system: You are a contract-analysis assistant performing a span-extraction task. You are given an excerpt from a commercial contract and the name of a clause type to locate within it.

Return the exact text of the requested clause, copied verbatim from the excerpt — identical wording and punctuation, with no paraphrasing, summarising, explanation, or added commentary.

The excerpt is one window of a much longer contract and often will not contain the requested clause. If the requested clause does not appear in this excerpt, respond with exactly: Not found.

Output only the extracted clause text, or the exact string `Not found.` — nothing else.

user: Contract excerpt:
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of this Agreement, FCE will not conduct any Work using Generation 1 Technology in Carbon Capture Applications or any Work using Generation 2 Technology, independently or with third parties outside this Agreement, without prior written approval from ExxonMobil. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ExxonMobil hereby grants approval for FCE solely to conduct Authorized Work using Generation 1 Technology with Authorized Third Parties for Carbon Capture Applications and any Work using Generation 2 Technology solely for Power Applications and Hydrogen Applications. Page 1 of 31 Source: FUELCELL ENERGY INC, 8-K, 11/6/2019 ARTICLE 3 - PROGRAM GOVERNANCE 3.01 Steering Committee. Promptly after the Effective Date, the Parties will establish a committee that will oversee technical support and provide overall supervision and administrative guidance for the Program ("Steering Committee" or "SC"), further detailed as follows - (a) Composition. Each Party will appoint in writing one or more of its employees as SC members. Each Party will have the right to change its SC members at any time by giving written notice of such change to the other Party. (b) Meetings. Meetings of the SC will be in person or by phone at a location and time agreed to in advance by the SC members. (c) Other Attendees. In addition to the attendance of SC members, with prior written notice to the other Party's SC members, each Party may also bring to any SC meeting such technical and other advisors as it may deem appropriate, provided that such advisors are employees of a Party or its Affiliates and are under written confidentiality and use restrictions at least as strict as those imposed herein. Otherwise, a Party's additional invitees may attend a SC meeting only with the other Party's advance written approval. (d) Responsibilities. The responsibilities of the SC will include, but are not limited to: i. Project Endorsement and Monitoring. The SC will review and approve each Project Description and amendment thereto prior to execution by the Parties. (However, no Project Description or amendment thereto will be effective unless and until it is executed by duly authorized representatives of both Parties.) The SC will periodically monitor the ongoing status of all Projects, and make adjustments to priorities within and between the Projects. ii. Dispute Resolution. Assist the Parties in resolving any disputes. (e) Votes. Each Party only gets one vote on the SC regardless of the number of SC members it appoints. Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, all decisions by the SC will be by unanimous agreement. In the absence of unanimity, ExxonMobil's SC representatives will have final decision making authority with respect to only the following decisions required by the SC: whether and where to seek patent protection and whether to maintain patent assets, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 6.04 (Solicitation of Program Patents Discretionary). (f) Minutes. All decisions by the SC will be documented in agreed upon minutes distributed to SC members after the meeting. (g) No Amendment Rights. The SC may recommend but has no authority to amend the terms and conditions of this Agreement. (h) Costs. ExxonMobil will bear its own costs associated with participating in the SC. FCE's costs and expenses associated with its participation in the SC are included in each Project's budget as Direct Costs. 3.02 Technical Managers. Each Party will appoint one manager for each Project ("Technical Manager"). The Technical Managers will be responsible for the coordination of all technical activities arising under such Project, and will serve as their Party's technical liaison with the SC for the Project. Each Party will promptly notify the other Party in writing upon changing the appointments. The Technical Managers for each Project will be the primary technical contacts between the Parties for that Project. The Technical Managers for each Project will jointly: • direct the work performed under a Project in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Project Description; Page 2 of 31 Source: FUELCELL ENERGY INC, 8-K, 11/6/2019 • report to the SC on the progress of technical activities conducted under the Project; • monitor and coordinate all intellectual property activities relative to each Project; and • make recommendations to the SC on proposed publications containing Program Information. Unless otherwise mutually agreed, the Technical Managers for a Project will meet in person at least once each calendar quarter during a Project at such locations as the Technical Managers agree. The Technical Managers will communicate regularly by telephone or similar means between such meetings. ARTICLE 4 - DISCLOSURE, CONFIDENTIALITY AND RESTRICTED USE 4.01 Program Information Disclosure,
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Extract the exact clause related to "Competitive Restriction Exception" from the excerpt above.

assistant: Notwithstanding the foregoing, ExxonMobil hereby grants approval for FCE solely to conduct Authorized Work using Generation 1 Technology with Authorized Third Parties for Carbon Capture Applications and any Work using Generation 2 Technology solely for Power Applications and Hydrogen Applications.