Division 2.1.5 The applicant authority shall request the Commission to remove the information from the database as soon as technically possible and, in any case, not later than seven days after the closure of the case, if following a request pursuant to Article 6 of the Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004:F1

1. (a)

   the information exchanged does not generate an alert or a request pursuant to Article 8,

   or

2. (b)

   it is established that no intra-Community infringement has taken place.

F2A competent authority shall, as soon as it discovers that a request for mutual assistance pursuant to Articles 6, 7 and 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 contains erroneous data that can not be corrected by other means, request the Commission to remove the information from the database as soon as technically possible and, in any case, not later than 7 days after receiving the request for deletion.

All other information relating to requests for mutual assistance pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 shall be removed from the database 5 years after the closure of the case.