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Eurodac Regulation:
Article 41 – Keeping of records

1. eu-LISAEuropean Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice shall keep records of all data processing operations within Eurodac. Those records shall show the purpose, date and time of access, the data transmitted, the data used for querying and the name of both the unit entering or retrieving the data and the persons responsible.

2. For the purposes of Article 8 of this Regulation, eu-LISAEuropean Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice shall keep records of each data processing operation carried out within Eurodac. Records of such type of operations shall include the elements provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article and the hits triggered while carrying out the automated processing laid down in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240European Travel Information and Authorisation System Regulation.

3. For the purposes of Article 10 of this Regulation, Member States and eu-LISAEuropean Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice shall keep records of each data processing operation carried out within Eurodac and the VISVisa Information System in accordance with this Article and Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008Visa Information System Regulation.

4. The records referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be used only for the data protection monitoring of the admissibility of data processing and to ensure data security pursuant to Article 46. Those records shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased after a period of one year after the storage period referred to in Article 29 has expired, unless they are required for monitoring procedures which have already begun.

5. For the purposes laid down in Article 1(1), points (a), (b), (c), (g), (h) and (j), each Member State shall take the necessary measures in order to achieve the objectives set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article in relation to its national system. In addition, each Member State shall keep a record of the staff duly authorised to enter or retrieve the data.


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Regulation (EU) No 603/2013This Regulation
Article 28(1), (2) and (3)Article 41(1), (4) and (5)
—Article 41(2) and (3)
Categories: Articles Key words: Hit

Keywords

Absconding Accelerated Examination Procedure Adequate capacity Annual Solidarity Pool Asylum Border Procedure Beneficiary of temporary protection Best Interests of the Child Biometric data Common Identity Repository (CIR) Crisis/Force Majeure Detention Determining authority Effective Remedy Eurodac Facial image data Family members Fingerprint data Hit Humanitarian admission Identification Identity data Illegal stay Mandatory Solidarity Member State Responsible Migratory pressure Minor Non-Refoulement Refugee status Relocation Remain in the Member State Representative Resettlement Return Border Procedure Safe Country of Origin Safe Third Country Search and rescue operation Secondary Movement Special procedural guarantees Special reception needs Stateless person Subsequent application Subsidiary protection status Transfer Unaccompanied minor Visa

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