Article 3
1. Reimbursement requests shall be made in writing and shall be accompanied by documentary proof of the recoverable costs. 2. Requests for reimbursement can only be made for expulsion decisions, which are issued after this Decision takes effect. Reimbursement cannot be claimed for the enforcement of expulsion decisions, issued more than four years prior to their enforcement. 3. Requests for reimbursement submitted more than one year after the enforcement has taken place may be rejected. 4. Each Member State shall establish a national contact point for the implementation of this Decision and communicate the relevant data to the other Member States. Any request for reimbursement shall be sent by the national contact point of the enforcing Member State to the national contact point of the issuing Member State, which shall inform the national contact point of the enforcing Member State of the receipt of the request. 5. Within a maximum of three months the national contact point of the issuing Member State shall communicate to the national contact point of the enforcing Member State the acceptance or the refusal of the request. Such a communication shall be in writing, stating the reasons in case of refusal. 6. Payments shall be made within a maximum of three months from the acceptance of the payment by the national contact point of the issuing Member State. 7. The national contact points of the enforcing Member State and of the issuing Member State shall be informed of payments and of refusals to reimburse.