CHAPTER II

FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN RELATION TO IMI

Competent authorities
Article 7
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
legislation listed in the Annex
, an adequate response is provided within the shortest possible period of time, and in any event within
any 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
the 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.
Regulation 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
Words 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)
Words 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)
Words 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)