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class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/514/regulation/14">14</ref> (with <ref eId="clxn8qc55-00010" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/514/regulation/1/3">reg. 1(3)</ref>); <ref eId="clxn8qc55-00011" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>, <ref eId="clxn8qc55-00012" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref></p></note></notes><proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#"><dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/608/article/21</dc:identifier><dc:title>Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003</dc:title><dct:alternative>Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council</dct:alternative><dc:description>Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003</dc:description><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:source>https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013R0608</dc:source><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:modified>2024-12-11</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2023-10-01</dct:valid><ukm:EUMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="euretained"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="EuropeanUnionRegulation"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2013"/><ukm:Number 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holder of the decision</heading><content><p>Where the holder of the decision has received the information referred to in Article 17(4), Article 18(5), Article 19 or Article 26(8), he may disclose or use that information only for the following purposes:</p><blockList class="ordered alpha parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="alpha" ukl:Decoration="parens"><item><num>(a)</num><p>to initiate proceedings to determine whether an intellectual property right has been infringed and in the course of such proceedings;</p></item><item><num>(b)</num><p>in connection with criminal investigations related to the infringement of an intellectual property right and undertaken by public authorities in the  <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-b57708fa32e3849d598854c652a08798-1733407678301" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-b57708fa32e3849d598854c652a08798"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-b57708fa32e3849d598854c652a08798" class="commentary"/>United Kingdom</ins>;</p></item><item><num>(c)</num><p>to initiate criminal proceedings and in the course of such proceedings;</p></item><item><num>(d)</num><p>to seek compensation from the infringer or other persons;</p></item><item><num>(e)</num><p>to agree with the declarant or the holder of the goods that the goods be destroyed in accordance with Article 23(1);</p></item><item><num>(f)</num><p>to agree with the declarant or the holder of the goods of the amount of the guarantee referred to in point (a) of Article 24(2).</p></item></blockList></content></article></section></chapter></body></act></akomaNtoso>