1.Each Member State shall designate one or more liaison bodies acting as contact points responsible for facilitating the exchange of communications between competent authorities in accordance with Articles 104 to 107.
2.The designation of liaison bodies shall not preclude direct contacts, exchange of information or cooperation between the staff of competent authorities in different Member States.
3.Member States shall communicate to the Commission and other Member States the contact details of their liaison bodies designated in accordance with paragraph 1, and any subsequent modification of those details.
4.The Commission shall publish and update on its website the list of liaison bodies communicated to it by the Member States in accordance with paragraph 3.
5.All requests for assistance pursuant to Article 104(1), and notifications and communications pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 shall be transmitted by a liaison body to its correspondent in the Member State to which the request or the notification is addressed.
6.The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, establish the specifications of the technical tools and the procedures for communication between liaison bodies designated in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 145(2).