1.   The competent authorities and the ESAs, in accordance with the legal acts granting them the powers to be used for the purposes of carrying out their duties under Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, shall keep confidential the existence and content of any request for cooperation or information provided under Article 36 of that Regulation, of any response to such a request, and of any notification or other information provided under that Article.

2.   The competent authorities and the ESAs, in accordance with the legal acts referred to in paragraph 1, shall use information provided to them pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 for the purposes of carrying out their duties under that Regulation only.