Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed:

(a) to require a Party to furnish or allow access to information if that Party determines that the disclosure of this information would be contrary to its essential security interests; or

(b) to prevent a Party from taking an action that it considers necessary to protect its essential security interests:
     (i) connected to the production of or traffic in arms, ammunition and implements of war and to such traffic and transactions in other goods and materials, services and technology undertaken, and to economic activities, carried out directly or indirectly for the purpose of supplying a military or other security establishment;  
     (ii) taken in time of war or other emergency in international relations; or
     (iii) relating to fissionable and fusionable materials or the materials from which they are derived; or

(c) prevent a Party from taking any action in order to carry out its international obligations for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security.