Federal and cantonal authorities shall transmit to the FDFA and the FDF, on their own initiative or on request, the information and personal data necessary for this Act to be enforced.
The FDFA shall transmit to the federal supervisory authorities and to federal and cantonal authorities responsible in matters of mutual legal assistance and criminal prosecution, at their request, the information and personal data they require to carry out their legal tasks.
The FOJ or the authority entrusted with the execution of a request for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters shall inform the FDFA where:
a request for international mutual legal assistance in criminal matters concerning assets frozen in Switzerland held by foreign politically exposed persons or their close associates will not be granted owing to a failure of state structures in the requesting country;
there is reason to believe that no mutual legal assistance proceedings in criminal matters can be conducted based on the provisions of Article 2 letter a of the Mutual Assistance Act of 20 March 19811; or where
it will be necessary to reject an already pending request for mutual legal assistance based on the provisions of Article 2 letter a of the Mutual Assistance Act.