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The Commerce Commission is New Zealand's primary competition regulatory agency and was established under section 8 of the Commerce Act 1986.The Commission is an independent Crown entity and is not subject to direction from the government in carrying out its enforcement and regulatory control activities. Our Purpose The Commission’s purpose is to promote dynamic and responsive markets so that New Zealanders benefit from competitive prices, better quality and greater choice.
The Commerce Commission has warned all New Zealand District Health Boards (DHBs) and pharmacies nationwide that “no discounting” clauses in the 2012 Community Pharmacy Services Agreement (CPSA) are likely to have breached s 27 of the Commerce Act 1986.
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The Commerce Commission has today released a paper which outlines the proposed process for pricing Chorus' wholesale broadband – the unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service - according to the 'Final Pricing Principle' in the Telecommunications Act.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from IAG (NZ) Holdings Limited (IAG) to acquire 100% of the shares in Lumley General Insurance (N.Z.) Limited (Lumley).
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Auckland based finance company Tiny Terms Limited has been fined $77,200 in the Auckland District Court today for its part in the door to door sale of water filters by Love Springs Limited.
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Vodafone NZ Limited has paid out $268,231 to customers in a settlement reached with the Commerce Commission concerning the company’s promotion of the “Broadband Lite” service.
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The Commerce Commission has released its third report benchmarking New Zealand retail prices for fixed-line phone and broadband services against international prices.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to USG Corporation’s and Boral Limited’s joint application seeking clearance to enter into a joint venture.
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The Commerce Commission has today filed proceedings in the High Court against Carter Holt Harvey Limited for price fixing in the Auckland timber market.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from IAG (NZ) Holdings Limited (IAG) seeking clearance to acquire 100% of the shares in Lumley General Insurance (N.Z.) Limited (Lumley).
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The Commerce Commission has cleared Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
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The Commerce Commission says it’s ready to enforce the changes enacted by the passage into law this week of the Fair Trading Amendment Act 2013, and urges businesses to know the new ground rules and ensure they act within the law.
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The Commerce Commission has concluded an investigation into credit card surcharging by Air New Zealand and found that the airline has not engaged in conduct likely to breach the Fair Trading Act (FTA).
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The Commission today released its ‘Evaluation of the 2009 interchange and credit card settlements’.
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The Commerce Commission confirms that it has advised three major New Zealand banks, ANZ, ASB and Westpac, that it intends to issue legal proceedings over their sales of interest rate swap contracts to rural customers.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its final report on its statutory review of Fonterra’s milk price manual.
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Call Plus Services Limited, trading as Slingshot, has been fined $250,000 after pleading guilty in the Auckland District Court today to 50 charges it faced under the Fair Trading Act in relation to the marketing of its telecommunications services.
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The Commerce Commission today welcomed a High Court judgment in relation to challenges against its December 2010 input methodologies decisions.
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The Commerce Commission (Commission) gives public notice that it has commenced a review of the price list of the Unbundled Copper Low Frequency Service Standard Terms Determination (UCLFS STD) under section 30R of the Telecommunications Act 2001 (Act).
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The Commerce Commission has welcomed the news that all but $17,000 of the $60 million settlement fund in the failed investment product Credit SaILS has been returned to investors.
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Former Christchurch based company director Roger Sutherland, has been convicted and fined $45,000 in the Christchurch District Court today and ordered to pay over $26,000 reparation on 11 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act.
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The Commerce Commission has today released a consultation document for the Final Pricing Principle (FPP) of Chorus’ Unbundled Copper Local Loop (UCLL) Service. This paper seeks views on the process that the Commission should take, as well as some of the key issues to address in setting the final price for the UCLL Service using the TSLRIC methodology.
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The Commerce Commission has signed an out-of-court settlement agreement with Wellington Electricity Lines Limited (Wellington Electricity) after it breached its price path for the 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 assessment period.
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The Commission has received a joint application from USG Corporation and Boral Limited seeking clearance to enter into a joint venture.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared PropertyIQ New Zealand Limited to acquire the business and assets of Terralink International Ltd.
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The Commerce Commission is seeking views on Transpower’s application to amend the allowance approved for the North Island Grid Upgrade Project (NIGU Project).
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The Commerce Commission has today released its guidelines for Overseas Requests for Compulsorily Acquired Information and Investigative Assistance.
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Auckland car salesman Craig James Rutherford has been fined $12,100 in the Auckland District Court today on 11 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act (FTA) by shill bidding during the sale of cars on the Trade Me auction website.
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Eco-Pal Ltd (Eco-Pal), a manufacturer of plastic rubbish bags, has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court for environmental claims it made that breached the Fair Trading Act (FTA).
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The Commerce Commission says its settlement with Baycorp (NZ) Limited (Baycorp), under which debtors have been refunded or had account balances reduced by a total of $3.5m, sends a strong message to the credit industry that participants must comply with their obligations under the Credit (Repossession) Act 1997 (CRA).
