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1. Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy and to the provisions of Article 337 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ◄ , natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:

(a) provide immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as information about funds and economic resources held or controlled while acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, any natural or legal person, entity, body or group listed in Annex I or Annex Ia, or about accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 2, to the competent authorities of the Member States where they are resident or located, and, directly or through those competent authorities, to the Commission. In particular, available information in respect of funds or economic resources owned or controlled by persons designated by the United Nations Security Council or the Sanctions Committee and listed in Annex I during the period of six months before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be provided;

(b) cooperate with the competent authorities ————— ◄ in any verification of this information.

2. Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

3. Any additional information directly received by the Commission shall be made available to the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.