Council of the European Union and European Parliament 11 March 2026, Regulation (EU) 2026/697 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2026 on cooperation among enforcement authorities responsible for the enforcement of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Article 1. Subject-matter
Article 2. Scope
Article 3. Definitions
Article 4. General principle
CHAPTER II. RESOURCES, EXPERTISE AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Article 5. Resources and expertise
Article 6. Confidentiality of information
CHAPTER III. MUTUAL ASSISTANCE MECHANISM
Article 7. Requests for information
Article 8. Requests for investigative measures
Article 9. Requests for the enforcement of decisions imposing fines or other equally effective penalties and interim measures
Article 10. Costs
Article 11. Notification mechanism
Article 12. Procedure for requests for mutual assistance
Article 13. Refusal to comply with a request for mutual assistance
Article 14. Language arrangements
CHAPTER IV. VOLUNTARY COOPERATION
Article 15. Requests for information in relation to national rules
Article 16. Requests for investigative measures in relation to national rules
Article 17. Procedure for request
CHAPTER V. INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FOR WIDESPREAD UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES WITH A CROSS-BORDER DIMENSION
Article 18. Launch of a coordinated action and designation of the coordinator
Article 19. Reasons for refusing to take part in the coordinated action
Article 20. Investigations in coordinated actions
Article 21. Enforcement measures in coordinated actions
Article 22. Cessation of coordinated action
Article 23. Role of the coordinator
Article 24. Alert system
Article 25. Language arrangements
CHAPTER VI. COOPERATION IN RELATION TO SUPPLIERS OR BUYERS ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE THE UNION
Article 26. Cooperation in relation to suppliers or buyers established outside the Union
Article 27. Contact person responsible for the Union
CHAPTER VII. PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS
Article 28. Reporting obligation of the Commission
Article 29. Reporting by Member States
Article 30. Internal Market Information System
Article 31. Exercise of the delegation
Article 32. Committee procedure
CHAPTER VIII. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 33. Entry into force and application

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2026/697

20.3.2026

REGULATION (EU) 2026/697 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 11 March 2026

on cooperation among enforcement authorities responsible for the enforcement of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply

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