When responding to requests submitted through the mutual assistance mechanism, competent authorities should, where appropriate, also make use of other powers or measures granted to them at the national level, including the power to initiate or refer matters for criminal prosecution.
Agus freagra á thabhairt ar iarrataí arna ndéanamh tríd an sásra um chúnamh frithpháirteach, ba cheart do na húdaráis inniúla, nuair is iomchuí, úsáid a bhaint freisin as cumhachtaí nó bearta eile arna ndeonú dóibh ar an leibhéal náisiúnta, lena n-áirítear an chumhacht chun ionchúiseamh coiriúil a thionscnamh nó ábhair a tharchur le haghaidhionchúiseamh coiriúil.