CHAPTER XIVDATA PROTECTION AND DATA-SHARING

Article 59F1Protection of data held by the competent authority

1.

Without prejudice to Articles 62 and 63, data submitted for the purposes of Directive 98/8/EC or of this Regulation shall not be used by F2the competent authority for the benefit of a subsequent applicant, except where:

(a)

the subsequent applicant submits a letter of access; or

(b)

the relevant time limit for data protection has expired.

2.

When submitting data to F3the competent authority F4... for the purposes of this Regulation the applicant shall, where relevant, indicate the name and contact details of the data owner for all data submitted. The applicant shall also specify whether it is the data owner or holds a letter of access.

3.

The applicant shall, without delay, inform the competent authority F5... about any changes to the ownership of the data.

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