Article 3
Instances of Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
1.
The Customs Authorities shall at the request or on own initiative furnish each other in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement with all relevant information enabling them to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, including inter alia information regarding the movement of goods, their value, origin and tariff classification as well as information regarding acts committed or planned which contravene or may contravene that legislation.
2. The requested Authority shall, on its own initiative or upon request, supply to the applicant Authority the following information:
a) whether goods imported into the territory of the State of one Contracting Party have been lawfully exported from the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party;
b) whether goods exported from the territory of the State of one Contracting Party have been lawfully imported into the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party.
3. At the request of the applicant Authority, the requested Authority shall take the necessary steps to ensure that surveillance is kept on:
a) particular natural or legal persons of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are contravening or have contravened customs legislation in the territory of the State of the applicant Authority;
b) places where goods are stored in a way that gives grounds for suspecting that they are intended to be illicitly imported into the territory of the State of the applicant Authority;
c) movement of goods notified by the applicant Authority as possibly giving rise to substantial contraventions of customs legislation in the territory of the State of the applicant Authority;
d) means of transport for which there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have been, are or may be used in the contravening of customs legislation in the territory of the State of the applicant Authority.