Article 53

Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters · European Union

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 13 March 1998. 2. However, Article 42 will not apply to Denmark, Ireland, Sweden or the United Kingdom until Community rules exist applicable to all the data covered by this Regulation. As from the date when the rules referred to in the first subparagraph apply in all the Member States, Article 42 will be repealed and the derogation provided for in the first subparagraph will cease to have effect. If after 5 years the rules in question have not yet become applicable, the Commission shall prepare a report, together with any proposals it deems necessary. For as long as the four Member States concerned do not apply the provisions of Article 42, the Member States and the Commission may subject the non-automatic processing of personal data which they may communicate to those four Member States to compliance with rules on data protection equivalent to those which they apply themselves to the non-automatic processing of such data. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.