TITLE IVU.K.ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION

Article 107U.K.Assistance on the basis of information provided by third countries

1.When competent authorities receive information from a third country indicating non-compliance with rules referred to in Article 1(2) or a risk to human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or, as regards GMOs and plant protection products, also to the environment, they shall, without delay:

(a)notify such information to the [F1other competent authorities in the British Islands]; and

F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.Information obtained through official controls and investigations performed in accordance with this Regulation may be communicated to the third country referred to in paragraph 1, provided that:

(a)the competent authorities which have provided the information consent to such communication;

(b)the third country has undertaken to provide the assistance necessary to gather evidence of practices that are or appear to be non-compliant with [F3rules in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain] or that pose a risk to humans, animals or plants or the environment; and

(c)relevant F4... national rules applicable to the communication of personal data to third countries are complied with.

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