Where they are unable to respond to a request for information or where they refuse to respond to such a request for one of the reasons provided for in articles 695-9-39 to 695-9-42, the departments and units mentioned in Article R. 695-9-31 shall inform the competent department of the requesting State.
In the case provided for in Article 695-9-44, they shall inform the competent service of the requesting State of the reasons why, where applicable, they object to the retransmission or new use of the information.