Obligation to Observe Confidentiality. 1. Information, documents and other communications received under this Annex shall not be used for purposes other than those specified in this Annex, without the written consent of the customs authority which furnished them. 2. Any information communicated in whatever form pursuant to this Annex shall be of a confidential nature. It shall be covered by the obligation of official secrecy and shall enjoy the protection extended to the same kind of information and documents under the legislation in force in the territory of the state of the Party which received it. 3. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not impede the use of information in any judicial or administrative proceedings subsequently instituted for failure to comply with customs legislation.
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