Transmission of requests and replies
Article 70
1. Requests shall only be sent by the single authority of the applicant Member State, by the Commission or EFCA to the single authority of the requested Member State. All replies to a request shall be communicated in the same way. 2. Requests for mutual assistance and the respective replies shall be made in writing, and, where possible, by electronic means. 3. The languages used for requests and replies shall be agreed by the single authorities concerned before requests are made. If no agreement can be reached, requests shall be communicated in the official language(s) of the applicant Member State and replies in the official language(s) of the requested Member State.