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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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