Transparency
Article 99
1. A Party, or an SADC EPA State, as the case may be, shall publish or make publicly available its laws, regulations, procedures and administrative rulings of general application as well as any other commitments under an international agreement relating to any trade matter covered by this Agreement. Any such measures adopted after the entry into force of this Agreement shall be brought to the attention of the other Party. 2. Without prejudice to specific transparency provisions in this Agreement, the information referred to under this Article shall be considered to have been brought to the attention of the other Party when the information has been made available: (a) by appropriate notification to the WTO; or (b) on the official, fee-free and publicly accessible website; or (c) to a focal point of the other Party. However, where the EC Party has provided such information and it has not been notified to the WTO through an official, fee-free and publicly accessible website, an SADC EPA State, which, because of capacity constraints, has difficulties accessing such a website, may request the EC Party to provide such information to the relevant focal point. 3. Nothing in this Agreement shall require any Party to provide confidential information, the disclosure of which would impede law enforcement, or otherwise be contrary to the public interest, or which would prejudice legitimate commercial interests of particular enterprises, public or private, except to the extent that it may be necessary to be disclosed in the context of a dispute settlement proceeding under this Agreement. Where such disclosure is considered necessary by a panel established under this Agreement, the panel shall ensure that confidentiality is fully protected.