Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1302/2008 of 17 December 2008 on the central exclusion database
Date: 2008-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community budget, European Development Fund, access to information, database, disclosure of information, exclusion from treatment (EU), financial regulation, nuclear energy

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC, EURATOM) No 1302/2008

of 17 December 2008

on the central exclusion database

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation
applicable to the general budget of
the European Commu­
nities (1), and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 215/2008 of
18 February 2008 on the Financial Regulation applicable to
the 10th European Development Fund (2),
to
Article 98 thereof,

in particular

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Commission, which is responsible for executing the
general budget of the European Union and any other
funds managed by the Communities,
is under an obli­
in
gation to set up and operate a central data base,
compliance with Community rules on the protection of
personal data, with the objectives to make efficient the
exclusion mechanism provided for in the Financial Regu­
the
lation and to protect
Communities. The database should in particular cover
the execution of all Community funds independently
from the applicable management mode.

the financial

interests of

The Financial Regulation places obligations on the insti­
tutions concerning the award of contracts and grants to
third parties in the context of centralised management of
Community funds. In particular, Articles 93 and 114(3)
set out an obligation to exclude third parties from parti­
cipation in procurement or grant award procedures
where they are in one of
listed in
Article 93(1). Articles 94 and 114(3) forbid the award
of a contract or grant to third parties who, during a
specific procurement or grant procedure, are in a

the situations

the

situation of conflict of interest or misrepresentation in
supplying the information required by the institution as a
condition of participation in the procurement or award
procedure. Articles 96 and 114(4) further establish the
possibility for
contracting authority to impose
administrative and financial penalties on third parties,
in particular in the form of exclusion from the benefit
of any Community fund for a period to be determined
by the institution concerned pursuant to Article 133a of
Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of
23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the
general budget of the European Communities (3).

Articles 74 and 75 of Commission Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 23 December 2002 on the
framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to
in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the
general budget of the European Communities (4) requires
these bodies to apply the abovementioned provisions.

50

Article
(EC) No
of Commission Regulation
1653/2004 of 21 September 2004 on a standard
financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant
to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the
statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain
tasks in the management of Community programmes (5)
requires the executive agencies to apply the abovemen­
tioned provisions of the Financial Regulation for the im­
plementation for their operating budget.

status of
Given that
agencies have
executive
authorising officers by delegation of
the Commission
for the implementation of operational appropriations
for which they apply the Financial Regulation,
they
should have access to the exclusion database in the
same manner as Commission services.

the

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

The objectives and the purpose of the exclusion database
should be defined in order to determine the use of the
data.

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 78, 19.3.2008, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.
(5) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.

(7)

(8)

(9)

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The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) should have
access to the exclusion database for pursuing its regu­
latory investigation tasks and its intelligence and fraud-
prevention activities exercised pursuant to Article 1(2) of
the European
Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of
Parliament and of
the Council of 25 May 1999
concerning investigations conducted by the European
Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) (1) and Council Regulation
(Euratom) No 1074/1999 of 25 May 1999 concerning
investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud
Office (OLAF) (2).

latter should be able to request provisional registration of
an exclusion warning.

(14)

In order to avoid outdated warnings, in particular those
concerning entities which have been wound up, warnings
indicating an exclusion pursuant to Article 93(1)(a) and
(d) of the Financial Regulation should be automatically
removed after five years.

The accounting officer of the Commission should ensure
the administration of the exclusion database and have the
right
to modify data in the database. The relevant
Commission service or the other institutions should be
responsible
exclusion
warnings into the exclusion database.

requesting

entry of

the

for

Rules for access to the exclusion database should differ­
entiate between Commission services, executive agencies
and all
institutions and Community bodies using an
accounting system provided by the Commission (here­
inafter ABAC) which enables direct access
to the
warnings, on the one hand, and the other institutions,
implementing authorities and bodies that do not have
such access, on the other hand. Therefore these insti­
tutions should have access through designated contact
points and implementing authorities or bodies should
have access via liaison points.

(10)

It should be possible to limit access to the exclusion
implementing authorities or bodies
database where
manage funds with a very limited level of decentrali­
sation, which renders access to the exclusion database
inappropriate or where such access has to be denied
for data protection reasons.

