CHAPTER IV Cooperation with third-country authorities and with international organisations and bodies

Article 37

The competent authority of a Member State may disclose the confidential information received from competent authorities of third countries where a cooperation agreement so provides, only if it has obtained the express agreement of the competent authority which has transmitted the information and, where applicable, the information is disclosed only for the purposes for which that competent authority has given its agreement, or where such disclosure is required by Union or national law.

Article 38

The competent authority of a Member State shall require that confidential information communicated by it to a competent authority of a third country may be disclosed by that competent authority to third parties or authorities only with the prior express agreement of the competent authority which has transmitted the information, in accordance with its national law and provided that the information is disclosed only for the purposes for which that competent authority of the Member State has given its agreement, or where such disclosure is required by Union or national law or is necessary for legal proceedings in that third country.

Article 42

The Member States shall adopt appropriate provisions to ensure the effective application of this Regulation.

Article 43

Commission Decision 2005/909/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 44

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 17 June 2016.

However, Article 16(6) shall apply from 17 June 2017.