Article 8 Exchange of supplementary information

Supplementary information shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the ‘SIRENE Manual’ and using the communication infrastructure. Should the communication infrastructure be unavailable, Member States may use other adequately secured technical means for exchanging supplementary information.

Supplementary information shall be used only for the purpose for which it was transmitted.

Requests for supplementary information made by a Member State shall be answered as soon as possible.

Detailed rules for the exchange of supplementary information shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 51(2) in the form of the SIRENE Manual, without prejudice to the provisions of the instrument setting up the management authority.