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 Articles 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 them 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 of this Decision when the requestor provides their consent to engage in informal mediation with the person concerned or at the latest when requests submitted under Decision C(2024)1420 are closed. Thereafter, the Commission shall monitor the need to maintain any restriction every 6 months. 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.