(b) share information with the competent authorities of other Parties on
border enforcement of intellectual property rights, including relevant
information to better identify and target for inspection shipments
suspected of containing infringing goods.
2. Where a Party seizes imported goods infringing an intellectual property right, its
competent authorities may provide the Party of export with information necessary for
identification of the parties and goods involved in the exportation of the seized goods.
The competent authorities of the Party of export may take action against those parties
and future shipments in accordance with that Party’ s law.
ARTICLE 30: TRANSPARENCY
To promote transparency in the administration of its intellectual property rights
enforcement system, each Party shall take appropriate measures, pursuant to its law and
policies, to publish or otherwise make available to the public information on:
(a) procedures available under its law for enforcing intellectual property
rights, its competent authorities responsible for such enforcement, and
contact points available for assistance;
(b) relevant laws, regulations, final judicial decisions, and administrative
rulings of general application pertaining to the enforcement of
intellectual property rights; and
(c) its efforts to ensure an effective system of enforcement and protection of
intellectual property rights.
ARTICLE 31: PUBLIC AWARENESS
Each Party shall, as appropriate, promote the adoption of measures to enhance
public awareness of the importance of respecting intellectual property rights and the
detrimental effects of intellectual property rights infringement.
ARTICLE 32: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DESTRUCTION OF INFRINGING
GOODS
The destruction of goods infringing intellectual property rights shall be done
consistently with the laws and regulations on environmental matters of the Party in
which the destruction takes place.
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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