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The Commerce Commission has issued a ‘Stop Now’ letter to finance companies Evolution Finance Limited (Evolution Finance) and Budget Loans Limited (Budget Loans) asking them to stop repossessing, or asserting a right to repossess, consumer goods where the applicable loan contract does not provide them with a right to do so.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its final decision on the additional costs of Chorus’ unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service.
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The Commerce Commission yesterday reduced Transpower’s maximum allowable revenue for the coming pricing year from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 by $25.1 million, from $959.7 million to $934.6 million.
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The Commerce Commission today released its draft determination for the amount 22 telecommunications providers will pay towards the $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) for 2012/13.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to the applications from Telecom and Vodafone seeking clearance to acquire the management rights to 700 MHz radio spectrum.
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The Commerce Commission has today released for consultation its draft information disclosure requirements for electricity lines services supplied by Transpower.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared Menzies Aviation (New Zealand) Limited to acquire Skystar Airport Services NZ Pty Limited.
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The Commerce Commission has released a draft of its report to the Ministers of Commerce and Transport on the effectiveness of the information disclosure regulation in relation to Christchurch International Airport.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from Vodafone New Zealand Limited seeking clearance to acquire the management rights to 700 MHz radio spectrum.
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The Commerce Commission has issued Sky Network Television Ltd (Sky) with a warning that it believes certain provisions in Sky’s contracts with telecommunications retail service providers (RSPs) are likely to have previously breached section 27 of the Commerce Act 1986 (the Commerce Act).
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The Commerce Commission has today published its revised Enforcement Response Guidelines (ERG), which now include new Criminal Prosecutions Guidelines as an attachment.
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The Commerce Commission has entered into a settlement with a third tier mortgage lending company, Elderton Limited, after Elderton admitted breaching the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (CCCFA) and the Fair Trading Act in relation to loans it made to four customers.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its final report on the review of Fonterra’s 2012/13 base milk price calculation.
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Four companies and four individuals have been convicted and fined a total of $601,900 for selling visiting Asian tourists a range of imported alpaca goods as "Made in New Zealand", and making claims that duvets were 100% alpaca or merino wool when they were not.
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Former company director Sonia Klair, was today sentenced to 10 months home detention at the Auckland District Court after pleading guilty to 64 charges brought by the Commerce Commission under the Crimes Act, in relation to her running a business which engaged in false billing practices, also known as pro-forma invoicing.
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A manufacturer of plastic rubbish bags has been fined $30,000 in the Auckland District Court for breaches of the Fair Trading Act in relation to environmental claims that were liable to mislead.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from Menzies Aviation (New Zealand) Limited seeking clearance to acquire 100% of Skystar Airport Services NZ Pty Limited.
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Visy Board Pty Ltd (Visy) has been ordered to pay a penalty of $3.6 million in the High Court in Auckland today, and its former senior executive John Carroll $25,000, for breaching the Commerce Act by being involved in price fixing.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its review of Fonterra’s 2012/13 base milk price calculation.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its draft decision on Orion's customised price-quality path (CPP) proposal which takes into account Orion's extraordinary circumstances following the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.
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The Commerce Commission has today released an update paper on matters relevant to its price review of the unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from PropertyIQ seeking clearance to acquire the business and assets of Terralink.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared Baxter International Inc (Baxter) to acquire 100% of the shares in Gambro AB (Gambro).
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The Commerce Commission has today released its report to the Ministers of Commerce and Transport on the effectiveness of the information disclosure regulatory regime under Part 4 of the Commerce Act in relation to Auckland International Airport.
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The Commerce Commission has today released revised guidelines that outline its approach to assessing businesses’ authorisation and merger clearance applications.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from PropertyIQ NZ Limited seeking clearance to acquire the business and assets of Terralink International Limited.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited to acquire Otago Casinos Ltd.
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An Auckland-based car dealer has been fined $22,000 and ordered to pay $2,000 reparation in the Auckland District Court after admitting to a number of charges including misleading customers, selling unnecessary warranties, and charging higher interest rates than those agreed.
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The Commerce Commission today released its determination of the amounts 26 telecommunications providers will pay towards the $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) for 2011/12.
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The Commerce Commission has opened an investigation into Wilson Parking New Zealand Limited’s acquisition of Tournament Parking Limited’s parking assets.
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The High Court has approved a settlement under which Air New Zealand will pay a $7.5 million penalty for price-fixing in breach of the Commerce Act.
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The Commerce Commission has issued a formal warning to flooring company Ansell Flooring Limited for attempting to fix prices for sanding and polishing services in the Taranaki region.
