3. No Party may have recourse to dispute settlement under this Agreement for any matter regarding this Article.
Article 1502: Monopolies and State Enterprises
1. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Party from designating a monopoly.
2. Where a Party intends to designate a monopoly, and the designation may affect the interests of persons of another Party, the Party shall:
(a) wherever possible, provide prior written notification to the other Party of the designation; and
(b) endeavor to introduce at the time of designation such conditions on the operation of the monopoly as will minimize or eliminate any nullification or impairment of benefits under this Agreement, in the sense of Annex 2004.
3. Each Party shall ensure, through regulatory control, administrative supervision or the application of other measures, that any privately-owned monopoly that it designates and any government monopoly that it maintains or designates:
(a) acts in a manner that is not inconsistent with the Party's obligations under this Agreement whenever such monopoly exercises any regulatory, administrative, or other governmental authority that the Party has delegated to it in connection with the monopoly good or service, such as the power to grant import or export licenses, approve commercial transactions or impose quotas, fees or other charges;
(b) except to comply with any terms of its designation that are not inconsistent with subparagraph (c) or (d), acts solely in accordance with commercial considerations in its purchase or sale of the monopoly good or service in the relevant market, including with regard to price, quality, availability, marketability, transportation and other terms and conditions of purchase or sale;
(c) provides non-discriminatory treatment to investments of investors, to goods, and to service providers of another Party in its purchase or sale of the monopoly good or service in the relevant market; and