# Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation 2017/2394 ยท adopted 12 December 2017 Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Notification of limitation periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND THEIR POWERS ## 5 Competent authorities and single liaison offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Cooperation for the application of this Regulation within Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Role of designated bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Information and lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Minimum powers of competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Exercise of minimum powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: MUTUAL ASSISTANCE MECHANISM ## 11 Requests for information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Requests for enforcement measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Procedure for requests for mutual assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Refusal to comply with a request for mutual assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: COORDINATED INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FOR WIDESPREAD INFRINGEMENTS AND FOR WIDESPREAD INFRINGEMENTS WITH A UNION DIMENSION ## 15 Procedure for decisions amongst Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 General principles of cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Launch of coordinated action and designation of the coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Reasons for declining to take part in the coordinated action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Investigation measures in coordinated actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Commitments in coordinated actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Enforcement measures in coordinated actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Closure of the coordinated actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Role of the coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Language arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Language arrangements for communication with traders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: UNION-WIDE ACTIVITIES ## 26 Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 External alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Exchange of other information relevant for the detection of infringements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Sweeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Coordination of other activities contributing to investigation and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Exchange of officials between competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 International cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: COMMON ARRANGEMENTS ## 33 Use and disclosure of information and professional and commercial secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Use of evidence and investigation findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Electronic database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Waiver of reimbursement of expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Enforcement priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 38 Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex: Directives and Regulations referred to in point (1) of Article 3 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.