41As is apparent from recital 34 of that directive, the investigative measures provided for by an EIO are provisional in nature. The sole purpose of their execution is to obtain evidence and, if the necessary conditions are met, to transmit it to the issuing authority, referred to in Article 2(c) of that directive.
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