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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 32025R2650 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)
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Paragraph 3 now also names the downstream operator, alongside the operator, trader and authorised representative, as an entity in whose Member State of establishment the competent authority may receive communicated confidential information from customs authorities.
In the earlier version this paragraph referred only to the operator, trader or authorised representative, without mentioning a downstream operator.
Cited: Art. 27, v2 (external, EUR-Lex) · Art. 27, v1 (external, EUR-Lex)
v1 is the previous version, v2 this one.
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Previous version, in force 26 December 2024 02023R1115-20241226 → this version, in force 26 December 2025 02023R1115-20251226
Article 27 Cooperation and exchange of information among authorities 1. To enable the risk-based approach referred to in Article 16(5) for relevant products entering or leaving the market and to ensure that checks are effective and carried out in accordance with this Regulation, the Commission, competent authorities and customs authorities shall cooperate closely and exchange information. 2. Customs authorities and competent authorities shall cooperate in accordance with Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 and exchange information necessary for the fulfilment of their functions under this Regulation, including through electronic means. 3. The customs authorities may communicate, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, confidential information acquired by the customs authorities in the course of performing their duties, or provided to the customs authorities on a confidential basis, to the competent authority of the Member State in which the operator, downstream operator, trader or authorised representative is established. 4. Where the competent authorities have received information in accordance with this Article, those competent authorities may communicate that information to competent authorities of other Member States in accordance with Article 21(3). 5. Risk-related information shall be exchanged as follows: (a) between customs authorities in accordance with Article 46(5) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013; (b) between customs authorities and the Commission in accordance with Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013; (c) between customs authorities and competent authorities, including competent authorities of other Member States, in accordance with Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.