the Optional Protocol. (2) The Federal Agency and the Commission of the Länder shall coordinate in the planning and implementation of their projects, in particular with the aim in mind of making efficient use of their resources. (3) The Federal Agency and the Commission of the Länder may avail themselves of the services of interpreters and experts as their respective funds permit. Section 3 Headquarters The seat of the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture shall be Wiesbaden. Section 4 Secretariat (1) The National Agency for the Prevention of Torture shall avail itself of the infrastructure of the Centre for Criminology (Kriminologische Zentralstelle e.V.). To this end, the Centre for Criminology shall provide a secretariat which shall carry out the everyday business of the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture and support the latter with staff and equipment. (2) The staff of the secretariat of the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture shall only be appointed or dismissed with the consent of the Federal Agency and of the Commission of the Länder. It shall in specialist terms only be subject to the instructions of the Federal Agency and of the Commission of the Länder. Section 5 Funding (1) The funding requirement of the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture may be a maximum of Euro 300,000.00 per year. A maximum amount of Euro 100,000.00 of this sum shall be accounted for by the Federal Agency, which shall be met from the budget of the Federation, and a maximum amount of Euro 200,000.00 by the Commission of the Länder, which shall be met from the budgets of the Länder. The distribution of the shares accounted for by the respective Länder shall be effected in accordance with the Königstein Key. Onethird of the joint costs shall be met by the Federation and two-thirds by the Länder. (2) The staff and material expenditure shall be met by the Hessian Ministry of Justice, for Integration and European Affairs. The proportions of the Federation and the Länder shall become due in the course of each accounting year in two instalments on 31 May and 30 November in accordance with the methods followed in the budget plan of the Centre for Criminology. Over- and under-payments by the Federation regarding the Federal Agency or by the Länder with regard to the Commission of the Länder towards the funding needed in accordance with the annual account shall be balanced in the second sub-amount of the following accounting year. (3) The disbursement by the Hessisan Ministry of Justice, for Integration and European Affairs to the Centre for Criminology shall be effected in the shape of a monthly advance payment which shall cover the fixed costs of both the Commission of the Länder and of the Federal Agency. Further staff and equipment shall be disbursed on an ad hoc basis as funds permit. 113

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