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1. For the purpose of the present Convention, the following are considered official publications and government documents when they are executed by the order and at the expense af any national governmental authority: parliamentary documents, reports and journals and other legislative papers; administrative publications and reports from central, federal and regional governmental bodies; national bibliographies, State handbooks, bodies of law, decisions of the Courts of Justice; and other publications as may be agreed.
2. However, in the application of the present Convention, the Contracting States shall be free to determine the official publications and government documents which shall constitute exchange material.
3. The present Convention does not apply to confidential documents, circulars and other items which have not been made public.