Modalities of requesting information
Article 4
1. The United Kingdom representative or contact point, as the case may be, shall respond to any request for information expeditiously, thereby giving the Union representative sufficient time to assess the information for the purposes of exercising the rights under Article 12(2) of the Protocol. 2. If the authorities of the United Kingdom consider that a request for information or the relevance of such request is not clear, or that the scope of information requested would make compliance with a request excessively burdensome, they may ask the Union representative who made the request to clarify or refine its scope. 3. When exercising the rights under Article 12(2) of the Protocol, and with due consideration of their obligations referred to in Article 2(1) of this Decision, Union representatives shall have the right to examine and, where necessary, copy documents and records in the possession of the authorities of the United Kingdom which contain information relevant to the covered activities. The Union shall protect this information in accordance with Article 2(4). 4. Union representatives may request that authorities of the United Kingdom carrying out covered activities provide relevant information about those activities.