Article 6 Protection of Information 1. This Agreement shall not mandate the Parties to provide information in the framework of the cooperation under this Agreement and it shall not warrant transmitting information in the framework of this cooperation, if the disclosure of such information may harm national interests. 2. In the framework of cooperation under this Agreement, the Parties shall not exchange information regarded as a state secret according to the law of any of the Party. The procedure for the transferring and handling such information, which in specific cases may be considered necessary for the purposes of this Agreement, shall be based on the relevant agreements between the Parties and on the terms thereof. 3. The Parties shall ensure adequate protection of the information transmitted or generated in the course of cooperation under this Agreement provided that this information is not considered as state secret by the laws of any of the Parties, access and dissemination of which is limited in accordance with the law and/or the relevant regulations of any of the Party. Such information shall be protected in accordance with the legislation and/or the relevant regulations of the receiving Party. Such information shall not be disclosed or transferred without the written consent of the Party that originated this information. Such information shall be duly marked in accordance with the legislation and/or the relevant regulations of the Parties. Article 7 Funding 1. The Parties shall bear their own costs of participation of their representatives and experts in the relevant events in support of the implementation of this Agreement. 2. In respect of other costs associated with the execution of this Agreement, in 6