Security exceptions
Article 69
1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed: (a) as requiring the Parties to supply information the disclosure of which they consider contrary to their essential security interests; (b) as preventing the Parties from taking any action they deem necessary for the protection of their essential security interests: (i) relating to fissionable or fusionable materials or the materials from which they are derived; (ii) relating to economic activities undertaken directly or indirectly for the purpose of delivering supplies or provisions to a military establishment; (iii) connected with the manufacturing of, or trade in, weapons, ammunition and war materiel; (iv) relating to government procurement essential to national security or for national defence purposes; or (v) taken in time of war or other emergency in international relations; or (c) as preventing the Parties from taking any action in order to carry out obligations they have accepted for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security. 2. The EPA Committee shall be kept informed as far as possible of the measures taken pursuant to paragraphs 1(b) and 1(c) and of the date of their termination.