The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 shall receive, at its request or at their initiative, the information and requests from counterpart foreign financial intelligence units necessary for the performance of its duties. It shall process such requests as quickly as possible, making use of the powers and prerogatives provided for in this Title that it usually exercises at national level.
This department may not pass on to another competent authority information thus communicated to it by a counterpart financial intelligence unit without the latter’s prior authorisation.