S.L. 164.6 Art. 12Judicial authorisation.

(1) Judicial authorisation is not required to provide information to the Single Point of Contact or to the competent law enforcement authorities of another Member State in exchanges of information under regulations 7 to 11.

(2) The International Relations Unit shall immediately take all necessary steps to obtain judicial authorisation as soon as possible in order to provide the necessary information requested by the Single Point of Contact or to the competent law enforcement authorities of other Member States.

(3) Requests for judicial authorisation shall be assessed and decided upon in accordance with national law.