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REGULATION (EU) 2016/794 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA
32016R0794 · official text on EUR-Lex

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Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS, OBJECTIVES AND TASKS OF EUROPOL

• Article 1 — Establishment of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation
• Article 2 — Definitions
• Article 3 — Objectives
• Article 4 — Tasks

Chapter II COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND EUROPOL

• Article 5 — Participation in joint investigation teams
• Article 6 — Request by Europol for the initiation of a criminal investigation
• Article 7 — Europol national units
• Article 8 — Liaison officers

Chapter III ORGANISATION OF EUROPOL

• Article 9 — Administrative and management structure of Europol

Section 1 Management Board

• Article 10 — Composition of the Management Board
• Article 11 — Functions of the Management Board
• Article 12 — Multiannual programming and annual work programmes
• Article 13 — Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board
• Article 14 — Meetings of the Management Board
• Article 15 — Voting rules of the Management Board

Section 2 Executive Director

• Article 16 — Responsibilities of the Executive Director

Chapter IV PROCESSING OF INFORMATION

• Article 17 — Sources of information
• Article 18 — Purposes of information processing activities
• Article 19 — Determination of the purpose of, and restrictions on, the processing of information by Europol
• Article 20 — Access by Member States and Europol's staff to information stored by Europol
• Article 21 — Access by Eurojust and OLAF to information stored by Europol
• Article 22 — Duty to notify Member States

Chapter V RELATIONS WITH PARTNERS

Section 1 Common provisions

• Article 23 — Common provisions

Section 2 Transfer and exchange of personal data

• Article 24 — Transfer of personal data to Union bodies
• Article 25 — Transfer of personal data to third countries and international organisations
• Article 26 — Exchanges of personal data with private parties
• Article 27 — Information from private persons

Chapter VI DATA PROTECTION SAFEGUARDS

• Article 28 — General data protection principles
• Article 29 — Assessment of reliability of the source and accuracy of information
• Article 30 — Processing of special categories of personal data and of different categories of data subjects
• Article 31 — Time-limits for the storage and erasure of personal data
• Article 32 — Security of processing
• Article 33 — Data protection by design
• Article 34 — Notification of a personal data breach to the authorities concerned
• Article 35 — Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject
• Article 36 — Right of access for the data subject
• Article 37 — Right to rectification, erasure and restriction
• Article 38 — Responsibility in data protection matters
• Article 39 — Prior consultation
• Article 40 — Logging and documentation
• Article 41 — Data Protection Officer
• Article 42 — Supervision by the national supervisory authority
• Article 43 — Supervision by the EDPS
• Article 44 — Cooperation between the EDPS and national supervisory authorities
• Article 45 — Cooperation Board
• Article 46 — Administrative personal data

Chapter VII REMEDIES AND LIABILITY

• Article 47 — Right to lodge a complaint with the EDPS
• Article 48 — Right to a judicial remedy against the EDPS
• Article 49 — General provisions on liability and the right to compensation
• Article 50 — Liability for incorrect personal data processing and the right to compensation

Chapter VIII JOINT PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY

• Article 51 — Joint Parliamentary scrutiny
• Article 52 — Access by the European Parliament to information processed by or through Europol

Chapter IX STAFF

• Article 53 — General provisions
• Article 54 — Executive Director
• Article 55 — Deputy Executive Directors
• Article 56 — Seconded national experts

Chapter X FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Article 57 — Budget
• Article 58 — Establishment of the budget
• Article 59 — Implementation of the budget
• Article 60 — Presentation of accounts and discharge
• Article 61 — Financial rules

Chapter XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Article 62 — Legal status
• Article 63 — Privileges and immunities
• Article 64 — Language arrangements
• Article 65 — Transparency
• Article 66 — Combating fraud
• Article 67 — Rules on the protection of sensitive non-classified and classified information
• Article 68 — Evaluation and review
• Article 69 — Administrative inquiries
• Article 70 — Headquarters

Chapter XII TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

• Article 71 — Legal succession
• Article 72 — Transitional arrangements concerning the Management Board
• Article 73 — Transitional arrangements concerning the Executive Director, the Deputy Directors and staff
• Article 74 — Transitional budgetary provisions

Chapter XIII FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 75 — Replacement and repeal
• Article 76 — Maintenance in force of the internal rules adopted by the Management Board
• Article 77 — Entry into force and application