der Section 4 of this chapter, the requested Party may take any of the measures referred to in Sections 2 or 3 of this chapter.
Article 29
Plurality of requests
1 Where the requested Party receives more than one request under Sections 3 or 4 of this chapter in respect of the same person or property, the plurality of requests shall not prevent that Party from dealing with the requests involving the taking of provisional measures.
2 In the case of plurality of requests under Section 4 of this chapter, the requested Party shall consider consulting the requesting Parties.
Article 30
Obligation to give reasons
The requested Party shall give reasons for any decision to refuse, postpone or make conditional any co-operation under this chapter.
Article 31
Information
1 The requested Party shall promptly inform the requesting Party of:
a the action initiated on a request under this chapter;
b the final result of the action carried out on the basis of the request;
c a decision to refuse, postpone or make conditional, in whole or in part, any co-operation under this chapter;
d any circumstances which render impossible the carrying out of the action sought or are likely to delay it significantly; and
e in the event of provisional measures taken pursuant to a request under Sections 2 or 3 of this chapter, such provisions of its domestic law as would automatically lead to the lifting of the provisional measure.
2 The requesting Party shall promptly inform the requested Party of:
a any review, decision or any other fact by reason of which the confiscation order ceases to be wholly or partially enforceable; and
b any development, factual or legal, by reason of which any action under this chapter is no longer justified.
3 Where a Party, on the basis of the same confiscation order, requests confiscation in more than one Party, it shall inform all Parties which are affected by an enforcement of the order about the request.
Article 32
Restriction of use
1 The requested Party may make the execution of a request dependent on the condition that the information or evidence obtained will not, without its prior consent, be used or transmitted by the authorities of the requesting Party for investigations or proceedings other than those specified in the request.
2 Each Party may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, declare that, without its prior consent, information or evidence provided by it under this chapter may not be used or transmitted by the authorities of the requesting Party in investigations or proceedings other than those specified in the request.
Article 33
Confidentiality
1 The requesting Party may require that the requested Party keep confidential the facts and substance of the request, except to the extent necessary to execute the request. If the requested Party cannot comply with the requirement of confidentiality, it shall promptly inform the requesting Party.
2 The requesting Party shall, if not contrary to basic principles of its national law and if so requested, keep confidential any evidence and information provided by the requested Party, except to the extent that its disclosure is necessary for the investigations or proceedings described in the request.
3 Subject to the provisions of its domestic law, a Party which has received spontaneous information under Article 10 shall comply with any requirement of confidentiality as required by the Party wh
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