of the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on readmission of 25th May 2006, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", as foreseen in Article 20 of the Agreement,
have agreed as follows:
Article 1
Competent Authorities
1. The competent authorities responsible for the implementation of the Agreement are:
for the Cyprus Party:
central competent authority: Civil Registry and Migration Department, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus;
competent authorities: Aliens and Immigration Unit, Cyprus Police and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus;
for the Russian Party:
central competent authority: Federal Migration Service;
competent authorities: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.
2. For the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement and of this Implementing Protocol the central competent authorities shall directly co-operate with each other.
3. The Parties shall immediately notify each other through diplomatic channels of any changes in the list of the competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
4. For the implementation of this Implementing Protocol the central competent authorities shall notify each other directly in written form of their contact data within 30 calendar days from the date of entry into force of this Implementing Protocol.
5. The central competent authorities shall notify each other immediately in written form of any changes in their contact data.
Article 2
Submission of the readmission application and reply thereto
1. A readmission application, compiled pursuant to Article 7 of the Agreement, shall be submitted by the central competent authority of the Requesting Party to the central competent authority of the Requested Party by post or courier.
2. A reply to the readmission application shall be sent to the central competent authority of the Requesting Party by the central competent authority of the Requested Party by post or courier within the time limits foreseen in Article 11 (2) of the Agreement.
Article 3
Other documents
1. If the Requesting Party considers that other documents not listed in Annexes 2 to 5 to the Agreement may be essential for establishing the nationality of the person to be readmitted or for establishing proof of grounds for readmission of the third country nationals or stateless persons, such documents may be attached to the readmission application submitted to the Requested Party.
2. The documents mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article are the following:
- photocopies of the documents listed in Annex 2 to the Agreement;
- documents listed in Annex 4 to the Agreement in forged or falsified passports.
3. The Requested Party has the right to decide whether the documents mentioned in paragraph 2 of this Article may be taken into consideration in processing the readmission application.
Article 4
Interview
1. In case the Requesting Party is unable to present any of the documents listed in Annexes 2 and 3 to the Agreement, the Requested Party shall interview the person to be readmitted upon the request of the Requesting Party, indicated in paragraph "D" of the readmission application.
2. The primary duty for interview implementation is laid on the representatives of the central competent authority at the diplomatic mission or consular post of the State of the Requested Party in the State of the Requesting Party.
3. In case there are no representatives of the central competent authority mentioned in paragraph 2 of th
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