BWBV0001306
Geldig vanaf 01-05-1998
Artikel 15
Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika inzake wederzijdse administratieve bijstand ten behoeve van de juiste toepassing van de douanewetgeving en de voorkoming, opsporing en bestrijding van inbreuken op de douanewetgeving
1. Any information received within the framework of administrative assistance under this Agreement shall be used solely for the purposes of this Agreement and solely by the Customs Administrations. The use of the information for other purposes or by other authorities is subject to the express approval of the Customs Administration furnishing that information.
2. Where the national law of the furnishing Contracting Party so prescribes, no information furnished within the framework of administrative assistance under this Agreement shall be used in evidence in criminal prosecutions in the receiving Contracting Party without the prior consent of the public prosecution or judicial authorities of the furnishing Contracting Party.
3. Paragraph 1 shall not preclude the disclosure of the received information in connection with a criminal prosecution, where the law of the receiving Contracting Party provides for an obligation for its Customs Administration to do so. The furnishing Customs Administration shall be given advanced notice of the envisaged disclosure.
4. Any information received under this Agreement shall be subject to the same protection and confidentiality that the same kind of information is subject to under the national law and regulations having regard to the citizens of the Contracting Party where it is received irrespective of the nationality, citizenship or residence of the persons concerned.
5. Personal data shall not be exchanged whenever there are reasonable grounds for believing that the transfer or the use made of the data transmitted would be contrary to the basic legal principles of one of the Contracting Parties or shall be exchanged subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or requirements. On request, the receiving Customs Administration shall inform the furnishing Customs Administration of the use made of personal data supplied and of the results achieved.
6. This Article is without prejudice to the obligations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the legislation of the European Union to provide information to the European Commission or any of the Customs Administrations of the European Union's Member States. The United States Customs Service shall receive notification of any intended transfer of such information.
2. Where the national law of the furnishing Contracting Party so prescribes, no information furnished within the framework of administrative assistance under this Agreement shall be used in evidence in criminal prosecutions in the receiving Contracting Party without the prior consent of the public prosecution or judicial authorities of the furnishing Contracting Party.
3. Paragraph 1 shall not preclude the disclosure of the received information in connection with a criminal prosecution, where the law of the receiving Contracting Party provides for an obligation for its Customs Administration to do so. The furnishing Customs Administration shall be given advanced notice of the envisaged disclosure.
4. Any information received under this Agreement shall be subject to the same protection and confidentiality that the same kind of information is subject to under the national law and regulations having regard to the citizens of the Contracting Party where it is received irrespective of the nationality, citizenship or residence of the persons concerned.
5. Personal data shall not be exchanged whenever there are reasonable grounds for believing that the transfer or the use made of the data transmitted would be contrary to the basic legal principles of one of the Contracting Parties or shall be exchanged subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or requirements. On request, the receiving Customs Administration shall inform the furnishing Customs Administration of the use made of personal data supplied and of the results achieved.
6. This Article is without prejudice to the obligations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the legislation of the European Union to provide information to the European Commission or any of the Customs Administrations of the European Union's Member States. The United States Customs Service shall receive notification of any intended transfer of such information.
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- Art. 15
- Geldig vanaf
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- Geldend recht
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- BWBV0001306
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- wetten.overheid.nl