The services and establishments of the State and other public authorities are required to communicate to competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers and judicial police officers all information and documents in their possession which may prove useful in the fight against counterfeiting, with the exception of that which they have collected or exchanged pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002, as amended, on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty, without being able to invoke the obligation of professional secrecy.