-3- PC.DEC/1106 3 December 2013 Practical Considerations The provisions of these Practical Considerations do not affect the voluntary basis for the activities related to the aforementioned CBMs. Participating States intend to conduct the first exchange by October 31, 2014, and thereafter the exchange of information described in the aforementioned CBMs shall occur annually. In order to create synergies, the date of the annual exchanges may be synchronized with related initiatives participating States are pursuing in the UN and other fora. The information exchanged by participating States should be compiled by each of them into one consolidated input before submission. Submissions should be prepared in a manner that maximizes transparency and utility. Information may be submitted by the participating States in any of the official OSCE languages, accompanied by a translation in English, or only in the English language. Information will be circulated to participating States using the OSCE Documents Distribution system. Should a participating State wish to inquire about individual submissions, they are invited to do so during meetings of the Security Committee and its Informal Working Group established by Permanent Council Decision No. 1039 or by direct dialogue with the submitting State making use of established contact mechanisms, including the email contact list and the POLIS discussion forum. The participating States will pursue the activities in points 9 and 10 above through existing OSCE bodies and mechanisms. The Transnational Threats Department will, upon request and within available resources, assist participating States in implementing the CBMs set out above. In implementing the CBMs, participating States may wish to avail themselves of discussions and expertise in other relevant international organizations working on issues related to ICTs.