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2. A competent authority may refuse to act on a request to exchange information as provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article or a request for cooperation in carrying out an investigation or an on-site inspection as provided for in Articles 123 and 124, respectively, only where: complying with the request is likely to adversely affect its own investigation, enforcement activities or, where applicable, criminal investigation; judicial proceedings have already been initiated in respect of the same actions and against the same natural or legal persons before the courts of the Member State addressed; a final judgment has already been delivered in relation to such natural or legal person for the same actions in the Member State addressed.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.