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ARTICLE-9: Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notification     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. A failure by the Party of import to acknowledge receipt of a notification shall not imply its consent to an intentional transboundary movement. ...


ARTICLE-10: Decision Procedure     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) Only after the Party of import has given its written consent; or ...
... (b) After no less than ninety days without a subsequent written consent. ...
... 4. Except in a case in which consent is unconditional, a decision under paragraph 3 above, shall set out the reasons on which it is based. ...
... 5. A failure by the Party of import to communicate its decision within two hundred and seventy days of the date of receipt of the notification shall not imply its consent to an intentional transboundary movement. ...


ARTICLE-11: Procedure for Living Modified Organisms Intended for Direct Use as Food or Feed, Or For Processing     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. Failure by a Party to communicate its decision according to paragraph 6 above, shall not imply its consent or refusal to the import of a living modified organism intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing, unless otherwise specified by the Party. ...


ARTICLE-21: Confidential Information     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. The Party of import shall not use such information for a commercial purpose, except with the written consent of the notifier. ...