Banking or professional secrecy shall not prevent the exchange of information between the persons and bodies referred to in Article L. 562-4 and the State departments responsible for preparing or implementing any freezing measure taken under this chapter, Articles L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 or an act adopted pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, where such information makes it possible to verify the identity of the persons directly or indirectly concerned by this measure or to monitor transactions involving frozen funds and economic resources. The information provided or exchanged may only be used for the purposes mentioned in this Article.
In order to carry out their duties under this chapter, the State departments mentioned above shall exchange with the other State departments and the licensing and supervisory authorities mentioned in Article L. 561-36 the information required to carry out their respective duties.
When they identify information likely to relate to an offence punishable by Article L. 574-3 of this Code and Article L. 459 of the Customs Code, the authorisation and control authorities referred to in Article L. 561-36 communicate this information to the State departments specified by decree.