Chapter IV
Request of the International Court
Article 16. Reimbursement of expenses related to execution of the International Court requests
1 .Requests of the International Court shall, as a rule, be executed without reimbursement. Exceptions to this rule are the expenses related to:
a) transportation and protection of witnesses and experts/specialists or temporary transfer of
arrested persons;
b) translation, drawing up shorthand records or intepretation;
c) travel and per diem of judges, prosecutor, deputy prosecutors, registrar, deputy registrars
and/or other personnel of International Court;
d) producing a forensic expertise (expert) reports at the request of the Court;
e) transportation of a person who is to be surrendered to the International Court Court;
f) any unforeseeable expenses stemming from the consultations with the International Court
on execution of the request;
g) execution of decision of the International Court.
2. Expenses referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be reimbursed by the
International Court in a manner established by the Statute.
3. Expenses related to assistance rendered by the Georgian state authorities to each other
in the course of execution of a Court request shall not be reimbursed by the Court.
4. Expenses related to execution of an arrest decision upon the motion of the
Responsible Agency as well as those related to the defense of the person, when necessary, shall be reimbursed from the State Budget.
EDIT.