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Council Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 Article 7

Information or documents obtained with the authorisation or at the request of the judicial authority

Article 7

1.   The communication to the competent authority of another Member State of information or documents obtained by a competent authority with the authorisation or on request of a judicial authority shall be subject to the prior authorisation of the judicial authority if such authorisation is requested under national law. 2.   Where, in the case of a request for information, the judicial authority refuses such authorisation to the requested authority, the latter shall inform the requesting authority thereof in accordance with Article 25(5).

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