Functions of IMI in relation to alerts
Article 3
1. For the purpose of the exchange of information on alerts, IMI shall provide for the following actions: (a) sending alerts when the conditions laid down in Article 29(3) and Article 32(1) of Directive 2006/123/EC are met; (b) sending and requesting additional information on alerts; (c) withdrawing alerts which are sent without the conditions laid down in Article 29(3) and Article 32(1) of Directive 2006/123/EC being met; (d) correcting information contained in alerts; (e) sending proposals for closure of alerts; (f) objecting to proposals for closure of alerts; (g) closing alerts when the conditions laid down in Article 29(3) and Article 32(1) of Directive 2006/123/EC are no longer met. 2. For the purpose of sending alerts and related information to other Member States and of receiving alerts from other Member States, IMI shall provide for the function of alert coordinator. The function of alert coordinator may be carried out by the IMI actors provided for in Articles 7 and 8 of Decision 2008/49/EC. 3. Prior to erasure from the system according to the procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision 2008/49/EC, information, including personal data, contained in an alert which has been closed shall no longer be visible to any user in IMI.