Article 12
Simultaneous controls
1. Where two or more Member States agree to conduct simultaneous controls, in their own territory, of one or more persons of common or complementary interest to them, with a view to exchanging the information thus obtained, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall apply.
2. The competent authority in each Member State shall identify independently the persons for whom it intends to propose a simultaneous control. It shall notify the competent authority of the other Member States concerned of any cases for which it proposes a simultaneous control, giving reasons for its choice.
It shall specify the period of time during which those controls are to be conducted.
3. The competent authority of each Member State concerned shall decide whether it wishes to take part in simultaneous controls. It shall confirm its agreement or communicate its reasoned refusal to the authority that proposed a simultaneous control within 60 days of receiving the proposal.
4. The competent authority of each Member State concerned shall appoint a representative with responsibility for supervising and coordinating the control operation.
SECTION III
Administrative notification
Who wrote about this article in the consultations
Filers who named this exact article number in their own text. It is their sentence, not our reading — and not a causal claim.
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Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 1 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.