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The Commerce Commission is seeking the views of Canterbury consumers on an application by the lines company Orion to increase its electricity prices as it rebuilds its network following the earthquakes.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its draft of a report to the Ministers of Commerce and Transport on the effectiveness of the information disclosure regulatory regime under Part 4 of the Commerce Act in relation to Auckland International Airport.
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The Commerce Commission today released its 2012 telecommunications annual monitoring report analysing the state of New Zealand’s telecommunications markets.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared Vector Limited to acquire Contact Energy Limited’s natural gas metering business.
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The Commerce Commission has commenced the process for setting new maximum prices and new quality standards for Orion New Zealand Limited (“Orion”).
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The Commerce Commission has urged consumers and tradespeople to exercise caution when using two models of ‘Transforma’ multi-purpose ladder, sold nationwide by Brand Developers Limited between 2007 and March 2013.
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The Commerce Commission has approved an amendment to the Major Capital Expenditure Allowance (MCA) for the Otahuhu Substation Diversity Project.
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The Commerce Commission has declined to grant clearance to the formation of a joint venture between Hamilton Radiology and Medimaging.
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The Commerce Commission has today released an updated timetable for completing its determination of a cost-based price for wholesale broadband ¬¬– the unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service.
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Two companies and two individuals have been convicted and fined a total of $259,000 in the Auckland District Court for manufacturing and selling to visiting Asian tourists a range of high-priced souvenir items that were not what they claimed to be.
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The Commerce Commission is seeking more information from farmers and others who entered into a financial derivative product known as interest rate swaps.
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Businesses that open for trading over Easter, such as cafes and bars, must not mislead their customers about their reason for a surcharge.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from Baxter International Inc.
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Suppliers providing telecommunications services must check liability for Telecommunications Development Levy The Commerce Commission reminds those who deliver telecommunications services to check whether they are liable to contribute to the 2012/13 Telecommunications Development Levy.
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The Commerce Commission is advising the finance sector to take note of the lessons to be learned from its investigation into the marketing and sale of the failed investment product Credit SaILS.
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The Commerce Commission is consulting on new draft guidelines that outline the Commission’s approach to assessing clearance and authorisation applications.
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ommerce Commission Chairman Dr Mark Berry has today provided an update to the Primary Production select committee on the Commission’s progress in its interest rate swaps investigation.
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The Commerce Commission has released its final decision on the first default price-quality paths for gas pipeline services.
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The Commerce Commission has settled with Marac Finance Limited following the finance company’s decision to refund 1,000 customers a total of about $567,000.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared the owner of Hirepool, Bligh Finance Limited, to purchase Hire Equipment Group Limited (Hirequip).
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The Commerce Commission’s report on the effectiveness of the information disclosure regulatory regime under Part 4 of the Commerce Act finds that the regime has not limited the ability of Wellington International Airport Limited to make excessive profits.
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The Commerce Commission’s report on the effectiveness of the information disclosure regulatory regime under Part 4 of the Commerce Act finds that the regime has not limited the ability of Wellington International Airport Limited to make excessive profits.
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A new report from the Commerce Commission gives consumers information on how well their local electricity distribution business is performing.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Perry Metal Protection Limited (PMP) to acquire the CSP Coating Systems (CSP) division from Fletcher Steel.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Bertelsmann SE & Co.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application for clearance from Perry Metal Protection Limited (PMP) to acquire the CSP Coating Systems (CSP) division from Fletcher Steel.
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The Commerce Commission has reached an out of court settlement with three companies from the finance industry that will see $200,000 paid to 295 customers.
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The High Court has ordered Singapore Airlines Cargo PTE (SIA Cargo) to pay a $4.1 million penalty for price fixing in breach of the Commerce Act.
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The Commerce Commission has reached a settlement with five companies that concludes its investigation into the failed investment product Credit SaILS.
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The Commerce Commission has issued new guidelines for the prepaid phone card industry following customer complaints that some cards did not deliver the number of calling minutes advertised.
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The Commerce Commission has today released a final report on its first statutory review of Fonterra’s milk price manual.
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The Commerce Commission is reminding retailers of their responsibilities under the Fair Trading Act as the Christmas shopping season gathers pace.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its draft decision on a new cost-based price for Chorus’ unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its final decision on the wholesale price for access to Chorus’ unbundled copper local loop (UCLL).
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The Commerce Commission has today released its final decision to reset the default price-quality paths for 16 electricity distributors.
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The Commerce Commission today announced a short delay to the final decision on the price Chorus can charge for its copper lines to now coincide with the draft decision on broadband access pricing.
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The Commerce Commission welcomes a Supreme Court decision today confirming that the Commission is not required to determine a starting price input methodology for electricity distribution and gas pipeline services.
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The Commerce Commission has today released a draft of a report to the Ministers of Commerce and Transport on how well information disclosure regulation is promoting the purpose of that regulation for Wellington International Airport.
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