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1. A competent authority shall without delay notify the Commission, other competent authorities and single liaison offices of any reasonable suspicion that an infringement covered by this Regulation that may affect consumers’ interests in other Member States is taking place on its territory.

2. The Commission shall without delay notify the competent authorities and single liaison offices concerned of any reasonable suspicion that an infringement covered by this Regulation has occurred.

3. When notifying, that is to say issuing an alert, under paragraphs 1 and 2 the competent authority or the Commission shall provide information about the suspected infringement covered by this Regulation, and in particular, and, where available, the following:

(a) a description of the act or omission that constitutes the infringement;

(b) details of the product or service concerned by the infringement;

(c) the names of the Member States concerned or possibly concerned by the infringement;

(d) the identity of the trader or traders responsible or suspected of being responsible for the infringement;

(e) the legal basis for possible actions by reference to national law and the corresponding provisions of the Union legal acts listed in the Annex;

(f) a description of any legal proceedings, enforcement measures or other measures taken concerning the infringement and their dates and duration, as well as the status thereof;

(g) the identities of the competent authorities bringing the legal proceedings and taking other measures.

4. When issuing an alert, the competent authority may ask competent authorities and the relevant single liaison offices in other Member States and the Commission, or the Commission may ask competent authorities and the relevant single liaison offices in other Member States, to verify whether, based on information that is available or easily accessible to the relevant competent authorities or to the Commission, respectively, similar suspected infringements are taking place in the territory of those other Member States or whether any enforcement measures have already been taken against such infringements in those Member States. Those competent authorities of other Member States and the Commission shall reply to the request without delay.