1The Ministry of Justice decides to proceed with the rogatory letter of a foreign authority concerning communications, notifications and the obtaining of evidence, except when it deems that the requested actions impair the sovereignty, the security and important interests of the State.
2The Ministry does not proceed with the rogatory letter when it appears clearly that the requested actions are expressly prohibited by law or when they are contrary to the fundamental principles of the Albanian judicial order. The Ministry does not proceed with the rogatory letter when there are founded reasons to believe that the considerations regarding race, religion, sex, nationality, language, political beliefs or the social state may cause a negative influence on the performance of the process.
3In cases when the rogatory letter has as object the summons of a witness, an expert or a defendant before a foreign judicial authority, the Ministry of Justice shall not proceed with the rogatory letter when the requesting State does not give sufficient guarantees for the inviolability of the summoned person.
4The Ministry has the right not to proceed with the rogatory letter in case the requesting State does not give due guarantee for reciprocity.
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