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The Central Authority mentioned in Article 12 of the Convention and charged with receiving and taking action on requests for assistance is, in Sweden, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Box 16121, 103 23 Stockholm.

The Central Authority to receive and take action on all matters regarding European Convention on the Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes is:

Ministry of Justice

PL 1

SF-00131 HELSINKI

Tel: 358-0-18251

Telefax: 358-0-1825430.

The designated central authority (referred to in Article 12) on behalf of England, Scotland and Wales is:

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

Whittington House, 19 Alfred Place

GB-LONDON WC1E 7LG

Telephone Number: 01 636 9501

Telefax Number: 01 436 0804

The designated central authority on behalf of Northern Ireland is:

Northern Ireland Office

Criminal Compensation Devision

Royston House, 34 Upper Queen Street

Belfast BT1 6HV

Northern Ireland

Telephone Number: 0232 249944

Telefax Number: 0232 246956.

The Federal Republic of Germany understands by Article 3 of the Convention that only persons lawfully residing in Germany qualify for such compensation.

A national of another country is considered to be a ‘permanent resident’ within the meaning of Article 3(b) of the Convention if he remains in the Federal Republic of Germany for longer than the maximum temporary stay of six months.

Nationals of the States party to this Convention receive compensation like Germans if they lawfully reside in Germany for three years or longer without interruption.

Nationals of the States party to the Convention who have been in Germany for less than three years or a short period are only entitled to non-income-tied compensation which in essence meets the criteria contains in Article 4. In stead of compensation for loss of earnings they receive a basic pension depending on the degree to which their earning capacity has been impaired.

The Federal Republic of Germany will make a statutory one-off payment to entitled foreign nationals in lieu of compensation pursuant to Article 4 of the Convention, subject to certain conditions that apply to other foreigners as well, provided they leave the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Federal Republic of Germany designates the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs as the central authority pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention. It declares that this authority may refuse a request for assistance if it is neither drawn up in German nor accompanied by a German translation.

Central authority (Article 12): Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan

According to Article 12 of the Convention, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium designates as central authority the Secretariat of the ‘Commission pour l'aide aux victimes d'actes intentionnels de violence’, Avenue de la Porte de Hal 5–8, 1060 Bruxelles — Tel. 00.32.2.542.72.24 — Fax : 00.32.2.542.72.40.

The Secretariat of the Commission is responsible for receiving and executing the requests for assistance; it will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with the provision of Article 13.

According to Article 18, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Republic of Albania reserves the right to declare that the central authority, designated under Article 12, may refuse a request for assistance made by another Contracting State, if such request is not made in the Albanian language or in the English language or in the French language or if it is not accompanied by a translation into one of the official languages of the Council of Europe.

Regarding Article 2, paragraph 1(b) of the Convention, the Republic of Albania declares that it defines the term ‘dependants’ in conformity with the Albanian legislation as meaning ‘under age children, the spouse, disabled parents, who were entirely or partly dependent on the deceased person, as well as persons who lived in the family of the deceased person and were entitled to receive maintenance payments from such person’.

In accordance with Article 12 of the Convention, the Republic of Albania declares that the Ministry of Justice is the Central Authority.

In accordance with Article 12 of the Convention, the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina informs that the central authority is the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention, the Republic of Estonia designated the Social Insurance Board as the central authority.

In accordance with Article 12 of the Convention, the Ministry of Justice has been designated as the central authority to receive, and to take action on, requests for such assistance.

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention, Romania declares that the name and address of the central authority in Romania to receive, and to take action on, requests for assistance have been updated as follows :

In accordance with Article 18 of the Convention, Austria declares that the Convention shall be applicable for persons who are not citizens of the European Union or of States Parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area only if the crime against them was committed after 30 June 2005 in Austria or on board of an Austrian ship or aircraft, wherever it is situated, and if they stayed lawfully there at the time when the crime occurred.

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention, the Republic of Austria designates the Federal Office for Social Affairs as the central authority.

In accordance with Article 12 of the Convention, the Republic of Croatia designates the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia as a central authority to receive requests for mutual asistance in connection with the matters covered by the Convention.

In accordance with Article 12 of the Convention, the Government of Liechtenstein designates as central authority to receive and forward requests:

Ressort Justiz

Regierungsgebäude

FL-9490 VADUZ

Liechtenstein

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention, the Slovak Republic declares that the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic, Zupné námestie 13, 813 11 Bratislava, is designated as the central authority for receiving and taking action on request for assistance under this Convention.

In accordance with Article 18, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Slovak Republic declares that the Convention shall be applicable for persons who are not citizens of the European Union.

Central authority:

Updating of contact information:

(Article 12)

Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic

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