17. In Article 43 —
(a)in paragraph 1 for “Member State” substitute “State”;
(b)in paragraph 2—
(i)for “that institution shall complete the said form by indicating” substitute “the investigating institution may request that the other institution completes the following information in the said form”;
(ii)for “it administers” substitute “the other institution administers”;
(iii)omit “The form, thus completed, shall be returned to the investigating institution.”;
(iv)for “second Member State” substitute “Member State”;
(v)for “shall” in the last two places it occurs substitute “may”;
(c)in paragraph 3 in the first subparagraph for “each one” to the end of the paragraph substitute “the investigating institution may request that the other institution complete the said form.”;
(d)in paragraph 3 in the second subparagraph for “shall” in both places it occurs substitute “may”;
(e)in paragraph 3 in the third subparagraph—
(i)for “Member States” substitute “States”;
(ii)for “shall” in the first place it occurs substitute “may”;
(iii)for “which shall” substitute “and may request each institution to”;
(iv)for “shall” in the last place it occurs substitute “to”;
(f)omit paragraph 5.