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blocking of personal data in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001
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or the national laws implementing Directive 95/46/EC.
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Article 33(6) provides that all requests for the exercise of the right of access,
rectification, erasure or blocking shall be submitted to and processed by the
customs authorities. Where a data subject has submitted a request for the
exercise of that right to the Commission, the Commission shall forward such
request to the customs authorities concerned.
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Article 33(7) provides that personal data shall not be kept longer than six
months from the date the relevant decision granting the application has been
revoked or the relevant period during which the customs authorities are to take
action has expired.
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Article 33(8) provides that where the holder of the decision has initiated
proceedings in accordance with Art 23(3) or Art 26(9) and has notified the
customs authorities of the initiation of such proceedings, personal data shall be
kept for six months after proceedings have determined in a final way whether an
IPR has been infringed.
I. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
1. Repeal
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Article 38 provides for the repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003
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with
effect from 1 January 2014.
2. Transitional provisions
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Article 39 provides that applications granted in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 1383/2003 shall remain valid for the period specified in the decision
granting the application during which the customs authorities are to take action
and shall not be extended.
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Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the
protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and
bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, pp. 1-22).
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Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected
of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have
infringed such rights (OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, pp. 7-14).
