Part I
General
CHAPTER II
General rules of procedure
Article 26
Expenses
1. As a general rule, the execution of a request for international co-operation shall be free of charge.
2. The requesting State or the requesting international judicial entity shall however bear the following expenses:
a) compensation and remuneration, as well as travel and subsistence allowances, due to witnesses and experts;
b) expenses incurred by reason of sending or handing over property;
c) expenses incurred with the transfer of persons to the territory of that State or the seat of that entity;
d) expenses incurred with the transit of persons coming from a foreign State or from the seat of that entity, en route to a third State or to the seat of that entity;
e) expenses incurred with carrying out video-conferences at the request of third parties;
f) other expenses deemed by the requested State to be of relevance on account of the human or technological means used.
3. For the purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph a) of the preceding paragraph, an advance payment may be made to a witness or an expert; such an advance shall be notified to the other party and reimbursed after the execution of the request.
4. The provisions of paragraph 2 above may be departed from by way of an agreement between Portugal and the relevant foreign State, or international judicial entity.
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