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2. To the extent possible and practicable, each Party shall:

(a) publish in advance any such laws, regulations,
procedures, and administrative rulings of general
application with respect to any matter covered by this
Agreement that it proposes to adopt; and

(b) provide, where appropriate, interested persons and other
Parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on any
such laws, regulations, procedures, and administrative
rulings of general application with respect to any matter
covered by this Agreement.

Article 17.4: Provision of Information

On request of any Party, the requested Party shall promptly provide
information and respond to questions pertaining to any actual or
proposed laws, regulations, procedures, and administrative rulings of
general application with respect to any matter covered by this Agreement
that the requesting Party considers may affect the operation of this
Agreement.

Article 17.5: Administrative Proceedings

With a view to administering its laws, regulations, procedures, and
administrative rulings of general application with respect to any matter
covered by this Agreement in a consistent, impartial, objective, and
reasonable manner, each Party shall ensure in its administrative
proceedings applying such measures to a particular person, good, or
service of another Party in specific cases that:

(a) wherever possible, a person of another Party that is directly
affected by such a proceeding is provided with reasonable
notice, in accordance with its domestic procedures, of
when a proceeding is initiated, including a description of
the nature of the proceeding, a statement of the legal
authority under which the proceeding is initiated, and a
general description of any issue in question;

(b) a person of another Party that is directly affected by such
a proceeding is afforded a reasonable opportunity to
present facts and arguments in support of that person’s
position prior to any final administrative action, when time,

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