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Treaty for Legal Cooperation in Criminal Matters between Brazil and Switzerland on 12 May 2004. Itwas promulgated by the Decree 6,974 of 7 October 2009 with the objective of facilitating the exchangeof information about suspects of financial crimes and corruption. The treaty excluded the cases of taxevasion and provides for a rapid channel between the Courts of the two countries enabling them toexchange information and bank data about cases of fraud and corruption, in addition to therepatriation of resources.Treaty on International Legal Cooperation in Criminal Matters between Brazil and Mexico, of 6 August2007, concluded in Mexico City, promulgated by the Decree 606 of 2 September 2009. The objectiveof the Treaty is to promote cooperation between the countries with a view to facilitating criminalinvestigations and the conducting of judicial proceedings related to any offense under the domesticlaws of the States Parties.Treaty on Legal Cooperation in Criminal Matters between Brazil and Germany on 3 December 2009,concluded in Berlin, promulgated by the Decree 589 of 26 December 2012. It has the same object asthe aforementioned treaties.19.9 Multilateral International Treaties on Arbitration signed by BrazilThe main treaties/conventions in force in Brazil related to arbitration are the following:a) Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of 30 January 1975, concludedin Panama City, approved in Brazil by the Decree 90 of 6 June 1995.It was signed by the Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS), which agreed tosubmit to arbitration any disputes arising between them related to a commercial transaction. Thearbitral awards are equivalent to a final judicial sentence, and as such any State can seek itsrecognition and enforcement against another State.b) Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards of8 May 1979, concluded in Montevideo, approved in Brazil by Decree 93 of 20 June 1995.It was signed by the Member States of the OAS. This Convention applies to both judicial sentencesand arbitral awards rendered in civil, commercial or labor proceedings in one of the States Parties,unless any of the States has made an express reservation to limit its application to certain mattersinvolving assets. With regards to the arbitral awards, the application of this Convention iscomplementary and subsidiary to the Panama Convention of 1975. Foreign sentences and awards areeffective in the territory of any Party in which recognition or enforcement is sought.103