It is necessary to clarify that confidential information is not exchanged between the Member States themselves as such but between the relevant authorities (national statistics institutes, etc.) of the Member States, and only for statistical purposes and in respect of national law.
Ir jāprecizē, ka ar konfidenciālu informāciju apmainās nevis dalībvalstis, bet gan dalībvalstu attiecīgās iestādes (nacionālie statistikas institūti utt.), turklāt tikai statistikas nolūkiem un ievērojot valsts tiesību aktus.