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Part Four. Article 12 685organizations], in conformity with their respective domestic laws and treaties applicableto them, relevant information on matters such as:“(a) Authorized producers, dealers, importers, exporters and, whenever possible,carriers of firearms, their parts and components 11 and ammunition;“(b) The means of concealment used in the illicit manufacturing of or traffickingin firearms, their parts and components and ammunition and ways of detecting them;“(c) Routes customarily used by criminal organizations engaged in illicit traffickingin firearms, their parts and components and ammunition;“(d) Legislative experiences, practices and measures related to preventing, combatingand eradicating the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, theirparts and components and ammunition; and“(e) Techniques, practices and legislation developed to combat money-launderingrelated to the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts andcomponents and ammunition.“2. States Parties shall provide to or share with each other, [and with the relevantintergovernmental organizations,] as appropriate, relevant scientific and technologicalinformation useful to law enforcement authorities, in order to enhance oneanother’s ability to prevent, detect and investigate the illicit manufacturing of andtrafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition and to prosecutethe persons involved in those illicit activities.“3. States Parties shall cooperate [among themselves and with the relevantintergovernmental organizations] in the tracing of firearms, their parts and componentsand ammunition that may have been illicitly manufactured or trafficked. Suchcooperation shall include the provision of prompt and accurate responses to requestsfor assistance in tracing such firearms, their parts and components and ammunition.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.6)Eleventh session: 2-28 October 2000“Article 14“Information“1. Without prejudice to articles 27 and 28 of the Convention, States Partiesshall exchange among themselves, consistent with their respective domestic legal andadministrative systems, relevant case-specific information on matters such as authorizedproducers, dealers, importers, exporters and, whenever possible, carriers offirearms, their parts and components and ammunition.“[Former paragraph 1 was divided into paragraphs 1 and 2 and the subsequentparagraphs were reorganized and renumbered]“2. Without prejudice to articles 27 and 28 of the Convention, States Partiesshall exchange among themselves, consistent with their respective domestic legal andadministrative systems, relevant information on matters such as:11The words “other related materials” were replaced by the words “parts and components” throughout the text of thedraft protocol, as agreed at the informal consultations held during the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee (seeA/AC.254/L.174, para. 4).