1.   If the information provided by the competent authority receiving the request is reproduced in the response of the requesting competent authority to the application for authorisation, the requesting competent authority shall inform the competent authority receiving the request prior to informing the applicant.

2.   In the event of a demand to disclose information that a competent authority has received from another competent authority, the competent authority receiving the demand shall notify the other competent authority prior to disclosing the information and shall assert such appropriate legal exemptions or privileges with respect to that information as may be available.