Duration of restrictions
Article 7
1. Restrictions referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 shall continue to apply as long as the reasons justifying them remain applicable. 2. Where the reasons for a restriction referred to in Article 3, 4 or 5 no longer apply, the Commission shall lift the restriction. 3. It shall also provide the principal reasons for applying that restriction to the data subject and inform him or her of the possibility of lodging a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor at any time or of seeking a judicial remedy in the Court of Justice of the European Union. 4. The Commission shall review the application of the restrictions referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 when it replies to requests submitted under Articles 22c and 24 and Article 90(1) of the Staff Regulations, and to complaints, submitted under Article 22c and Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations, or, when such requests or complaints are closed, whichever is the earlier. Thereafter, the Commission shall monitor the need to maintain any restriction on an annual basis. The review shall include an assessment of the necessity and proportionality of the restriction, taking into account the relevant elements set out in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.