nstrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
3 When serving judicial documents to persons abroad affected by provisional measures or confiscation orders issued in the sending Party, this Party shall indicate what legal remedies are available under its law to such persons.
Article 22
Recognition of foreign decisions
1 When dealing with a request for co-operation under Sections 3 and 4, the requested Party shall recognise any judicial decision taken in the requesting Party regarding rights claimed by third parties.
2 Recognition may be refused if:
a third parties did not have adequate opportunity to assert their rights; or
b the decision is incompatible with a decision already taken in the requested Party on the same matter; or
c it is incompatible with the ordre public of the requested Party; or
d the decision was taken contrary to provisions on exclusive jurisdiction provided for by the law of the requested Party.
Section 7
PROCEDURAL AND OTHER GENERAL RULES
Article 23
Central authority
1 The Parties shall designate a central authority or, if necessary, authorities, which shall be responsible for sending and answering requests made under this chapter, the execution of such requests or the transmission of them to the authorities competent for their execution.
2 Each Party shall, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the names and addresses of the authorities designated in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this article.
Article 24
Direct communication
1 The central authorities shall communicate directly with one another.
2 In the event of urgency, requests or communications under this chapter may be sent directly by the judicial authorities, including public prosecutors, of the requesting Party to such authorities of the requested Party. In such cases a copy shall be sent at the same time to the central authority of the requested Party through the central authority of the requesting Party.
3 Any request or communication under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article may be made through the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).
4 Where a request is made pursuant to paragraph 2 of this article and the authority is not competent to deal with the request, it shall refer the request to the competent national authority and inform directly the requesting Party that it has done so.
5 Requests or communications under Section 2 of this chapter, which do not involve coercive action, may be directly transmitted by the competent authorities of the requesting Party to the competent authorities of the requested Party.
Article 25
Form of request and languages
1 All requests under this chapter shall be made in writing. Modern means of telecommunications, such as telefax, may be used.
2 Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this article, translations of the requests or supporting documents shall not be required.
3 At the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, any Party may communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe a declaration that it reserves the right to require that requests made to it and documents supporting such requests be accompanied by a translation into its own language or into one of the official languages of the Council of Europe or into such one of these languages as it shall indicate. It may on that occasion declare its readiness to accept translations in any other languag
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