Common use of Execution of Request Clause in Contracts

Execution of Request. 1. The requested Customs Administration shall take all reasonable measures to execute the request and, if required, shall initiate any official or judicial measure necessary to carry out the request. The requested Customs Administration shall proceed, within the limits of its competence and available resources, as though it were acting on its own account. 2. The Customs Administration of either Contracting Party shall, at the request of the Customs Administration of the other Contracting Party, conduct any necessary investigation, including the questioning of experts and witnesses or persons suspected of having committed a customs offence, and undertake verifications, inspections and fact-finding inquiries in connection with the matters referred to in this Agreement. 3. The requested Administration may allow appointed officials of the requesting Administration to be present in the territory of the State of the requested Contracting Party, when its officers are carrying out inquiries of interest to the requesting Administration, including presence at such inquiries. The appointed officers shall be present in an advisory role only and may not exercise the powers conferred on officials of the requested Administration by their national legislation. They shall, however, for the sole purpose of the inquiry being carried out and in the presence of and through officials of the requested Administration, have access to the same premises and same documents as those officials of the requested Administration. 4. The officials of the requesting Customs Administration, authorized to investigate customs offences, may ask that officials of the requested Administration review relevant books, registers and other documents or data- media and supply copies thereof or provide any information relating to the offences. 5. When representatives of the Customs Administration of one of the Contracting Parties are present in the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party, pursuant to this Agreement, they must at all times be able to furnish proof of their official capacity. They shall not be in uniform nor carry arms. 6. Officials, while in the territory of the other Contracting Party under the terms of this Agreement, shall be responsible for any offence they might commit, and shall enjoy to the extent provided by that Party’s legal and administrative provisions the same protection as accorded to its own Customs officers. 7. The requesting Customs Administration shall, if it so requests, be advised of the time and place of the action to be taken in response to the request so that such action may be coordinated. 8. In case the requested Customs Administration is not the competent authority to comply with a request, it shall, after consultation transmit the request without delay to the appropriate authority, which shall act upon the request according to its powers under the national legislation, or shall offer the requesting Customs Administration the appropriate procedure to be followed regarding such a request.

Execution of Request. 1. The requested Customs Administration shall take all reasonable measures to execute the request and, if required, shall initiate any official or judicial measure necessary to carry out the request. The requested Customs Administration shall proceed, within the limits of its competence and available resources, as though it were acting on its own account. 2. The Customs Administration of either Contracting Party shall, at the request of the Customs Administration of the other Contracting Party, conduct any necessary investigation, including the questioning of experts and witnesses or persons suspected of having committed a customs offence, and undertake verifications, inspections and fact-fact- finding inquiries in connection with the matters referred to in this Agreement. 3. The requested Administration may allow appointed officials of the requesting applicant Administration to be present in the territory of the State of the requested Contracting Party, when its officers are carrying out inquiries of interest to the requesting Administrationapplicant Administration , including presence at such inquiries. The appointed officers shall be present in an advisory role only and may not exercise the powers conferred on officials of the requested Administration by their national legislation. They shall, however, for the sole purpose of the inquiry being carried out and in the presence of and through officials of the requested AdministrationAdministration , have access to the same premises and same documents as those officials of the requested Administration. 4. The officials of the requesting Customs Administration, authorized to investigate offences of customs offenceslegislation, may ask that officials of the requested Administration review relevant books, registers and other documents or data- data-media and supply copies thereof or provide any information relating to the offences.infringements.. 5. When representatives of the Customs Administration of one of the Contracting Parties are present in the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party, pursuant to this Agreement, they must at all times be able to furnish proof of their official capacity. They shall not be in uniform nor carry arms. 6. OfficialsThey shall, while in present, enjoy the territory same protection as that accorded to the customs officials of the other Contracting Party under the terms of this AgreementParty, shall in accordance with their national legislation in force, and be responsible for any offence they might commit, and shall enjoy to the extent provided by that Party’s legal and administrative provisions the same protection as accorded to its own Customs officerscommit off duty. 7. The requesting Customs Administration shall, if it so requests, be advised of the time and place of the action to be taken in response to the request so that such action may be coordinated. 8. In case the requested Customs Administration is not the competent appropriate authority to comply with a request, it shall, after consultation appropriate consultation, either promptly transmit the request without delay to the appropriate authority, which who shall act upon the request according to its powers under the competences and national legislation, or shall offer advise the requesting Customs Administration of the appropriate procedure to be followed regarding such a request.