S.L. 9.20 Art. 5Obligation to contact.

When the Attorney General has reasonable grounds to believe that parallel proceedings are being conducted in another Member State, it shall contact the competent authority of that other Member State to request confirmation of such existing proceedings to proceed to enter into direct consultations according to the provisions of regulation 9:

Provided that where the competent authority to be contacted in another Member State is unknown, the necessary inquiries shall be made including through the European Judicial Network: Provided further that no contact need take place when the relevant competent authorities conducting such parallel proceedings have already been informed of the existence of these proceedings by any other means.