S.L. 164.6 Art. 3Applicability. 4 [S.L.

(1) These regulations shall not apply to exchanges of

BETWEEN NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES AND OTHER AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HAVING 164.06 SIMILAR POWERS

information between the competent law enforcement authorities for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating criminal offences that are specifically regulated by other Union legal acts and national legislation.

(2) These regulations shall not be construed as limiting the adoption of bilateral or multilateral arrangements on cooperation and further facilitation of exchange of information with other Member States or third countries for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating criminal offences.

(3) These regulations do not impose any obligation on national law enforcement authorities to:

(a) obtain information by means of coercive measures;

(b) store information for the sole purpose of providing it to the competent law enforcement authorities of other Member States;

(c) provide information to the competent law enforcement authorities of other Member States to be used as evidence in judicial proceedings.

(4) These regulations do not establish any right for national law enforcement authorities to use the information obtained pursuant to these regulations as evidence in judicial proceedings without the consent of the Competent law enforcement authorities that provide the data:

Provided that this sub-regulation shall apply mutatis with respect to the use of evidence in judicial proceedings mutandis whereby consent shall be obtained from other Member States.