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All CEII shall be maintained by Recipient in a secure place. Access to those

materials shall be limited to other Recipients of the identical material. Recipients

may make copies of CEII, but such copies become CEII and subject to these same

procedures. Recipients may make notes of CEII, which shall be treated as CEII

notes if they contain CEII.

Recipients must return CEII to the CEII Coordinator or destroy CEII within fifteen

days of a written request by the CEII Coordinator to do so, except that CEII notes

may be retained in accordance with Paragraph 7, above. Within such time period,

each Recipient, if requested to do so, shall also submit to the CEII Coordinator an

affidavit stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge, all CEII has been

returned or destroyed and that CEII notes have either been returned, destroyed or

are being maintained by Recipient in accordance with Paragraph 7.

The Recipient remains bound by these provisions unless the CEII Coordinator or

the Commission rescinds the provisions or a court of competent jurisdiction finds

that the information does not qualify as CEII.

10.

The Commission may audit the Recipient’s compliance with this non-disclosure

agreement.

11.

Violation of this non-disclosure agreement may result in criminal or civil

sanctions against the Recipient.

Initials: ________________

Date : ________________

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