Exchange of information
Article 37
1. Where necessary for the implementation of this Regulation, the Member States shall provide, on request, the Commission with the following information: (a) imports of processed agricultural products; (b) exports of non-Annex I goods; (c) applications for, the issuing and the use of inward processing certificates for agricultural products referred to in Article 18; (d) applications for the issuing and the use of refund certificates referred to in Article 28(1); (e) payments and reimbursements of export refunds for non-Annex I goods referred to in Article 22(1); (f) the administrative implementing measures adopted; (g) other relevant information. Where export refunds are applied for in another Member State than that in which the non-Annex I goods were produced, information on the production and the composition of the non-Annex I goods referred to in point (e) shall be notified to that other Member State on its request. 2. The Commission may forward the information submitted to it in accordance with paragraph 1, points (a) to (g), to all Member States. 3. In order to ensure the integrity of information systems and the authenticity and legibility of documents and associated data transmitted, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 42, establishing: (a) the nature and type of the information to be notified in accordance with paragraph 1; (b) the categories of data to be processed, maximum retention periods and the purpose of processing, in particular in the event of the publication of such data and their transfer to third countries; (c) the access rights to the information or information systems made available, having due regard to professional secrecy and confidentiality; (d) the conditions subject to which the information is to be published. 4. The Commission may adopt implementing acts necessary for the application of this Article, concerning: (a) the methods of notification; (b) the details regarding the information that is to be notified; (c) arrangements for the management of the information to be notified, as well as for the content, form, timing, frequency and deadlines of the notifications; (d) the arrangements for transmitting or making information and documents available to the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council, international organisations, the competent authorities in third countries, or the public, while guaranteeing the protection of personal data and the legitimate interest of undertakings in the protection of their business secrets. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(2).