# Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003, Article 22: Sharing of information and data between customs authorities

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

1. Without prejudice to applicable provisions on data protection in the United Kingdom and for the purpose of contributing to eliminating international trade in goods infringing intellectual property rights, ... the customs authorities of the United Kingdom may share certain data and information available to them with the relevant authorities in third countries according to the practical arrangements referred to in paragraph 3.
2. The data and information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be exchanged to swiftly enable effective enforcement against shipments of goods infringing an intellectual property right. Such data and information may relate to seizures, trends and general risk information, including on goods which are in transit ... and which have originated in or are destined for the territory of third countries concerned. Such data and information may include, where appropriate, the following:
(a) nature and quantity of goods;
(b) suspected intellectual property right infringed;
(c) origin, provenance and destination of the goods;
(d) information on movements of means of transport, in particular:
(i)name of vessel or registration of means of transport;
(ii)reference numbers of freight bill or other transport document;
(iii)number of containers;
(iv)weight of load;
(v)description and/or coding of goods;
(vi)reservation number;
(vii)seal number;
(viii)place of first loading;
(ix)place of final unloading;
(x)places of transhipment;
(xi)expected date of arrival at place of final unloading;
(e) information on movements of containers, in particular:
(i)container number;
(ii)container loading status;
(iii)date of movement;
(iv)type of movement (loaded, unloaded, transhipped, entered, left, etc.);
(v)name of vessel or registration of means of transport;
(vi)number of voyage/journey;
(vii)place;
(viii)freight bill or other transport document.
3. The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs shall make the necessary practical arrangements concerning the exchange of data and information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/608/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-608/article-22
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