(e) an entity shall recognize as qualified suppliers those suppliers of any other Party that meet the conditions for participation in a particular procurement;
(f) an entity shall consider for a particular procurement those suppliers of any other Party that request to participate in the procurement and that are not yet qualified, provided there is sufficient time to complete the qualification procedure;
(g) an entity that maintains a permanent list of qualified suppliers shall ensure that suppliers may apply for qualification at any time, that all qualified suppliers so requesting are included in the list within a reasonably short period of time and that all qualified suppliers included in the list are notified of the termination of any such list or of their removal from it;
(h) if, after publication of a notice in accordance with Article 1010 (Invitation to Participate), a supplier that is not yet qualified requests to participate in a particular procurement, the entity shall promptly start the qualification procedure;
(i) an entity shall advise any supplier that requests to become a qualified supplier of its decision as to whether that supplier has become qualified; and
(j) where an entity rejects a supplier's application to qualify or ceases to recognize a supplier as qualified, the entity shall, upon request of the supplier, promptly provide pertinent information concerning the entity's reasons for doing so.
3. Each Party shall:
(a) ensure that each of its entities uses a single qualification procedure, except that an entity may use additional qualification procedures where the entity determines the need for a different procedure and is prepared, upon request of any other Party, to demonstrate such need; and
(b) make efforts to minimize differences in the qualification procedures of its entities.
4. Nothing in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall prevent an entity from excluding any supplier on grounds such as bankruptcy or false declarations.