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2.

This

Agreement

Che

obligations betweer

agreements, arrangements

shall not

derogate

from other

Parties whether pursuant to other

OF practices F.or prevent

the

Parties providing assistance to each other pursuant to such agreements, arrangements or practices.

3.

This Agreement is

intended solely for mutual

assistance

che between

Parties.

The provisions of the

Agreement

shall

not

create any

right on the part of any

private person to obtain assistance under this Agreement or

to impede the execution of a request.

ARTICLE 2

DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Agreement :

"proceedings are instituted" when an action that an order to which

(a)

may

to lead

the making of

paragraph 1 of Article 9 applies is commenced in

a

court in the

jurisdiction of the Requesting

Party or when a person is charged having been

taken into custody without a warrant;