# Council Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 of 2 May 2012 on administrative cooperation in the field of excise duties and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2073/2004, Article 7: Information or documents obtained with the authorisation or at the request of the judicial authority

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The communication to the competent authority of another Member State of information or documents obtained by a competent authority with the authorisation or on request of a judicial authority shall be subject to the prior authorisation of the judicial authority if such authorisation is requested under national law.
2. Where, in the case of a request for information, the judicial authority refuses such authorisation to the requested authority, the latter shall inform the requesting authority thereof in accordance with Article 25(5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/389/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-389/article-7
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