93/588/EEC: Council Decision of 29 October 1993 on the… Article 5

Article 5

1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to enable exchange officials to play an effective part in the host service's activities and to this end such officials shall be authorized to carry out the tasks relating to the duties entrusted to them by the host service in accordance with its legal system. 2. During the exchange, the civil liability of the exchange official in the performance of his duties shall be treated in the same way as that of the national officials in the host service. 3. Exchange officials shall be bound by the same rules of professional secrecy as national officials.