Logging and documentation
Article 59
1. Each Member State and Europol shall ensure that all data processing operations resulting from requests to access to EES data in accordance with Chapter IV are logged or documented for the purposes of checking the admissibility of the request, monitoring the lawfulness of the data processing and data integrity and security, and self-monitoring. 2. The log or documentation shall show, in all cases: (a) the exact purpose of the request for access to EES data, including the terrorist offence or other serious criminal offence concerned and, for Europol, the exact purpose of the request for access; (b) the reasonable grounds given for not making comparisons with other Member States under Decision 2008/615/JHA, in accordance with point (b) of Article 32(2) of this Regulation; (c) the national file reference; (d) the date and exact time of the request for access by the central access point to the EES Central System; (e) the name of the authority which requested access for consultation; (f) where applicable, the use of the urgency procedure referred to in Article 31(2) of this Regulation and the decision taken with regard to the ex-post verification; (g) the data used for consultation; (h) in accordance with national rules or with Regulation (EU) 2016/794, the unique user identity of the official who carried out the search and of the official who ordered the search. 3. Logs and documentation shall be used only for monitoring the lawfulness of data processing and for ensuring data integrity and security. Only logs which do not contain personal data may be used for the monitoring and evaluation referred to in Article 72 of this Regulation. The supervisory authority established in accordance with Article 41(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/680, which is responsible for checking the admissibility of the request and monitoring the lawfulness of the data processing and data integrity and security, shall have access to these logs at its request for the purpose of fulfilling its duties.