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1. Reasons shall be given for making a request for assistance.
2. The request shall contain a description of the facts establishing or giving rise to the belief that irregular operations of insider trading have been carried out or, if assistance is requested according to the rules laid down by Parties under Article 3, reference to the principles mentioned in that Article which have been violated.
3. The request shall contain reference to the provisions by virtue of which the operations are irregular in the State of the requesting authority.
4. The request shall be in or translated into one of the official languages of the State of the requested authority, or in one of the official languages of the Council of Europe.
5. The request shall specify:
a. the requesting authority and the requested authority;
b. the information sought by the requesting authority, the persons or bodies which may be in possession of it, or the place where it may be available;
c. the reasons for and the purpose of the requesting authority's application, and the use it will make of the information under its national law; and
d. how soon a response is required and, in cases of urgency, the reasons therefor.