sec_7_6_3__para__3

Information exchanged between national surveillance authorities has to be treated according to the principles of confidentiality and of professional and commercial secrecy. Further, personal data shall be protected in accordance with EU and national law. Where a Member State has rules permitting free access by persons to information held by surveillance authorities, this fact must be revealed at the time of the request to another surveillance authority, or during the exchange of information if no such request occurs. If the sending authority indicates that the information involves matters of professional or commercial confidentiality, the receiving authority should ensure that this can be provided for. Otherwise the sending authority is entitled to withhold the information.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.