--- title: "Article 63 — Confidentiality" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120" source_retrieved: 2026-10-03 shortTitle: "Article 63 — Confidentiality" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/2847" instrument: cra celex: "32024R2847" regulation: CRA regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/2847" article: 63 status: in_force object_id: eu.cra.legal_text.article.63 text_version: "Consolidated version of 20 November 2024" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · applies from 11 Dec 2027 · Consolidated version of 20 November 2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120)* 1. All parties involved in the application of this Regulation shall respect the confidentiality of information and data obtained in carrying out their tasks and activities in such a manner as to protect, in particular: **(a)** intellectual property rights and confidential business information or trade secrets of a natural or legal person, including source code, except the cases referred to in Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council; **(b)** the effective implementation of this Regulation, in particular for the purposes of inspections, investigations or audits; **(c)** public and national security interests; **(d)** integrity of criminal or administrative proceedings. 2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, information exchanged on a confidential basis between the market surveillance authorities and between market surveillance authorities and the Commission shall not be disclosed without the prior agreement of the originating [market surveillance authority](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/market-surveillance-authority). 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Commission, Member States and notified bodies with regard to the exchange of information and the dissemination of warnings, nor the obligations of the persons concerned to provide information under criminal law of the Member States. 4. The Commission and Member States may exchange, where necessary, sensitive information with relevant authorities of third countries with which they have concluded bilateral or multilateral confidentiality arrangements guaranteeing an adequate level of protection. *** [Chapter VII — Confidentiality and penalties](../chapters/vii.md) · [← Article 62](62.md) · [Article 64 →](64.md)