Provisions about notifications are included in most of the Bureau’s agency-to-agency Memoranda of Understanding/arrangements and state-to-state agreements.  The Bureau also notifies pursuant to the OECD’s cooperation recommendation where appropriate.  Notifications act as an “early warning system” that an enforcement activity planned by the Bureau may affect the important interests of a partner competition enforcement agency. They are generally initiated at the earliest possible stage.  For more information about the notification provisions see: Cooperation instruments with international partners - Competition Bureau Canada: https://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/h_04452.html.  In terms of process, the Bureau will contact the appropriate foreign agency through:  • the Bureau’s International Affairs Directorate, which handles incoming and outgoing notification letters, and requests for contacts for cooperation, or  • the Bureau’s enforcement branches when there is an established contact point at the foreign agency.