Article 10
1
Member States shall ensure that companies have a procedure for data registration in place which guarantees that information required by this Directive is reported in an accurate and timely manner.
2
Each Member State shall designate the authority that will have access to the information required under this Directive. Member States shall ensure that, in the event of an emergency or in the aftermath of an accident, that designated authority has immediate access to the information required under this Directive.
3
Personal data collected in accordance with Article 5 shall be kept by Member States no longer than is necessary for the purposes of this Directive, and in any event, no longer than:
a
until the moment the ship's voyage in question has been safely completed, but in any case not longer than 60 days after the ship's departure; or
b
in the event of emergency or in the aftermath of an accident, until any investigation or judiciary proceedings have been completed.
4
Without prejudice to other specific legal obligations under Union or national law, including obligations for statistical purposes, once the information is no longer needed for the purposes of this Directive, it shall be erased automatically and without undue delay.
Substituted by Directive (EU) 2017/2109 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2017 amending Council Directive 98/41/EC on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member States of the Community and Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States.