CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subject matter
Article 1
This Regulation lays down rules for the use of an Internal Market Information System (‘IMI’) for administrative cooperation among the IMI actors, including the processing of personal data.

Establishment of IMI
Article 2
IMI is hereby formally established.

Scope
Article 3
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IMI shall be used for exchanges of information, including of personal data, among the IMI actors and for the processing of that information for the purposes of administrative cooperation required in accordance with the provisions of the legislation listed in the Annex.
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Expansion of IMI
Article 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Definitions
Article 5
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in the UK GDPR as supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018 shall apply.
In addition, the following definitions shall also apply:
1. ‘IMI’ means the electronic tool provided by the Commission to facilitate administrative cooperation among the IMI actors;
2. ‘administrative cooperation’ means the collaboration between IMI actors by exchanging and processing information for the purpose of better application of
the legislation listed in the Annex
;
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4. ‘administrative cooperation procedure’ means a pre-defined workflow provided for in IMI allowing IMI actors to communicate and interact with each other in a structured manner;
5. ‘IMI coordinator’ means a body appointed by a Member State
or the United Kingdom
to perform support tasks necessary for the efficient functioning of IMI in accordance with this Regulation;
6. ‘competent authority’ means any body established at either national, regional or local level and registered in IMI with specific responsibilities relating to the application of
the legislation listed in the Annex
;
7. ‘IMI actors’ means the competent authorities, the IMI coordinators, the Commission and the Union bodies, offices and agencies;
8. ‘IMI user’ means a natural person working under the authority of an IMI actor and registered in IMI on behalf of that IMI actor;
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10. ‘blocking’ means applying technical means by which personal data become inaccessible to IMI users via the normal interface of IMI;
11. ‘formal closure’ means applying the technical facility provided by IMI to close an administrative cooperation procedure;
12. ‘the Information Commissioner’ means the Information Commissioner provided for under section 114 of the Data Protection Act 2018;
13. ‘the UK GDPR’ has the meaning given in section 3(10) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (Text with EEA relevance).
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
Art. 3(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(2)(a)
Art. 3(2) omitted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by virtue of The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)
Art. 4 omitted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by virtue of The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(3)
Words in Art. 5 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(4)(a)
Art. 5(l)(m) inserted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(g)
Words in Art. 5(b) 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(4)(b)
Art. 5(c) omitted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by virtue of The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(c)
Words in Art. 5(e) inserted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(d)
Words in Art. 5(f) 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(4)(e)
Art. 5(i) omitted (N.I.) (9.12.2022) by virtue of The Internal Market Information System Regulation (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1306), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(f)