Source: OJ L, 2024/2545, 26.11.2024

Article 7 Procedures for sending and processing a request for cooperation or exchange of information

Summary What does Article 7 of the ITS on competent authority information exchange say?

Article 7 sets out the practical communication standards that both the requesting and requested authorities must follow when cooperating and exchanging information.

It builds on the procedural framework established in Articles 4 and 5, adding obligations around how authorities communicate, how delays should be handled, and the general duty to cooperate in resolving any difficulties that arise during the execution of a request.

Important points:

Both authorities must communicate using the most expedient means, accounting for confidentiality, correspondence times, volume of material, and ease of access.
The requested authority is required to provide a new estimated date or timeframe, with reasons, if it cannot meet the deadline referenced in Article 4(1).
The requested authority and the requesting authority are required to cooperate to resolve any difficulties that may arise in executing a request.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

1. The requesting authority and the requested authority shall communicate using the most expedient means, taking due account of the following:
  1. confidentiality considerations;
  2. correspondence times;
  3. the volume of material to be communicated;
  4. the ease of access to the information by the requesting authority.
2. The requesting authority shall reply promptly to any request for clarifications from the requested authority.
1. Where a reply cannot be provided by the estimated date or timeframe referred to in Article 4(1), the requested authority shall give a new estimated date or timeframe to the requesting authority explaining the reasons for the delay, using the same means used to acknowledge receipt of the request.
1. The requested authority and the requesting authority shall cooperate in order to resolve any difficulties that may arise in executing a request.

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