Paragraph 1: General provisions

For the application of Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006, the services or units of the national police, the national gendarmerie, the Directorate-General for Customs and Excise and the Directorate-General for Public Finances designated by order of the Minister for Justice and, as appropriate, the Minister for the Interior or the Minister for the Budget may, under the conditions laid down in this section, for the purposes of…

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 11 relating to the confidentiality of investigations, any information or data exchanged shall be confidential. The procedures for transmitting and storing such information and data shall ensure compliance with this principle.