a) Prohibited Payments. Each Party hereby acknowledges that certain laws prohibit any person from offering to make or making any payment of money or anything of value, directly or indirectly, to any governmental official, political party, candidate for political office, or official of a public international organization for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or providing an improper commercial advantage. Each Party hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the other Party (which representations Supplier shall be deemed to have repeated on the date that any shipment of Product is delivered) that it has not, in connection with this Agreement, made or offered to make, and will not make or offer to make, any such prohibited payment.