THE FIRMS CONCERNED GIVE THEIR CONSENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTRY IN QUESTION HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED AND RAISES NO OBJECTION .
( B ) MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GIVE EFFECT TO REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSION . THEY SHALL SEND TO THE COMMISSION THE INFORMATION REQUESTED TOGETHER WITH THE RESULTS OF ALL INSPECTIONS , CHECKS OR INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT .
( C ) WHERE THIS INFORMATION IS OF GENERAL INTEREST OR WHERE ITS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY A MEMBER STATE , THE COMMISSION SHALL FORWARD IT TO THE MEMBER STATES , PROVIDED IT IS NOT CONFIDENTIAL , IN WHICH CASE A NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY SHALL BE FORWARDED .
( D ) OFFICIALS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED , IF THE COMMISSION OR A MEMBER STATE SO REQUESTS , TO ASSIST THE OFFICIALS OF MEMBER STATES IN CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES .
4 . ( A ) THE COMPLAINANT AND THE IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS KNOWN TO BE CONCERNED , AS WELL AS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXPORTING COUNTRY , MAY INSPECT ALL INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION BY ANY PARTY TO AN INVESTIGATION AS DISTINCT FROM INTERNAL DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY OR ITS MEMBER STATES , PROVIDED THAT IT IS RELEVANT TO THE DEFENCE OF THEIR INTERESTS AND NOT CONFIDENTIAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 8 AND THAT IT IS USED BY THE COMMISSION IN THE INVESTIGATION . TO THIS END , THEY SHALL ADDRESS A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION INDICATING THE INFORMATION REQUIRED .
( B ) EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS OF THE PRODUCT SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION AND , IN THE CASE OF SUBSIDIZATION , THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN , MAY REQUEST TO BE INFORMED OF THE ESSENTIAL FACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS ON THE BASIS OF WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO RECOMMEND THE IMPOSITION OF DEFINITIVE DUTIES OR THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS SECURED BY WAY OF A PROVISIONAL DUTY .
( C ) ( I ) REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION PURSUANT TO ( B ) SHALL :
( AA ) BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSION IN WRITING ,
( BB ) SPECIFY THE PARTICULAR ISSUES ON WHICH INFORMATION IS SOUGHT ,
( CC ) BE RECEIVED , IN CASES WHERE A PROVISIONAL DUTY HAS BEEN APPLIED , NOT LATER THAN ONE MONTH AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE IMPOSITION OF THAT DUTY ;
( II ) THE INFORMATION MAY BE GIVEN EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING AS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSION . IT SHALL NOT PREJUDICE ANY SUBSEQUENT DECISION WHICH MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL . CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION SHALL BE TREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 8 ;
( III ) INFORMATION SHALL NORMALLY BE GIVEN NO LATER THAN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION BY THE COMMISSION OF ANY PROPOSAL FOR FINAL ACTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 . REPRESENTATIONS MADE AFTER THE INFORMATION IS GIVEN SHALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ONLY IF RECEIVED WITHIN A PERIOD TO BE SET BY THE