Questione giuridica chiave
Whether administrative assistance could be granted to CONSOB under Art. 38 LBVM despite doubts about onward transmission and confidentiality.
Decisione estratta
No. The available assurances did not sufficiently guarantee that the requested information would remain under Swiss control and would not be further transmitted or used inconsistently with the request.
Motivazione estratta
Art. 38 LBVM requires special-purpose use and confidentiality. Although CONSOB is generally a qualified securities supervisor, Italian law and the authority's own statements left unresolved whether the Ministry of the Treasury could receive and use the data. Because a possible second recipient could not be shown to be bound effectively to the same confidentiality limits, assistance had to be refused.