1.   The requests for information and the responses exchanged between competent authorities in accordance with this Regulation shall be submitted in writing in a language customary in the field of finance, or in any Union language accepted by the competent authorities of the home and the host Member States.

Those requests and responses shall be transmitted in a secure way by electronic means, where those means are accepted by the competent authorities of the home and the host Member States.

2.   Where the requesting authority has objective reasons justifying the urgency of the request, the requesting authority may make the request by means other than those referred to in paragraph 1, including orally. Any request for cooperation or exchange of information made orally shall be subsequently confirmed in writing in accordance with paragraph 1, unless the competent authorities concerned agree otherwise.

3.   Each competent authority shall communicate the languages accepted in accordance with paragraph 1 to EBA. EBA shall include that information, for each competent authority, in the list of single contact points referred to in Article 2(2).