Council Directive of 21 November 1989 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of legislation on veterinary and zootechnical matters (89/608/EEC) (repealed)

Article 4

1. At the request, which shall be duly reasoned, of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall

• communicate to the applicant authority all information, attestations, documents or certified copies thereof in its possession or which it can obtain as prescribed in paragraph 2 and which are such as to enable it to check that the provisions laid down in legislation on veterinary and zootechnical matters have been complied with,

• carry out any relevant inquiry into the accuracy of the facts notified by the applicant authority and inform it of the outcome of such inquiries including the information that was necessary for such inquiries.

2. In order to obtain this information, the requested authority or the administrative authority which it has addressed shall proceed as though it were acting on its own account or at the request of another authority in its own country.