Common use of Professional secrecy Clause in Contracts

Professional secrecy. 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, persons working in connection with this Agreement shall be required, even after their duties have ceased, not to disclose information of the kind covered by the obligation of professional secrecy within the meaning of Article 339 of the Treaty. 2. Without prejudice to Article 31(2) of this Agreement, information or documents covered by the obligation of professional secrecy handled by the Contracting Parties under this Agreement shall be disseminated on a need-to-know basis only to persons working in connection with this Agreement. Once the information or documents referred to in the first subparagraph have lawfully been made available to the public, the obligation of professional secrecy shall no longer apply. 3. Each Contracting Party shall be responsible for ensuring that all persons working in connection with this Agreement for that Contracting Party are legally bound to respect the obligations in paragraphs 1 and 2 during their employment and following the termination of their employment. 4. Without prejudice to Article 33(1), where persons working in connection with this Agreement are not employed by a Contracting Party, the Contracting Party that they are assisting shall enter into a contractual arrangement with the relevant employer by which the latter imposes the obligations in paragraphs 1 and 2 on its employee.

Professional secrecy. 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, persons working in connection with this Agreement shall be required, even after their duties have ceased, not to disclose information of the kind covered by the obligation of professional secrecy within the meaning of Article 339 of the Treaty. 2. Without prejudice to Article 31(2) of this Agreement, information or documents covered by the obligation of professional secrecy handled by the Contracting Parties under this Agreement shall be disseminated on a need-to-know basis only to persons working in connection with this Agreement. Once the information or documents referred to in the first subparagraph have lawfully been made available to the public, the obligation of professional secrecy shall no longer apply. 3. Each Contracting Party shall be responsible for ensuring that all persons working in connection with this Agreement for that Contracting Party are legally bound to respect the obligations in paragraphs 1 and 2 during their employment and following the termination of their employment. 4. Without prejudice to Article 33(1), where persons working in connection with this Agreement are not employed by a Contracting Party, the Contracting Party that they are assisting shall enter into a contractual arrangement with the relevant employer by which the latter imposes the obligations in paragraphs 1 and 2 on its employee.

Professional secrecy. 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, persons working in connection with this Agreement shall be requiredprohibited, even after their duties have ceased, not to disclose from disclosing information of the kind covered by the obligation of professional secrecy within the meaning of Article 339 of the Treaty. 2. Without prejudice to Article 31(2) of this Agreement35(2), information or documents covered by the obligation of professional secrecy handled by the Contracting Parties under this Agreement shall be disseminated on a need-to-know basis only according to the needs of persons working in connection with this Agreement to enable them to perform a function or a task in connection with this Agreement. Access shall not be authorised merely because a person occupies a particular position, however senior. Once the information or documents referred to in the first subparagraph have lawfully been made available to the publicpublically available, the obligation of professional secrecy shall no longer apply. 3. Each Contracting Party shall be responsible for ensuring that all persons working for it in connection with this Agreement for that Contracting Party are legally bound to respect the obligations in paragraphs 1 and 2 during their employment and following the termination of their employment. 4. Without prejudice to Article 33(138(1), where persons working in connection with this Agreement are not employed by a Contracting Party, the Contracting Party that they are assisting shall enter into a contractual arrangement with the relevant employer by which the latter imposes the obligations in paragraphs 1 and 2 on its employeeemployees.