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1. Each Party may authorise transit through its territory of a person surrendered to the other Party by a third party in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and national law, unless reasons of public interest prevent it.
2. The Party requesting the transit shall submit to the State of transit, through the Central Authorities, or in particularly urgent cases through the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), a request containing the personal details of the person in transit and a concise statement of facts of the case. The request for transit shall be accompanied by a copy of the document grant the extradition.
3. The State of transit shall hold in custody the person in transit while said person is on its territory.
4. No authorisation for transit shall be required when air transportation is used and no landing is scheduled on the territory of the State of transit. If an unscheduled landing occurs in the territory of the aforementioned State, the Party requesting transit shall immediately inform the State of transit and the latter shall hold the person to be transported for a maximum of 48 hours awaiting to receive the request for transit provided for in Paragraph 2 of this Article.