Questione giuridica chiave
Whether mutual assistance under Art. 38 BEHG was permissible despite possible onward transmission to criminal authorities in Germany.
Decisione estratta
Yes. Mutual assistance remained permissible because the German authority was bound by specialty and long-hand safeguards; a foreign obligation to inform criminal authorities did not bar assistance.
Motivazione estratta
Swiss law imposes a comparable duty on the EBK to notify criminal authorities. Assistance depends on actual observance of specialty safeguards, not on a formally binding treaty guarantee.