1.The competent authorities of the Member States shall cooperate with the Agency and the Commission to enable them to carry out their duties under this Regulation.
2.Information provided by the national competent authorities in response to a request from the Agency or the Commission under this Regulation shall be used by the Agency and the Commission only for the following purposes:
(a)as evidence for the purposes of applying this Regulation;
(b)for carrying out the tasks entrusted to them for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products under Regulation (EC) No 726/2004.