1. Each Party, with respect to any control or inspection procedure that it conducts:
(a) shall initiate and complete such procedure as expeditiously as possible and in no less favorable manner for a good of another Party than for a good of such Party or a like good of any other country;
(b) shall publish the normal processing period for each such procedure or communicate the anticipated processing period to the applicant upon request;
(c) shall ensure that the competent body
(i) upon receipt of an application, promptly examines
the completeness of the documentation and informs
the applicant in a precise and complete manner of
any deficiency,
(ii) transmits to the applicant as soon as possible the
results of the procedure in a form that is precise
and complete so that such applicant may take any
necessary corrective action,
(iii) where the application is deficient, proceeds
as far as practicable with such procedure if
the applicant so requests, and
(iv) informs the applicant, upon request, of the
status of the application and the reasons for any
delay;
(d) shall limit the information the applicant is required
to supply to that necessary for conducting such
procedure;
(e) shall accord confidential or proprietary information
arising from, or supplied in connection with, such
procedure conducted for a good of another Party