Confidential information in safeguard duty proceedings is protected subject to summary disclosure requirements and possible disregard of unjustified claims.

Confidential information supplied in safeguard duty proceedings may be protected by the Director General when sufficient cause is shown, and it cannot be disclosed without the supplier's specific authorisation. The Director General may require a non-confidential summary, and if summarisation is not possible, reasons must be given. Where a confidentiality claim is unjustified, or the supplier refuses public or summary disclosure, the information may be disregarded unless its correctness is satisfactorily demonstrated from appropriate sources.

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