Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1427 of 21 May 2021 on a pilot project to implement the administrative cooperation provisions relating to refusals to grant authorisations set out in Directive (EU) 2021/555 of the European Parliament and of the Council by means of the Internal Market Information System (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1427
• Articles: 7

Article 1 The pilot project

Paragraph 4 of Article 18 of Directive (EU) 2021/555, insofar as the exchange of information mentioned in that paragraph falls within the scope of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1423, shall be subject to a pilot project to implement the administrative cooperation provision set out in that paragraph, as further detailed in that Delegated Regulation, by means of the Internal Market Information System (‘IMI’).

Article 2 Competent authorities

For the purposes of the pilot project, the national authorities referred to in Article 18(3) of Directive (EU) 2021/555 shall be considered as competent authorities.

Article 3 Administrative cooperation between competent authorities

For the purposes of the pilot project, IMI shall provide the following functionality:

(a)

a repository for storing and sharing information on refusals in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1423;

(b)

a search facility allowing competent authorities to search the repository in order to check whether it contains information on refusals with respect to a specific individual;

(c)

a facility allowing entries to be removed and updated in accordance with Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1423;

(d)

a system for sending regular email reminders to the competent authorities to remind them to review certain entries in accordance with Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1423.

Article 4 Retention of personal data

For the purposes of blocking personal data pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 that have been stored and shared in the repository as part of the pilot project, the date to be considered as the date, with respect to each refusal decision, when personal data no longer need to be so stored and shared shall be the date when, in accordance with Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1423, the information relating to that refusal decision is to cease to remain accessible. The blocked data shall be automatically deleted in IMI three years after the date when the data were blocked.

Article 5 Monitoring and reporting

The Commission shall provide Member States with statistics on the number of entries recorded in the repository. Such reporting shall not include information on individual refusal decisions.

Article 6 Evaluation

The evaluation of the outcome of the pilot project required by Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council by [… OJ: please insert date that is three years after entry

into force of this Decision] .

Article 7 Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .