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1. Any Contracting Party may, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, when signing this Convention or depositing its instrument of ratification or accession, reserve the right to make the execution of letters rogatory for search or seizure of property dependent on one or more of the following conditions:
(a) that the offence motivating the letters rogatory is punishable under both the law of the requesting Party and the law of the requested Party;
(b) that the offence motivating the letters rogatory is an extraditable offence in the requested country;
(c) that execution of the letters rogatory is consistent with the law of the requested Party.
2. Where a Contracting Party makes a declaration in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, any other Party may apply reciprocity.