Article 13
Protection of information supplied
Insofar as pursuant to this Convention industrial and commercial secrets or other confidential pieces
of information are transmitted in conformity with domestic laws, the receiving Contracting Parties shall
observe the secrecy of this information by not using it for any other purposes than those stipulated in this
Convention, publishing it, or making it available to third parties. In case any one Contracting Party feels
unable to comply with this obligation regarding confidential information that has been transmitted to it, it
shall inform the transmitting Contracting Party about it without any delay and retransmit the transmitted
information. Personal data shall be transmitted to Contracting Parties in conformity with the domestic law of
the transmitting Contracting Party. The receiver shall use personal data only for the purpose indicated and
under the conditions specified by the transmitting side.