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404.24—General provisions.

(a) Purpose. This subpart establishes policy, assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures with respect to:

(1) The production or disclosure of official information or records of Ex-Im Bank in all legal proceedings to which Ex-Im Bank is not a party;

(2) Demands for testimony of Ex-Im Bank personnel related to information acquired as a result of performance of their official duties, or by virtue of their official status, in all legal proceedings where Ex-Im Bank is not a party; and

(3) The offer of expert or opinion testimony by Ex-Im Bank personnel regarding matters related to the performance of their official duties.

(b) Policy. Ex-Im Bank seeks to further the following goals in enacting this subpart:

(1) Conservation of agency resources for official business;

(2) Minimization of agency involvement in controversial issues unrelated to its mission;

(3) Maintenance of the agency's impartiality amongst private litigants;

(4) Protection of confidential and/or sensitive information; and

(5) Maintenance of the integrity of the agency's deliberative processes.

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