CHAPTER IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

More favourable treatment
Article 14
Member States may introduce or retain provisions more favourable than those of this Directive in so far as they are compatible with this Directive.

Protection of personal data
Article 15
1
Personal data processed for the purposes of this Directive, including the facial image or photograph of the applicant referred to in Article 4(2), shall only be used to verify the identity of the applicant in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 4, to print the uniform EU ETD sticker, and to facilitate travel of that applicant. The assisting Member State and the Member State of nationality shall ensure appropriate security of personal data.
2
Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, an applicant to whom an EU ETD is issued shall have the right to verify the personal data contained in the EU ETD and, where appropriate, to ask for corrections to be made by issuing a new document.
3
No information in machine-readable form shall be included in an EU ETD unless it also appears in the sections referred to in point 6 of Annex II.
4
The assisting Member State and the Member State of nationality shall retain the personal data of an applicant only for as long as necessary, including for the collection of the fees referred to in Article 5. In no case shall that personal data be retained longer than 180 days by the assisting Member State or longer than two years by the Member State of nationality. Upon expiry of the retention period, the personal data of an applicant shall be erased.
5
By derogation from paragraph 4, Member States shall ensure the safe destruction of any returned EU ETD and of all related copies as soon as possible.

Monitoring
Article 16
1
Member States shall regularly monitor the application of this Directive based on the following indicators:
a
number of EU ETDs issued in accordance with Article 3 and the nationality of the recipient;
b
number of EU ETDs issued in accordance with Article 7 and the nationality of the recipient; and
c
number of cases of EU ETD fraud and counterfeits.
2
Member States shall organise the production and gathering of the data necessary to measure the change in the indicators set out in paragraph 1, and shall supply that information to the Commission on a yearly basis.
3
The Commission may adopt implementing acts establishing additional indicators to those referred to in paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 12(2).

Evaluation
Article 17
1
No sooner than five years after the date of transposition of this Directive, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive and present a report on the main findings to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report shall include an evaluation of the appropriateness of the level of security of personal data, the impact on fundamental rights and the possible introduction of a uniform fee for EU ETDs.
2
Member States shall provide the Commission with the information necessary for the preparation of the report referred to in paragraph 1.

Repeal
Article 18
1
Decision 96/409/CFSP is repealed with effect from 36 months after the adoption of the additional technical specifications referred to in Article 9.
2
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Directive.
3
Member States shall ensure the invalidation and destruction of ETD forms produced according to Decision 96/409/CFSP within the time limit referred to in paragraph 1.

Transposition
Article 19
1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 24 months of the adoption of the additional technical specifications referred to in Article 9, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those provisions to the Commission.
They shall apply those measures from 36 months after the adoption of the additional technical specifications referred to in Article 9.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Entry into force
Article 20
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Addressees
Article 21
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.