Cap. 373 Art. 27DCo-operation with Europol.

(1)Without prejudice to any restriction which the Unit may be subject to, the Unit shall, upon receipt of duly justified requests made by Europol within the limits of its responsibility in the performance of its tasks and on a case-by-case basis, exchange any financial information and, or financial analysis as if the request was received from a foreign authority, body or agency having functions equivalent or analogous to those of the Unit under article 16(1)(a) and (b):

Provided that, in addition to the grounds as laid down under article 34(2)(b) to (f), the Unit may refuse to disclose any financial information or financial analysis if:

(a) the provision of such information or analysis would be contrary to the essential interests of the security of Malta;

(b) the provision of such information or analysis would jeopardise the safety of an individual; or

(c) the provision of such information would disclose information relating to the organisations or specific intelligence activities in the field of national security.

(2) Where the Unit refuses to disclose information in terms of sub-article (1), an explanation shall be provided.

(3) The provisions of article 27C(3), (4) and (5) shall mutatis mutandis apply in relation to the record keeping of requests for information received by the Unit from Europol pursuant to this article.