Article 58

1. The Commission shall establish an electronic database of registered exporters on the basis of the information supplied by the governmental authorities of OCTs and the customs authorities of Member States. 2. Only the Commission shall have an access to the database and the data contained therein. The authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that data communicated to the Commission are kept up to date, and are complete and accurate. 3. The data processed in the database referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be disclosed to the public via the internet, with the exception of the confidential information contained in boxes 2 and 3 of the application to become a registered exporter referred to in Article 28 of this Annex. 4. Personal data processed in the database referred to in paragraph 1 shall be transferred or made available to third countries or international organisations only in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5). 5. This Decision shall in no way affect the level of protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data under the provisions of Union and national law, and in particular does not alter either the obligations of Member States relating to their processing of personal data under Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) or the obligations of the Union institutions and bodies relating to their processing of personal data under Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 when fulfilling their responsibilities. 6. Identification and registration data of exporters, constituted by the set of data listed in points 1, 3 (relating to description of activities), 4 and 5 of Appendix XI shall be published by the Commission on the internet only if the exporters concerned have freely given prior specific and informed written consent. 7. Exporters shall be provided with the information laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. 8. The rights of persons with regard to their registration data listed in Appendix XI and processed in national systems shall be exercised in accordance with the law of the Member State which stored their personal data implementing Directive 95/46/EC. 9. The rights of persons with regard to the processing of personal data in the central database referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. 10. The national supervisory data protection authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor, each acting within the scope of their respective competences, shall cooperate actively and ensure coordinated supervision of the database referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.