Article 9 Electronic communication
1.
Cape Verde and the EU undertake to install as soon as possible the computer systems required for the electronic exchange of all the information and documents related to the implementation of the Agreement.
2.
Once the systems provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article are operational, the electronic version of a document will be considered to be the equivalent of a paper document in every way.
3.
Cape Verde and the EU shall inform each other of any malfunction of a computer system as soon as possible. The information and documents related to the implementation of the Agreement shall then be automatically replaced by their paper version as specified in the Annex.