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2.     In  civil  judicial  proceedings  concerning  the  infringement  of
                              copyright or related rights, each Party shall provide that its judicial
                              authorities have the authority to adopt provisional measures to
                              order  the  seizure,  or  other  taking  into  custody,  of  suspected
                              infringing goods and at least one of the following:

                              (a)    materials and implements predominantly used in the act of
                                     alleged infringement; or

                              (b)    documentary      evidence     relevant    to   the    alleged
                                     infringement.

                       3.     Each  Party  shall  provide  that  its  judicial  authorities  have  the
                              authority  to  adopt  provisional  measures  inaudita  altera  parte
                              where appropriate, in particular where any delay is likely to cause
                              irreparable  harm  to  the  right  holder  or  where  there  is  a
                              demonstrable risk of evidence being destroyed.

                       4.     Each  Party  shall  provide  that  its  judicial  authorities  have  the
                              authority  to  require  an  applicant,  with  respect  to  provisional
                              measures, to provide any reasonably available evidence in order
                              to satisfy the judicial authority with a sufficient degree of certainty
                              that the applicant is the right holder and that the applicant’s right
                              is being infringed or that such infringement is imminent, and to
                              order the applicant to provide a security or equivalent assurance
                              sufficient to protect the defendant and to prevent abuse, and so
                              as  not  to  unreasonably  deter  recourse  to  procedures  for  such
                              provisional measures.

                       5.     For  greater  certainty,  the  Parties  understand  that  provisional
                              measures shall be implemented in accordance with paragraphs 4
                              through 8 of Article 50 of the TRIPS Agreement.




























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