I. – For the purposes of this section, the requesting Member State means the Member State of the European Union which makes a request for assistance and the requested Member State means the Member State of the European Union to which the request is addressed.
II. – The administration may request assistance from Member States of the European Union and is obliged to assist them in matters of recovery, notification of acts or decisions, including judicial decisions, the taking of precautionary measures and the exchange of information relating to all claims concerning :
1° all taxes and duties of any kind levied by or on behalf of a Member State or by or on behalf of its territorial or administrative subdivisions, including local authorities, or on behalf of the European Union ;
2° administrative penalties, fines, fees and surcharges relating to claims which may be the subject of a request for mutual assistance in accordance with 1° which have been imposed by the administrative authorities responsible for the collection of the taxes or duties concerned or for the administrative enquiries relating thereto or which have been confirmed, at the request of these administrative authorities, by administrative or judicial bodies;
3° interest and costs relating to claims which may be the subject of a request for assistance in accordance with 1° and 2°.
However, claims relating to criminal sanctions imposed on the basis of prosecution at the behest of the public prosecutor or to other criminal sanctions not mentioned in 2° are excluded.