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 115 STAT. 2740 PROCLAMATION 7449—JUNE 8, 2001 (ii) could not reasonably have been eiqiected of that Party at the time the specific cofiunitoieiits in those sectors were made. B. In detennining whether a Party is in conformity with the obligation under subparagraph 4.A, account stiaD be taken of inlemational standards of relevant international organizations' applied bythat Party. In sectors where specific oommitments regardingprofessonal services are undertaken, each Party shallprovide for adequate procedures to verify the competence of professionals of the other Party. Article 5 Monopolies and Exclusive Service Suppliers Each Party shall ensure that any monopoly supplier of a service in its territory does not, in the supply of the monopoly service in the relevant market, act in a manner inconsistent with that Party's obligations under Article 2 and specific commitnients. Where a Party's monopoly supplier competes, either directly or through an affiliated company, in the supply of a service outside the scope oflts monopolyrightsand which is subjecttothatParty's specific commitments, the Party shall ensure that such a supplier does not abuse its monopoly position to act in its territory in a manner inconsistent with such conunitments. The provisions of this Article shall also apply to cases of exclusive service suppliers, where a Party, formally or in effect, (a) authorizes or establishes a snull number of service suppliers and (A) substantially prevents competition among those suppliers in its territory Theterm "relevant mtcmalional organizations" refers toinlsriutionai bodies ft'hosc membership is opeii to the relevant bodies ef at least all Members of the WTO %,

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