The Concerned Authorities shall exchange Crime-related information with competent foreign authorities, and in doing so, they may: 1. Exchange information indirectly with non-counterpart foreign authorities, provided that the competent authority requesting the information indirectly shall always clarify, to the authority from which the information is requested, the purpose of the request and the authority on whose behalf the request is made. 2. Obtain an acknowledgment or undertaking from the foreign authorities that the information exchanged through international cooperation shall be used solely for the purpose for which it was requested, unless such authorities obtain prior consent for its use for another purpose.
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