Article 1
Open ↗Decision 2010/573/CFSP is hereby amended as follows: (1) the following Article is inserted: ‘ Article 2a 1. The Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the “High Representative”) may process personal data in order to carry out their tasks under this Decision, in particular: (a) as regards the Council, for preparing and making amendments to the Annex; (b) as regards the High Representative, for preparing amendments to the Annex. 2. The Council and the High Representative may process, where applicable, relevant data relating to criminal offences committed by listed natural persons, to criminal convictions of such persons or to security measures concerning such persons, only to the extent that such processing is necessary for the preparation of the Annex. 3. For the purposes of this Decision, the Council and the High Representative are designated as “controllers” within the meaning of point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) , in order to ensure that the natural persons concerned can exercise their rights under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. ( *1 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC ( OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39 ).’;" (2) Article 4(2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. This Decision shall apply until 31 October 2020. It shall be kept under constant review. It shall be renewed or amended, as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’.