CHAPTER IIBASIC PRINCIPLES AND GUARANTEES

Article 22Collection of information on individual cases

For the purposes of examining individual cases, Member States shall not:

  1. (a)

    directly disclose information regarding individual applications for asylum, or the fact that an application has been made, to the alleged actor(s) of persecution of the applicant for asylum;

  2. (b)

    obtain any information from the alleged actor(s) of persecution in a manner that would result in such actor(s) being directly informed of the fact that an application has been made by the applicant in question, and would jeopardise the physical integrity of the applicant and his/her dependants, or the liberty and security of his/her family members still living in the country of origin.