Artikel 15

1. Any information and intelligence received within the framework of administrative assistance under this Agreement shall be used solely for the purposes of this Agreement and by the Customs Administrations except in cases in which the Customs Administration furnishing such information has expressly approved its use for other purposes or by other authorities. Any such information may, if the national law of the furnishing Customs Administration so prescribes, only be used in criminal matters after the public prosecution or judicial authorities in the requested Contracting Party have agreed to such use.
2. This Article shall not preclude use or disclosure of information if there is an obligation to do so under the laws of the requesting Contracting Party in connection with a criminal prosecution. Advance notice of such proposed disclosure shall be given.
3. Any information received under this Agreement shall be treated as confidential and shall at least be subject to the same protection and confidentiality as the same kind of information is subject to under the national legal and administrative provisions of the Contracting Party where it is received.
4. 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. Any such intended provision of information will be notified in advance to the Customs Administration of the Republic of Latvia.