CHAPTER IICOOPERATION ON REQUEST
SECTION III Time limits and refusals
Article 7Time limits
1.
A requesting authority may remind a requested authority that it has not yet responded to a previous request for cooperation by sending a ‘Reminder message for administrative cooperation’ document, as set out in Table 9 of Annex I.
2.
Where the requested authority does not respond to a request within the time limits provided for in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 it shall send information on the reasons for the failure using an ‘Answer message’ document, as set out in Table 8 of Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 8Refusal to cooperate
F1Where the requested authority refuses to handle a request for information, to carry out an administrative enquiry relating to the requested information, or to provide the information requested, it shall notify the requesting authority by means of an ‘ Answer message ’ document, as set out in Table 8 of Annex I to this Regulation.
It shall send such notification as soon as it has taken its decision and in any event within three months of receipt of the request.