Article 26 — Cooperation in relation to suppliers or buyers established outside the Union

In relation to unfair trading practices laid down in Article 3(1) and (2) of Directive (EU) 2019/633 which occur in relation to sales of agricultural and food products between buyers and suppliers as referred to in Article 1(2) of Directive (EU) 2019/633 where the suppliers or buyers are established outside the Union, an enforcement authority may: (a) request information from an enforcement authority of another Member State to establish whether an unfair trading practice has occurred or is occurring in the Member State of the applicant enforcement authority; for the purposes of such a request, Articles 6, 7(1), (2) and (3), 10, 11, 12, 13(1) and 14 shall apply mutatis mutandis; (b) alert the Commission and other enforcement authorities concerned when it suspects that an unfair trading practice towards a supplier established outside the Union or by a buyer established outside the Union is occurring and that that unfair trading practice might concern buyers or suppliers established in at least three Member States; for the purposes of such alerts, Articles 6, 24(2) and (3) and 25 shall apply mutatis mutandis.