(a) by means of an official publication; or (b) in other written or electronic form. 2. Each State Party's competent authorities shall make available, within a reasonable period of time to interested Members, its requirements relating to the supply of services. 3. In the context of a licensing, registration or similar procedure, on the request of an applicant, the competent authorities shall inform the applicant of the status of its application. If such authorities require additional information from the applicant, they shall notify the applicant without undue delay. Members shall strive to ensure prompt decision making with a view to ensuring due process. ARTICLE 10 General Exceptions Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where like conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on trade in services, nothing in this Protocol shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by any State Party of measures: (a) necessary to protect public morals or to maintain public order and essential security interests; (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; (c) necessary to secure compliance with laws or regulations which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Protocol including those relating to: (d) (i) the prevention of deceptive and fraudulent practices or to deal with the effects of a default on services contracts; (ii) the protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing and dissemination of personal data and the protection of confidentiality of individual r cords and accounts; and (iii) safety and security interests of State Parties. inconsistent with Article 4, provided that the differenCe in treatment is the result of an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation or provisions on the avoidance of double taxation in any other international agreement or arrangement by which a State Party is bound, or domestic fiscal legislation. 10