Summary

Professional assistance is one of the many forms of administrative cooperation. The article deals with the definition and function of professional assistance and studies how to improve administrative cooperation via regulating and providing professional assistance. From this aspect, the article focuses on the bases of the application and provision of professional assistance, the application procedure, handling the application, the responsibilities of the applicant authority and supporting authority, reimbursing the expenses, and solving the claims. A special focus is on forwarding personal details in case of professional assistance and international professional assistance.