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Such agreements or arrangements shall be concluded and implemented in full
compliance with the principle of sovereign equality of States and shall be
carried out strictly in accordance with the terms of those agreements or
arrangements.
3.
In the absence of an agreement or arrangement as set forth in paragraph 2
of this Article, decisions to use such special investigative techniques at the
international level shall be made on a case-by-case basis and may, when
necessary, take into consideration financial arrangements and understandings
with respect to the exercise of jurisdiction by the States Parties concerned.
Article 57. 24/7 Network
1
Each State Party shall designate a point of contact available on a twenty-
four hour, seven-day-a-week basis, in order to ensure the provision of
immediate assistance for the purpose of investigations, prosecutions or judicial
proceedings concerning criminal offences related to computer systems and data,
or for electronic evidence-gathering of criminal offences. Such assistance shall
include facilitating, or, if permitted by its domestic law or practice, directly
carrying out the following measures:
(a)
the provision of technical advice;
(b)
the preservation of data to gather evidence and subsequently
provide legal information in accordance with its domestic law, as well as
existing mutual legal assistance agreements;
2.
Each State Party shall take measures so that trained personnel and
equipment are available, in order to facilitate the operation of the network.
Section 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING
Article 58. General principles of technical assistance
1.
The States Parties shall, according to their capacity, consider affording
one another the widest measure of technical assistance, especially for the benefit
of developing countries, in their respective plans and programmes to combat
ICT crimes, including material support and training in the areas referred to in