Recital 123 Facilitation of international trade

In its relationships with third countries, the Union endeavours to promote international trade in regulated products. A broad variety of measures can be applied in order to facilitate trade, including several legal instruments such as bilateral (inter-governmental) Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) for conformity assessment means the process of verifying whether the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I have been fulfilled; and marking of regulated products. MRAs are established between the Union and third countries which are on a comparable level of technical development and have a compatible approach concerning conformity assessment means the process of verifying whether the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I have been fulfilled;. Those agreements are based on the mutual acceptance of certificates, marks of conformity and test reports issued by the conformity assessment bodies means a conformity assessment body as defined in Article 2, point (13), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; of either party in conformity with the legislation of the other party. Currently, MRAs are in place with several third countries. Those MRAs are concluded in a number of specific sectors, which might vary from one third country to another. In order to further facilitate trade, and recognising that supply chains of products with digital elements means a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; are global, MRAs concerning conformity assessment means the process of verifying whether the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I have been fulfilled; can be concluded for products regulated under this Regulation by the Union in accordance with Article 218 TFEU. Cooperation with partner third countries is also important, in order to strengthen cyber resilience globally, as in the long term this will contribute to a strengthened cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; framework both within and outside of the Union.