Recital (19) of the preamble to the directive says that the information should be provided“at the latest before the first official interview of the suspect or accused person by the police or by another competent authority.”Articles 3.1 and 4.1 of the directive provide that the information should be provided “promptly”.The committee may wish to draw to the attention of the lead committee the fact that regulation 3 does not make provision for the latest timing, which is referred to in the preamble to the directive.