Russian Federation
Article 10. Attitude to information collected by customs authorities 1. Any information received by the customs authorities in accordance with the statutes of the customs laws, other legal acts of the Russian Federation, legal acts of federal ministries, authorized in the field of customs, and federal service, responsible for customs, may be used for customs purposes. (In the red. Federal law from 29.06.2004 N 58-FZ) 2. Customs authorities, their officials and other persons having access to the information specified in paragraph 1, by operation of law or contract, may not disclose, use for personal purposes or to third parties, including government agencies, information constituting a state, commercial, banking, tax or other legally protected secrets and other confidential information, except in cases stipulated by this Code and other federal laws. Customs authorities provide information provided by the federal bodies of executive power, if such information is necessary to these bodies for the tasks assigned to them by federal laws, in the order determined by the federal Service responsible for customs, in coordination with the Federal Ministry, authorized in the field of customs, and information related to the implementation of law enforcement - in procedure established by federal agency responsible for customs, and relevant federal executive authorities, in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation for the Protection of state, commercial, banking, tax or other legally protected secrets and other confidential information. (In the red. Federal law from 29.06.2004 N 58-FZ), federal executive authorities, their officials, other persons having by law to access information from the customs authorities may not disclose, distribute, use for personal purposes or to third parties such information, except cases stipulated by federal laws.