Liaison between the assisting Party and the Lead State during the Joint Response Operations shall be maintained, according to circumstances, either through direct contacts, through the Liaison Officer of the assisting Party integrated in the staff of the SOSC or through NOSCs if these are personally taking part in the operations (cf. Article 4.5).
Zveza med pogodbenico, ki pomaga, in vodilno državo se med skupnimi ukrepi odzivanja vzdržuje glede na okoliščine z neposrednimi stiki prek osebe za zveze pogodbenice, ki pomaga, vključene med osebje vrhovnega poveljnika na kraju samem, ali prek poveljnikov pogodbenic na kraju samem, če osebno sodelujejo pri ukrepih (glej točko 4.5).