Artikel 8

1. On request, the requested administration shall maintain surveillance, under its legal competence, over and provide information on:
a) goods, either in transport or in storage, known to have been used or suspected of being used to commit a customs offence in the territory of the requesting Party;
b) means of transport known to have been used or suspected of being used to commit a customs offence in the territory of the requesting Party;
c) premises in the territory of the requested Party known to have been used or suspected of being used in connection with the commission of a customs offence in the territory of the requesting Party;
d) persons known to have committed a customs offence or suspected of being about to commit a customs offence in the territory of the requesting Party, particularly those moving into and out of the territory of the requested Party.
2. Either customs administration may maintain such surveillance and provide such information on its own initiative if it has reason to believe that activities planned, ongoing or completed appear to constitute a customs offence in the territory of the other Contracting Party.