Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER V U.K. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

Article 31 U.K. Exchange of data on decisions relating to applications and detentions between [F1 the United Kingdom] and the Commission

1. The competent customs departments [F2 may notify] the Commission of the following:

(a) decisions granting applications, including the application and its attachments;

(b) decisions extending the period during which the customs authorities are to take action or decisions revoking the decision granting the application or amending it;

(c) the suspension of a decision granting the application.

2. [F3 Where] the release of the goods is suspended or the goods are detained, the customs authorities [F4 may] transmit to the Commission any relevant information, except personal data, including information on the quantity and type of the goods, value, intellectual property rights, customs procedures, countries of provenance, origin and destination, and transport routes and means.

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[F7 5. Upon request by the Commission, the customs authorities may share such information with the Commission as they consider necessary for the application of this Regulation.]

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Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 31 heading substituted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(a) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 31(1) substituted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(b) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in Art. 31(2) substituted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(c)(i) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Word in Art. 31(2) substituted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(c)(ii) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Art. 31(3) omitted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(d) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Art. 31(4) omitted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(d) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Art. 31(5) substituted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(e) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Art. 31(6) omitted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(f) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F9 Art. 31(7) omitted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 23(f) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10 Article 32 U.K. Establishment of a central database

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Textual Amendments

F10 Art. 32 omitted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 24 (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 33 U.K. Data protection provisions

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[F12 2. Processing of personal data by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs shall be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).]

3. Personal data shall be collected and used solely for the purposes of this Regulation. Personal data so collected shall be accurate and shall be kept up to date.

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7. Personal data shall not be kept longer than six months from the date the relevant decision granting the application has been revoked or the relevant period during which the customs authorities are to take action has expired.

8. Where the holder of the decision has initiated proceedings in accordance with Article 23(3) or Article 26(9) and has notified the customs authorities of the initiation of such proceedings, personal data shall be kept for six months after proceedings have determined in a final way whether an intellectual property right has been infringed.

Textual Amendments

F11 Art. 33(1) omitted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 25(a) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F12 Art. 33(2) substituted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 25(b) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F13 Art. 33(4)-(6) omitted (except in relation to goods entering Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland or exiting Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/514), regs. 1(2), 25(a) (with reg. 1(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)