ON SITE AUDIT COLLABORATION:(a) Aud

ON SITE AUDIT COLLABORATION:
(a) Auditee ensures all processes will be in operation and the management will be available during the date of Audit and no access will be denied to the Audit Firm that is necessary or appropriate to the Audit.
(b) During the Audit, Auditee hereby agrees to provide reasonable access to relevant documentation and records as requested by the Audit Firm.
(c) Auditee represents, warrants, and covenants that in the course of the Audit, it will maintain the confidentiality of all proprietary and confidential information of its customers and it will grant access to all areas of the facility subject to the Audit (exception where specific and temporary intellectual property protection measure are in place), and notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Auditee shall be fully responsible for all losses resulting from an actual or alleged breach of this paragraph.
(d) Auditee agrees to provide immediately all relevant evidence, documents, records or proof to the Audit Firm when requested and within the scope of the Audit. Such proof will be made available at source (where the record or proof is kept). Auditee grants the Audit Firm(s) the right to take copies and pictures during the Audit as relevant evidence and proof of conformance status. Such relevant evidence shall not include (or shall remove from the record) any identified customer or proprietary information.
(e) Auditee agrees that it will respect all EICC policies and procedures and CFS Policies and Procedures to maintain the impartiality, objectivity and integrity of Audit Firm(s) assigned to perform the Audit. Any attempt to influence the Audit Firm’s impartiality and integrity by offering any form of advantage to Audit Firm(s) will result in an immediate refusal and reporting to EICC.
(f) If the Auditee is uncooperative or threatening to an Audit Firm or there is any evidence indicating acts of bribery, the Audit Firm has the authority to cancel the Audit.
(g) Auditee should contact the EICC to report feedback about the Audit Firm(s) as needed during the Audit.
(h) Auditee agrees that the CFS program will be conducted according to the CFS Policies and Procedures, as amended by EICC from time to time, and Auditee agrees to fully comply therewith.
2.3 POST CFS AUDIT COLLABORATION:
(a) Auditee is entitled to add comments to the Audit report to contest any information therein (a Contesting Statement) the form of which shall be provided by EICC upon request.
2.4 CFS AUDIT INFORMATION:
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Auditee hereby consents to the use by EICC of summary Audit finding information from the Audit report to create and publish industry information.
2.5 POST AUDIT COLLABORATION:
(a) AUDITEE CONSENTS AND AGREES TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN TO THE EICC and AUDIT FIRM WITHIN TWO CALENDAR WEEKS OF RECEIPT OF THE FINAL Audit report.
(b) Auditee consents and agrees to allow Re-Audit(s) to verify closure of nonconformities in a timeframe and in accordance with the CFS Policies and Procedures.