“asset declaration” shall mean a declaration made to appropriate authorities disclosing finances or personal interests as generally provided for in Article 8, paragraph 5 (conflict of interest and incompatibilities), and Article 52, paragraph 5 (financial disclosure), of the United Nations Convention against Corruption and as defined by the legislation of each Party;

“declarants” shall mean persons whose finances or personal interests are disclosed by means of an asset declaration, as defined by the declaration system of the requesting Party, including but not limited to the public official and his or her family members;

“verification” shall mean the process of verifying the truthfulness of an asset declaration by comparing its data with information from state databases and other sources and thus detecting hidden wealth or undeclared conflicts of interest or incompatibilities;

“targeted verification” shall mean a verification of an individual declaration following, in particular, a complaint, an irregularity or a similar specific indication;

“random verification” shall mean a verification of a sample of declarations based on criteria defined by law of one of the Parties to the present Treaty;

“Focal Point” shall mean an authority of one Party, designated according to

Article 9

of this Treaty, which is competent to exchange information with a similar authority of another Party.