Exchange of information: confidentiality and limited-use rules enable tax cooperation while protecting lawful secrecy and administrative limits. Competent authorities shall exchange information and documents necessary for implementing the Agreement and relevant domestic tax laws, treated as confidential and disclosed only to persons or authorities involved in assessment, collection, enforcement, prosecution, or appeals, usable solely for those purposes; exchange may be routine or on request, and States are not obliged to take measures contrary to their laws or practice, to provide unobtainable information, or to disclose trade secrets or information contrary to public policy.
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Exchange of information: confidentiality and limited-use rules enable tax cooperation while protecting lawful secrecy and administrative limits.
Competent authorities shall exchange information and documents necessary for implementing the Agreement and relevant domestic tax laws, treated as confidential and disclosed only to persons or authorities involved in assessment, collection, enforcement, prosecution, or appeals, usable solely for those purposes; exchange may be routine or on request, and States are not obliged to take measures contrary to their laws or practice, to provide unobtainable information, or to disclose trade secrets or information contrary to public policy.
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