Designation of the Data Protection Officer
Article 77
1. The College shall designate a Data Protection Officer, on the basis of a proposal from the European Chief Prosecutor. The Data Protection Officer shall be a member of staff specifically appointed for this purpose. In the performance of his/her duties, the Data Protection Officer shall act independently and may not receive any instructions. 2. The Data Protection Officer shall be selected on the basis of the Officer’s professional qualities and, in particular, expert knowledge of data protection law and practice, and the ability to fulfil the tasks referred to in this Regulation, in particular those referred to in Article 79. 3. The selection of the Data Protection Officer shall not be liable to result in a conflict of interests between the Officer’s duty as Data Protection Officer and any other official duties, in particular in relation to the application of this Regulation. 4. The Data Protection Officer shall be appointed for a term of 4 years and shall be eligible for reappointment up to a maximum total term of 8 years. The Officer may be dismissed from the post of Data Protection Officer by the College only with the agreement of the European Data Protection Supervisor, if the Officer no longer fulfils the conditions required for the performance of his/her duties. 5. The EPPO shall publish the contact details of the data protection officer and communicate them to the European Data Protection Supervisor.