Cooperation
Article 12
1. The warning contact person referred to in Article 8(2) of this Regulation shall provide, in writing or by electronic means, all relevant information available to such an extent as to enable the requesting institution to take exclusion decisions pursuant to Article 93(1) of the Financial Regulation or to enable the implementing authority or body to take it into account for the award of contracts connected with implementation of the budget. 2. Where certificates or evidence obtained by an institution are not consistent with registered exclusion warnings, the institution concerned shall immediately inform the warning contact person. The warning contact person and where appropriate the liaison point concerned shall take appropriate action. 3. Where certificates or evidence obtained by an implementing authority or body are not consistent with registered exclusion warnings, the authority or body shall transmit the information, through its liaison point, to the warning contact person. The warning contact person and where appropriate the liaison point concerned shall take appropriate action. 4. The accounting officer of the Commission and the contact points of the other institutions shall regularly exchange best practices. Issues related to the exclusion database shall be discussed in the framework of meetings between the implementing authority or body and the Commission service responsible.