Artikel 14

1. On request, the requested administration shall initiate investigations into a Customs offence and bring the results to the attention of the requesting administration. Such investigations shall be conducted in accordance with the legislation in force in the state of the requested administration. The requested administration shall proceed as if it were acting on its own behalf.
2. The officials of the requesting administration may, in specific cases, with the consent of the requested administration and under any conditions specified by the requested administration, be present in the territory of the requested Party at investigations of Customs offences of the relevant state.
3. An official of the requesting administration present in the territory of the requested Party pursuant to paragraph 2 of this article shall act in an advisory capacity only and shall under no circumstances actively participate in the investigation. Such official shall not meet the people being questioned nor take part in any investigative activity on his own behalf.