Procedure for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes
Article 31
1. An operating unit as referred to in Article 29(5) shall submit a reasoned electronic or written request to a central access point as referred to in Article 29(3) for access to EES data. Upon receipt of a request for access, such a central access point shall verify whether the conditions for access referred to in Article 32 are fulfilled. If the conditions for access are fulfilled, such a central access point shall process the request. The EES data accessed shall be transmitted to an operating unit as referred to in Article 29(5) in such a way that the security of the data is not compromised. 2. In a case of urgency, where there is a need to prevent an imminent danger to the life of a person associated with a terrorist offence or another serious criminal offence, a central access point as referred to in Article 29(3) shall process the request immediately and shall only verify ex post whether all the conditions referred to in Article 32 are fulfilled, including whether a case of urgency actually existed. The ex post verification shall take place without undue delay and in any event no later than seven working days after the processing of the request. 3. Where an ex post verification determines that the access to EES data was not justified, all the authorities that accessed such data shall erase the information accessed from the EES and shall inform the relevant central access point of the Member State in which the request was made of the erasure.