Article 1413: Consultations
1. Any Party may request consultations with another Party at any time regarding any matter arising under this Agreement that affects financial services. The other Party shall give sympathetic consideration to such a request. The results of consultations under this Article shall be reported during the annual meeting of the Committee provided for in Article 1414.
2. Consultations under this Article shall be conducted by officials of the governmental agencies responsible for financial services specified in Part D of each Party's Schedule to Annex VII.
3. A Party may request that regulatory authorities of another Party participate in consultations under this Article to discuss that other Party's measures of general application that may affect the operations of financial service providers in the requesting Party's territory.
4. Such regulatory authorities shall not be required to disclose information or take any action that would interfere with individual regulatory, supervisory, administrative or enforcement matters.
5. Where a Party requires information for supervisory purposes concerning a financial service provider in another Party's territory, it may approach the competent regulatory authority in the other Party's territory to seek the information.
6. Each Party shall comply with Annex 1413.6.
Article 1414: Financial Services Committee
1. The Parties hereby establish the Financial Services Committee. The principal representative of each Party shall be the officials referred to in Article 1413(2).
2. Subject to Article 2001(2)(d) (The Free Trade Commission), the Committee shall: