sec | = | The {_Parties} shall act as independent contractors to this {_Agreement}, and no provision of this {_Agreement} may, in any circumstance whatsoever, be interpreted as conferring to one of the {_Parties} the capacity of agent, broker, distributor, representative, or principal of the other {_Party}. None of the {_Parties} commits as part of this {_Agreement} or under any other convention, to take on any obligation whatsoever, be it regulatory or contractual, incumbent to the other {_Party}, or to intrude upon how the other {_Party} conducts business. |