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Version date: 17 January 2020 - onwards
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Article 26 Alerts

1. A competent authority shall without delay notify the Commission, other competent authorities and single liaison offices of any reasonable suspicion that an infringement covered by this Regulation that may affect consumers' interests in other Member States is taking place on its territory.

2. The Commission shall without delay notify the competent authorities and single liaison offices concerned of any reasonable suspicion that an infringement covered by this Regulation has occurred.

3. When notifying, that is to say issuing an alert, under paragraphs 1 and 2 the competent authority or the Commission shall provide information about the suspected infringement covered by this Regulation, and in particular, and, where available, the following:

(a) a description of the act or omission that constitutes the infringement;

(b) details of the product or service concerned by the infringement;

(c) the names of the Member States concerned or possibly concerned by the infringement;

(d) the identity of the trader or traders responsible or suspected of being responsible for the infringement;