ferred to in paragraph 3 of this Article subsequently arise or come to light which stand in the way of the transit operation, or if the onward journey in possible States of transit or the readmission by the State of destination is no longer assured. In this case, the requesting State shall take back the third-country national or the stateless person, as necessary and without delay.
Article 16
Transit procedure
1) An application for transit operations must be submitted to the central competent authority in writing and is to contain the following information:
a) possible other States of transit and intended final destination;
b) the particulars of the person concerned (e.g. given name, surname, date of birth and - where possible - place of birth, nationality, type and number of travel document);
c) envisaged border crossing point, date and time of transfer and possible use of escorts;
d) a declaration that from the viewpoint of the requesting State the conditions pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 2 of this Agreement are met, and that no reasons for a refusal pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 3 of this Agreement are known of.
2) The requested State shall, in writing, inform the central competent authority of the requesting State of the consent to transit, confirming the border crossing point and the envisaged time of transit, or inform it of the transit refusal and of the reasons for such refusal in writing.
3) The person to be readmitted and possible escorts shall be exempted from having to obtain a specific airport transit visa if they do not cross the border line of the transit zone of the airport.
4) The competent authorities of the requested State shall, subject to mutual consultations, support the transit operations, in particular through the surveillance of the persons in question and the provision of suitable amenities for that purpose.
Section V. COSTS
Article 17
Costs in connection with readmission,
transit and interviews
Without prejudice to the right of the competent authorities to recover the costs associated with the readmission from the person to be readmitted or third parties, all transport costs incurred in connection with readmission and transit as far as the border-crossing point of the requested State as well as the costs in connection with interviews according to Article 9 (4) of this Agreement shall be borne by the requesting State.
Section VI. DATA PROTECTION
Article 18
Personal data protection
The communication of personal data shall only take place if such communication is necessary for the implementation of this Agreement by the competent authorities of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation as the case may be. When communicating, processing or treating personal data in a particular case, the competent authorities of the Russian Federation shall abide by the legislation of the Russian Federation, and the competent authorities of the Swiss Confederation shall abide by the national legislation of the Swiss Confederation. Additionally the following principles shall apply:
a) personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully.
b) personal data must be collected for the specified, explicit and legitimate purpose of implementing this Agreement and not further processed in a way incompatible with that purpose.
c) personal data must be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose for which they are collected and/or further processed; in particular, personal data communicated may concern only the following:
- the particulars of the person to be readmitted (e.g. surname, given name, any previous names, other names used/by which known or
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