Europol organs, their members, the Deputy Directors, employees of Europol and liaison officers, as well as persons under the obligation provided for in paragraph 2, may not give evidence in or outside court or make any statements on any facts or information which come to their knowledge in the performance of their duties or the exercise of their activities, without reference to the Director or, in the case of the Director himself, to the Management Board.
Organi Europola, njihovi člani, namestniki direktorja, uslužbenci Europola in uradniki za zvezo kot tudi vse druge osebe, za katere veljajo obveznosti, predvidene v odstavku 2, ne smejo razkrivati dokazov na ali izven sodišča ali dajati kakršni koli izjav o katerih koli dejstvih ali informacijah, s katerimi se lahko seznanijo med opravljanjem svojih dolžnosti ali izvajanjem svojih dejavnosti, brez navodil direktorja ali, v kolikor gre za direktorja, brez navodil Upravnega odbora.