Notwithstanding Article L. 561-18, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c and in 12°, 12°a, 13°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 may, when acting for the same customer and in the same transaction or when they have knowledge, for the same customer, of the same transaction, inform each other, by any secure means, of the existence and content of the report provided for in Article L. 561-15. These exchanges of information are authorised, among the persons listed in Article L. 561-2, only between those mentioned in 1° to 7° or between those mentioned in 1° bis, 1° ter and 1° quater that mainly provide the service mentioned in 6° of II of Article L. 314-1, or between those mentioned in 7° bis to 7° quater. They are also authorised between the persons mentioned in 12°, 12° bis, 13° to 19° of the same Article L. 561-2 or between those mentioned in 18° and the lawyers mentioned in 13°, if the following conditions are met:
a) The persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c and in 12°, 12°a, 13°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 are located in France, in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area ;
b) When the exchange of information involves persons who are not located in France, these persons are subject to equivalent obligations in terms of professional secrecy;
c) The information exchanged shall be used exclusively for the purposes of preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism;
d) The processing of the information communicated, when carried out in a third country, guarantees a sufficient level of protection of the privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in accordance with Articles 122 and 123 of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 referred to above.