Common use of Final Publication Clause in Contracts

Final Publication. 1. When a regulatory authority of a Party finalizes its work on a regulation, the Party shall, without undue delay, publish in the text of the regulation, in the final regulatory impact assessment, or in another document: (a) the date by which compliance is required; (b) an explanation of how the regulation achieves the Party’s objectives, the rationale for the material features of the regulation (to the extent different than the explanation provided for in Article 9 (Transparent Development of Regulations)), and the nature of and reasons for any significant revisions made since making the regulation available for public comment; (c) the regulatory authority’s views on any substantive issues raised in timely submitted comments; (d) major alternatives, if any, that the regulatory authority considered in developing the regulation and reasons supporting the alternative that it selected; (e) the relationship between the regulation and the key evidence, data, and other information the regulatory authority considered in finalizing its work on the regulation; (f) to the extent possible, a reference to any forms or documents required to comply with the regulation and indication of their expected availability; and (g) the name and contact information of an individual official from the regulatory authority with lead responsibility for implementing the regulation who may be contacted concerning questions regarding the regulation. 2. Each Party shall ensure that all regulations in effect and any forms and documents necessary for compliance are made available on a free, publicly available website. On the website, each Party shall endeavor to organize the regulations by regulatory authority or regulatory area to allow for ease of searchability.