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ugh the following central authorities
Requests for international judicial assistance in criminal matters shall be sent through the
following central authorities:
a)The Ministry of Justice, if they concern extradition and the transfer of sentenced per-
sons or if they refer to the activity of judgement or to the stage of enforcement of criminal jud-
gements;
b)The Public Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, if
they refer to activities from the stage of investigation and criminal prosecution;
c)The Ministry of Administration and the Interior, if they refer to the criminal record.
ARTICLE 14
Direct transmission
(1) Requests for judicial assistance in criminal matters may be sent directly by the requesting
judicial authorities to the requested judicial authorities, in the event that the international judici-
al instrument applicable in the relation between the Requesting State and the Requested State
regulates this type of transmission.
(2) With the exception of the cases mentioned in para.(1), requests for judicial assistance in
criminal matters may be sent directly by the requesting judicial authorities to the requested ju-
dicial authorities in case of emergency; however, a copy of these shall be sent simultaneously to
the Ministry of Justice or to the Public Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation
and Justice, according to case.
(3) The procedure mentioned in para.(1) and (2) shall be used also for transmitting replies to
emergency requests for judicial assistance in criminal matters.
(4) In the case under para. (1) and (2), direct transmissions may be made through the Interna-
tional Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).
ARTICLE 15
Other modalities of sending the requests
(1) To send requests, based on agreement between the Requesting and the Requested Sta-
tes, the proper electronic means may be used as well, in particular the fax, when available, if the
authenticity and confidentiality of the request, as well as the credibility of the data sent, are gu-
aranteed.
(2) The previous paragraph shall not prevent the use of the avenues of emergency provided
in Article 14.