Article 14 Disclosure of Information

(1) Without prejudice to Article 17 of this Agreement, the Parties shall preserve from disclosure any document, information or other material directly related to the implementation of this Agreement in accordance with the applicable legislation of each Party.

(2) The Parties shall hold consultations before publicly disclosing such information.

(3) Personal data of natural persons participating in the Cooperation Programme shall be collected, recorded, stored and transferred, with their consent, in databases of the Cooperation Programme authorities and management bodies. Upon justified request, such data shall be transferred to the EU control bodies indicated in Article 17(7) of this Agreement. The Parties as well as Cooperation Programme authorities and management bodies shall ensure data security in accordance with their respective legislation.

(4) The Commission shall encourage the participating countries to take similar measures as set out in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article with regard to documents or data generated in their respective countries.