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3.

The Requested Party shall promptly inform the Requesting Party of a decision of the Requested Party not

to comply in whole or in part with a request for

assistance and the reason for that decision.

4.

The Requesting Party shall promptly inform the Requested Party of any circumstances including any action taken in the courts of the Requesting Party which may affect the request or its execution or which may make it inappropriate to proceed with giving effect to it.

5.

Art. 1(a):

Where a request is made for assistance under

(1) Subject to its law the

Requested Party

shall provide copies of publicly available

documents.

(ii) The Requested Party may provide copies of any document, record or information in the possession of a government department or agency, but not publicly available, to the same extent and under the same conditions

as would be available to its own law

enforcement and judicial authorities.

ARTICLE 6

1.

REFUSAL OF ASSISTANCE

Assistance shall be refused if the Requested

Party if of the opinion that

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