1.When cooperating by means of IMI, competent authorities, acting through IMI users in accordance with administrative cooperation procedures, shall ensure that, in accordance with the applicable [F2legislation listed in the Annex], an adequate response is provided within the shortest possible period of time, and in any event within [F3any deadline set by that legislation].
2.A competent authority may invoke as evidence any information, document, finding, statement or certified true copy which it has received electronically by means of IMI, on the same basis as similar information obtained in [F4the United Kingdom], for purposes compatible with the purposes for which the data were originally collected.
3.Each competent authority shall be a controller with respect to its own data processing activities performed by an IMI user under its authority and shall ensure that data subjects can exercise their rights in accordance with Chapters III and IV, where necessary, in cooperation with the Commission.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Art. 7(1) substituted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(a)(i)
F3Words in Art. 7(1) substituted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(a)(ii)
F4Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b)
Textual Amendments
F1Regulation revoked (E.W.S.) (9.12.2022) by The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 5