Confidential information handling in bilateral safeguard proceedings requires authorisation, non-confidential summaries, and limited disclosure control.

Confidential information furnished on a confidential basis is to be treated as such by the Director General and may not be disclosed without the provider's specific authorisation. A non-confidential summary may be required, and if summarisation is said to be impossible, reasons may be submitted. Where confidentiality is not warranted, or disclosure in public or summary form is refused, the information may be disregarded unless its correctness is otherwise shown from appropriate sources.

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