<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Keith,</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">In following up on the Council’s direction
to submit the pending data accuracy legal questions to its outside counsel in
order to help inform the work of any future scoping team, the EPDP Team’s Legal
Committee submitted its agreed-upon questions to Bird & Bird. I am writing
to inform you that Bird & Bird has provided the attached memo in response. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">As the accuracy topic is not on the EPDP
Team’s critical path for delivery of its Final Report on the System for
Standardized Access/Disclosure, the EPDP Team will not consider the legal
guidance at this time. However, the Phase 2 Legal Committee will review the
guidance in order to determine if any follow-up questions are warranted that
may help inform a possible scoping team to further consider this topic.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Please let me know if you have any further
questions.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">JK</span></p>

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