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Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (revoked)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.(1) This Regulation lays down the ways in which the...

  3. Article 2.(1) For the purposes of this Regulation: ‘customs legislation’ means...

  4. Article 2a.Without prejudice to other provisions of this Regulation, and in...

  5. Article 3.Where national authorities decide, in response to a request for...

  6. TITLE I ASSISTANCE ON REQUEST

    1. Article 4.(1) At the request of the applicant authority, the requested...

    2. Article 5.At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority...

    3. Article 6.(1) At the request of the applicant authority, the requested...

    4. Article 7.At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority...

    5. Article 8.At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority...

    6. Article 9.(1) The requested authority shall at the request of the...

    7. Article 10.By agreement between the applicant authority and the requested authority...

    8. Article 11.Staff of the applicant authority present in another Member State...

    9. Article 12.Without prejudice to Article 51, information, including documents, certified true...

  7. TITLE II SPONTANEOUS ASSISTANCE

    1. Article 13.The competent authorities of each Member State shall, as laid...

    2. Article 14.Where they consider it useful for ensuring compliance with customs...

    3. Article 15.(1.) The competent authorities of each Member State shall immediately...

    4. Article 16.Without prejudice to Article 51, information, including documents, certified true...

  8. TITLE III RELATIONS WITH THE COMMISSION

    1. Article 17.(1) The competent authorities of each Member State shall communicate...

    2. Article 18.(1) Where a Member State's competent authorities become aware of...

    3. Article 18a.(1) Without prejudice to the competences of the Member States...

    4. Article 18b.(1) The Commission shall be authorised to provide training and...

    5. Article 18c.The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, provisions...

    6. Article 18d.(1) The Commission shall establish and manage a directory (...

    7. Article 18e.The Commission may request a Member State to provide documents...

  9. TITLE IV RELATIONS WITH THIRD COUNTRIES

    1. Article 19.Provided that the third country concerned has legally committed itself...

    2. Article 20.(1) In pursuit of the objectives of this Regulation, the...

    3. Article 21.(1) The findings and information obtained in the course of...

    4. Article 22.Member States shall notify the Commission of information exchanged within...

  10. TITLE V CUSTOMS INFORMATION SYSTEM

    1. Chapter 1 Establishment of a Customs Information System

      1. Article 23.(1) An automated information system, the ‘Customs Information System’, hereinafter...

    2. Chapter 2 Operation and use of the CIS

      1. Article 24.The CIS shall consist of a central database facility and...

      2. Article 25.(1) The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts,...

      3. Article 26.The following principles must be observed in the implementation of...

      4. Article 27.(1) Personal data which are included in the categories referred...

      5. Article 28.(1) If the actions referred to in Article 27 (1)...

      6. Article 29.(1) Access to data included in the CIS shall be...

      7. Article 30.(1) CIS partners may use data obtained from the CIS...

      8. Article 31.(1) The inclusion of data in the CIS shall be...

    3. Chapter 3 Amendment of data

      1. Article 32.(1) Only the supplying CIS partner shall have the right...

    4. Chapter 4 Storage of data

      1. Article 33.Data included in the CIS shall be kept only for...

    5. Chapter 5 Personal-data protection

      1. Article 34.(1) Each CIS partner intending to receive personal data from,...

      2. Article 35.(1) Subject to Article 30(1), CIS partners shall be prohibited...

      3. Article 36.(1) The rights of persons with regard to the personal...

    6. Chapter 6 Personal-data protection supervision

      1. Article 37.(1) Each Member State shall designate a national supervisory authority...

    7. Chapter 7 Data security

      1. Article 38.(1) All appropriate technical and organizational measures necessary to maintain...

      2. Article 39.(1) Each of the Member States shall designate a department...

    8. Chapter 8 Responsibilities and publication

      1. Article 40.(1) Each CIS partner that has included data in the...

      2. Article 41.The Commission shall publish a communication in the Official Journal...

  11. TITLE Va CUSTOMS FILES IDENTIFICATION DATABASE

    1. Chapter 1 Establishment of a customs files identification database

      1. Article 41a.(1) The CIS shall also include a specific database called...

    2. Chapter 2 Operation and use of the FIDE

      1. Article 41b.(1) The competent authorities may enter data from investigation files...

      2. Article 41c.(1) The introduction and consultation of data in the FIDE...

    3. Chapter 3 Storage of data

      1. Article 41d.(1) The period for which data may be stored shall...

  12. TITLE VI FINANCING

    1. Article 42a.(1) This Regulation is the basic act on which the...

  13. TITLE VII FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 43.(1) The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on...

    2. Article 43a.(1) The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That...

    3. Article 43b.By 9 October 2017 , the Commission shall carry out...

    4. Article 44.Without prejudice to the provisions in Titles V and Va,...

    5. Article 45.(1) Regardless of the form, any information transmitted pursuant to...

    6. Article 46.For the purposes of applying this Regulation, Member States shall...

    7. Article 47.Member States may decide by common accord whether procedures are...

    8. Article 48.(1) This Regulation shall not bind Member States' administrative authorities...

    9. Article 49.Without prejudice to the Commission's right to be notified under...

    10. Article 50.Without prejudice to the expenses associated with the implementation of...

    11. Article 51.This Regulation shall not affect the application in the Member...

    12. Article 51a.The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall report...

    13. Article 52.(1) Regulation (EEC) No 1468/81 is hereby repealed.

    14. Article 53.(1.) This Regulation shall enter into force on the third...

  14. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      COMMUNICATION OF DATA

      2. 1. Communication to other public bodies

      3. 2. Communication to private individuals

      4. 3. International communication

      5. 4.1. Requests for communication

      6. 4.2. Conditions governing communication

      7. 4.3. Safeguards for communication

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