1.The competent authorities of the Member States shall cooperate with each other and with the Commission to ensure the proper application and due enforcement of this Regulation and shall transmit to each other all information necessary with a view to applying this Regulation uniformly.
2.The Commission shall provide for the organisation of an exchange of experience between the competent authorities in order to coordinate the uniform application of this Regulation.
3.Cooperation may be part of initiatives developed at international level.
The competent authority of any Member State where the cosmetic product is made available may request the competent authority of the Member State where the product information file is made readily accessible to verify whether the product information file satisfies the requirements referred to in Article 11(2) and whether the information set out therein provides evidence of the safety of the cosmetic product.
The requesting competent authority shall provide a motivation for the request.
Upon that request, the competent authority requested shall, without undue delay and taking into account the degree of urgency, carry out the verification and shall inform the requesting competent authority of its findings.