Exchange of information via the Customs Information System
Article 5
1. The competent authorities shall transmit the information recorded in accordance with Articles 3 and 4, Article 5(3) and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 to the Customs Information System (CIS) in any of the following manners: (a) by manually entering the information via the CIS user web interface; (b) by exporting the information from the national system(s) and importing it into the CIS using the CIS XML data format; (c) by connecting the national system(s) directly to CIS via a system to system interface provided by the CIS. 2. The competent authorities shall transmit the information referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Member State in which it was obtained by transmitting it to the CIS in accordance with paragraph 1. 3. The competent authorities shall transmit the information referred to in Article 10(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 to the other Member States by transmitting it to the CIS in accordance with paragraph 1. 4. The competent authorities shall transmit the anonymised risk information and risk analysis results referred to in Article 10(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 electronically via the CIS to the competent authorities of the other Member States. 5. The competent authorities shall make available the information referred to in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 to the recipients referred to in Article 10(2) of that Regulation, by transmitting it to the CIS in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, respectively, where there are indications that the cash is related to criminal activity which could adversely affect the financial interests of the Union. 6. The date of the electronic transmission in accordance with the paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall be considered to be the date of transmission of the information for the purposes of Article 9(3) and Article 10(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672.