Pursuant to the art 16 (10) of the Act on Protection of Competition, on a basis of international treaty by which the Slovak Republic is bound or on the basis of consent of a person which has provided information or to which information refers, the AMO shall provide information to the competition authorities of other states for the purposes necessary to apply the competition law in these states, including information protected pursuant to this Act or pursuant to the special legislation. The AMO may provide information according to the first sentence only if reciprocity is ensured.