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(d)    not disclose the information received to any other authority,
                                     entity, or person not authorised by the Party providing the
                                     information; and

                              (e)    comply  with  any  other  conditions  required  by  the  Party
                                     providing the information.


                       Article 13.6: Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building

                       The Parties agree that it is in their common interest to work together,
                       multilaterally  or  bilaterally,  on  technical  cooperation  activities  to  build
                       necessary capacities to strengthen competition policy development and
                       competition  law  enforcement,  taking  into  account  the  availability  of
                       resources of the Parties.  Technical cooperation activities may include:

                              (a)    sharing  of  relevant  experiences  and  non-confidential
                                     information  on  the  development  and  implementation  of
                                     competition law and policy;

                              (b)    the exchange of consultants and experts on competition
                                     law and policy;

                              (c)    the  exchange  of  officials  of  competition  authorities  for
                                     training purposes;

                              (d)    participation  of  officials  of  competition  authorities  in
                                     advocacy programmes; and

                              (e)    other activities as agreed by the Parties.


                       Article 13.7 Consumer Protection

                       1.     The Parties recognise the importance of consumer protection law
                              and the enforcement of such law as well as cooperation among
                              the Parties on matters related to consumer protection in order to
                              achieve the objectives of this Chapter.

                       2.     Each  Party  shall  adopt  or  maintain  laws  or  regulations  to
                              proscribe  the  use  in  trade  of  misleading  practices,  or  false  or
                              misleading descriptions.

                       3.     Each  Party  also  recognises  the  importance  of  improving
                              awareness of, and access to, consumer redress mechanisms.





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