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Eurodac Regulation:
Article 47 – Protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes

1. The supervisory authority or authorities of each Member State, as referred to in Article 41(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/680Law Enforcement Directive (LED), shall monitor the lawfulness of the processing of personal data under this Regulation by the Member States for law enforcement purposes, including their transmission to and from Eurodac.

2. The processing of personal data by Europol pursuant to this Regulation shall be in accordance with Regulation (EC) 2016/794Europol Regulation and shall be supervised by the European Data Protection Supervisor.

3. Personal data obtained pursuant to this Regulation from Eurodac for law enforcement purposes shall only be processed for the purposes of the prevention, detection or investigation of the specific case for which the data have been requested by a Member State or by Europol.

4. Without prejudice to Article 24 of Directive (EU) 2016/680Law Enforcement Directive (LED), Eurodac, the designated and verifying authorities and Europol shall keep records of searches for the purpose of permitting the national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor to monitor the compliance of data processing with Union data protection rules, including for the purpose of maintaining records in order to prepare the annual reports referred to in Article 57(8) of this Regulation. Other than for such purposes, personal data, as well as the records of the searches, shall be erased in all national and Europol files after a period of one month, unless the data are required for the purposes of the specific ongoing criminal investigation for which they were requested by a Member State or by Europol.


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Regulation (EU) No 603/2013This Regulation
Article 33(2)Article 47(1)
Article 33(3)Article 47(2)
Article 33(4)Article 47(3)
Article 33(5)Article 47(4)
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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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