Member States may provide that where a national competition authority requires a natural person to provide information on the basis of measures referred to in point (e) of Article 6(1), Article 8 or Article 9, that information shall not be used in evidence to impose sanctions on that natural person or on her or his close relatives.
Féadfaidh na Ballstáit a fhoráil, i gcás ina n-éilíonn údarás iomaíochta náisiúnta ar dhuine nádúrtha faisnéis a thabhairt ar bhonn bearta dá dtagraítear i bpointe (e) d'Airteagal 6(1), Airteagal 8 nó Airteagal 9, ní úsáidfear an fhaisnéis sin mar fhianaise chun smachtbhannaí a fhorchur ar an duine nádúrtha sin nó ar gharghaolta leis an duine sin.