standards for industrial products, — cooperation in the field of legislation on liability for defective products and general product safety, including market surveillance, — explore the scope for cooperation between EU and Egyptian accreditation bodies.