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1. The Contracting Parties shall afford each other assistance through their Customs Administrations in order to ensure the proper application of customs law, in particular by preventing, investigating and combating any customs offence in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and to ensure the security of the international trade supply chain.
2. All assistance rendered under this Agreement by either Contracting Party shall be performed in accordance with its national legislation and within the limits of its Customs Administrations competence and available resources.
3. Mutual assistance under this Agreement does not affect the provisions applicable regarding mutual assistance in criminal matters.
4. The provisions of this Agreement shall not give rise to a right on the part of any person to impede the execution of a request for assistance.
5. The present Agreement does not affect any rights or obligations deriving from the membership of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the European Union and of the Republic of Belarus to the Eurasian Customs Union.