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1. In order to carry out the provisions of the present Convention each Contracting Party shall set up or appoint a single body (hereinafter referred to as the “receiving agency”):
(a) to receive requests for the information referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1, of the present Convention from another Contracting Party;
(b) to take action on these requests in accordance with Article 6.
The receiving agency may be either a Ministerial department or other State body.
2. Each Contracting Party may set up or appoint one or more bodies (hereinafter referred to as “transmitting agency”) to receive requests for information from its judicial authorities and to transmit them to the competent foreign receiving agency. The receiving agency may be appointed as a transmitting agency.
3. Each Contracting Party shall communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the name and address of its receiving agency and, where appropriate, of its transmitting agency or agencies.