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- The competent authorities of the States shall exchange such information (being information which such authorities have in proper order at their disposal) as is necessary for the carrying out of this Convention, in particular for the prevention of fraud, and for the administration of statutory provisions against legal avoidance concerning taxes covered by this Convention. Any information received by the competent authority of one of the States shall be treated as secret in the same manner as information obtained under the domestic laws of that State and shall be disclosed only to persons or authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) concerned with the assessment or collection of, enforcement or prosecution in respect of, or the determination of appeals in relation to, the taxes to which this Convention applies and shall be used only for such purposes.
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- In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 be construed so as to impose on one of the States the obligation:
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- a)to carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws or the administrative practice of that or of the other State;
- b)to supply particulars which are not obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of the administration of that or of the other State;
- c)to supply information which would disclose any trade, business, industrial, commercial or professional secret or trade process, or information, the disclosure of which would be contrary to public policy.
