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(1) The title of these regulations is the Simplification of Exchange of Information between National Law Enforcement Authorities and other Authorities of the Member States of the European Union having similar powers Regulations.

(2) These regulations transpose Directive (EU) 2023/977 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 on the exchange of information between the law enforcement authorities of Member States and repealing Council Framework Decision 2006/960/ JHA.

(3) The scope of these regulations is to establish rules on the exchange of information between the competent law enforcement authorities for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating criminal offences in particular on:

(a) the establishment or designation and the organisation, tasks, composition and capabilities of the International Relations Unit, including on the deployment and operation of a single electronic case management system;

(b) requests for information submitted to the Single Points of Contact of other Member States, in particular on the content of such requests, the provision of information pursuant to such requests, the working languages of the Single Points of Contact of other Member States, mandatory time limits for providing requested information and the reasons for the refusal of such requests;

(c) the provision by competent law enforcement authorities, on their own initiative, of relevant information to the Single Points of Contact of other Member States or to the competent law enforcement authorities of other Member States, in particular the situations and the manner in which such BETWEEN NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES AND OTHER AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HAVING 164.06 SIMILAR POWERS

information is to be provided;

(d) the default channel of communication to be used for all exchanges of information under these regulations and the information to be provided to the Single Points of Contact of other Member States in relation to the exchange of information directly between the competent law enforcement authorities.