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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">The Working Group has also revisited recommendations from the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) that are directed at the Subsequent Procedures Working Group in order to ensure that the Working Group is fully taking into account all relevant CCT-RT recommendations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">The Working Group plans to continue focused deliberations on unresolved questions for a subset of topics within the Working Group’s scope. In addition, the Working Group will continue to develop draft final recommendations </span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">taking into consideration the Working Group’s review of its summary documents and any additional deliberations that have taken place. </span>
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