Access to data by Europol
Article 7
1. Requests for access by Europol pursuant to Article 53 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall be submitted through the software. 2. Europol shall complete a form with the data referred to in Article 52(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, in accordance with Article 53 of that Regulation. Europol shall specify which data, if any, may be searched in inexact mode. 3. The specialised unit of Europol responsible for prior verification of requests, referred to in Article 53(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall include in the request its assessment as to whether the request fulfils all the conditions in paragraph 2 of that Article. It shall be technically impossible to submit the request to the ETIAS Central Unit if the assessment is not included. 4. The ETIAS Central System shall automatically prevent access to data referred to in Article 17(2), point (h) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. The ETIAS Central System shall also automatically prevent access to data referred to in Article 17(2), point (i) and Article 17(4), points (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 if the specialised unit of Europol has not indicated that relevant justifications required pursuant to Article 53(1) of that Regulation have been provided and verified. The specialised unit of Europol shall indicate in the request that the necessary verifications have been done.