(3)Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 establishes that competent authorities are to exchange information and provide assistance. However, requests for assistance should, to the extent possible, include the taking of a statement or carrying out an on-site inspection or an investigation, only in cases where a simple request for exchange of information would not be sufficient. Prior to filing a request for assistance to a competent authority of another Member State, a competent authority is expected to have undertaken all actions reasonably practicable in its own jurisdiction, noting though it may not be reasonably feasible for this authority to have exhausted all the methods of enquiry prior to the request.