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reason for that decision.

ARTICLE 21

CERTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

 1. Documents or materials supporting a request for assistance pursuant to Article 15 of this Treaty shall be authenticated in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article.

 2. If requested by the Requesting Party documents or materials furnished by the Requested Party shall be similarly authenticated.

 3. Documents and materials are duly authenticated for the purposes of this Treaty if they purport to be signed or certified by a Judge, Magistrate or officer in or of the sending State and to bear an official seal used in the sending State. However, where the documents are bound and sealed, a Judge, Magistrate or officer in or of the sending State need only sign or certify the first and last pages of the bound documents.

ARTICLE 22

REPRESENTATION AND EXPENSES

 1. To the extent permitted by laws of the Requested State, the Requested Party shall make all necessary arrangements for the representation of the Requesting Party in any proceedings arising out of a request for assistance and shall otherwise represent the interests of the Requesting Party.

 2. The Requested Party shall meet the cost of fulfilling the request for assistance except that the Requesting Party shall bear:
         (a) the travelling expenses of a person to and from the territory of the Requested State, and any allowances or expenses payable to that person whilst in the Requesting State;
         (b) the expenses associated with conveying custodial or escorting officers; and
         (c) the fees of experts needed to fulfil the request.

 3. If it appears that the execution of the request involves or is likely to involve exceptional expenses, the two Parties shall consult with a view to determining the conditions according to which the execution of the request may be pursued.

ARTICLE 23

CONSULTATION

The two Parties shall consult, at the request of either, concerning the interpretation and the application of this Treaty.

ARTICLE 24

ENTRY INTO FORCE AND TERMINATION

 1. Each contracting Party shall notify the other of the completion of the procedures required for the entry into force of this Treaty. This Treaty shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date of receipt of the last of these notifications.

 2. Each contracting Party may terminate this Treaty at any time by forwarding through the diplomatic channel written notice of termination; termination shall take effect six months after receipt of this notification.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this treaty.

DONE AT Paris on the fourteenth day of January nineteen hundred and ninety three in English and French, both texts being equally authentic.

GARETH EVANS                     ROLAND DUMAS

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