Article 7 - Notification of refusal to act on the request for cooperation or exchange of information

Where, in accordance with Article 31(2) of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503, the requested competent authority refuses to act, in full or in part, on a request as referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation, it shall, within 15 working days of receipt of the request, notify the requesting competent authority in writing of its refusal to act, using the form set out in Annex IV.