The exchange of information upon requests submitted directly to competent law enforcement authorities
Article 8
1. Member States shall ensure that, where their Single Point of Contact submits a request for information directly to a competent law enforcement authority of another Member State, at the same time, it sends a copy of that request to the Single Point of Contact of that other Member State. Member States shall ensure that, where one of their competent law enforcement authorities provides information pursuant to such a request, it sends, at the same time, a copy of that information to the Single Point of Contact of its Member State. 2. Member States shall ensure that, where one of their competent law enforcement authorities submits a request for information or provides information pursuant to such a request directly to a competent law enforcement authority of another Member State, at the same time, it sends a copy of that request or that information to the Single Point of Contact of its Member State and to the Single Point of Contact of that other Member State. 3. Member States may permit their Single Point of Contact or competent law enforcement authorities not to send copies of requests or information as referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 where it would jeopardise one or more of the following: (a) an ongoing highly sensitive investigation for which the processing of information requires an appropriate level of confidentiality; (b) terrorism cases not involving emergency or crisis management situations; (c) the safety of an individual.