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# Article 9 — Unsolicited cooperation or exchange of information

**Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1406 · binding · OJ L 325, 7.10.2020 · dated 2 Oct 2020 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1406, OJ L 325, 7.10.2020 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/1406/oj/eng)*

1. <a id="art-9-p-1"></a>For the purposes of any cooperation or exchange of information falling within the scope of this Regulation that is not the subject of a specific request, including any subsequent communications relating to it, the form set out in Annex IV shall be used.
1. <a id="art-9-p-2"></a>In the case of an exchange of information referred to in Article 25, paragraphs 3, 5 and 8 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 falling within the scope of this Regulation, if the competent authority believes that the information should be supplied urgently, it may transmit the information orally provided that the information is subsequently transmitted in writing without undue delay using the form set out in Annex IV.