Vorlage

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ARTICLE 13

ASSET SHARING

The Contracting Parties may, consistent with this Agreement and with other agreements between them pertaining to the sharing and disposition of forfeited assets, share seized and forfeited assets if the assistance provided under this Agreement substantially contributed to the seizure and forfeiture, of those assets, where in accordance with domestic laws and regulations of the Contracting party executing the seizure and forfeiture. The determination as to whether and how to share those assets shall be at the discretion of the Contracting Party seizing and forfeiting the assets.