(11)

In order to clearly define their responsibilities, the tasks
the contact points and liaison points should be
of
determined.

(19)

(12)

(13)

In order to reflect the fact that the database should be
common to the institutions, the data flow should be
channelled directly to the accounting officer of
the
Commission.

In order to protect the financial interests of the Commu­
nities between an exclusion decided pursuant
to
Article 93(1) of the Financial Regulation for a specific
procurement or grant procedure and the determination
of the duration of the exclusion by the institution, the

(1) OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 8.

(15) Given that exclusions pursuant

the
Financial Regulation concern specific procurement or
grant procedures and not – as under Article 93(1) – a
general exclusion situation, the registration period should
be limited and removed automatically.

to Article 94 of

(16)

(17)

(18)

The procedure for requests based on information from
implementing authorities or bodies, which applies to all
management modes with the exception of centralised
direct management, should be clearly spelled out.

The share of responsibility of the implementing auth­
orities or bodies as regards the data communicated,
through the liaison point on one side and through the
accounting officer on the other side, to the Commission
including rectification, updating or
service responsible,
removal of the data should be clearly laid down.

an

In order to provide for a clear set of rules in all cases
where the implementing authority or body did not
determine
to
Article 133a(1) of the Implementing Rules, it should be
stated that the decision on the exclusion duration should
be prepared by the Commission service responsible and
adopted by the Commission.

exclusion

pursuant

duration

The information flow between authorised users of the
exclusion database should be detailed; contact warning
persons for each warning should be determined, who
shall provide information on the warning concerned to
authorised users of the exclusion database.

(20) A specific provision should cover cases where proof
provided by third parties is not consistent with data in
the exclusion database, in order to ensure that data in the
exclusion database are correct and up to date.

(21)

In order to allow an exchange of best practices between
institutions and to address issues related to the use of the
exclusion database, a suitable framework should be
defined.

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(22)

(23)

(24)

The processing of personal data inherent to the operation
of the exclusion database shall be made in accordance
with the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament
and of
the Council of 24 October 1995 on the
protection of individuals with regard to the processing
of personal data and on the free movement of such data,
applicable to Member States (1) and the Regulation (EC)
No 45/2001 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 (2), which are fully
applicable.

the European Parliament and of

the opinion of

The present Regulation has been drafted taking due con­
sideration of
the European Data
Protection Supervisor. Furthermore, Regulation (EC) No
to
45/2001 stipulates that such processing is subject
prior
Protection
the European Data
Supervisor
following notification by the Commission
Data Protection Officer.

checking by

For sake of clarity, data protection provisions should
the persons whose data are or
precise the rights of
could be
exclusion database.
Natural and legal persons should be informed of the
introduction of data concerning them in the exclusion
database.

introduced into the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 2

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions
shall apply:

1.

2.

Parliament,

‘institutions’ mean
Council,
European
Commission, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, European
Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions,
Ombudsman,
Supervisor,
executive agencies and bodies referred to in Article 185(1)
of the Financial Regulation;

Data-Protection

European

‘implementing authority or body’ means authorities of the
international organis­
Member States and third countries,
ations and other bodies participating in the implementation
of the budget in accordance with Articles 53 and 54 of the
Financial Regulation, with the
executive
agencies and bodies referred to in Article 185(1) of that
Regulation. Member States may assign tasks provided for
in this Regulation to other national public authorities,
which shall be assimilated to implementing authorities or
bodies.

exception of

3.

tenderers,

‘third parties’ mean candidates,
contractors,
suppliers, service providers and their
respective subcon­
tractors, as well as grant applicants, grant beneficiaries,
including beneficiaries of direct aid, contractors of grant
beneficiaries and entities receiving financial support from a
beneficiary of a Community grant pursuant to Article 120 of
the Financial Regulation.

Article 1

Subject matter

1.
This Regulation establishes a central database (hereinafter
‘the exclusion database’) as referred to in Article 95 of Regu­
lation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (hereinafter ‘the Financial
Regulation’).

Article 3

Exclusion warning

Exclusion warnings shall contain the following data:

Data contained in the exclusion database may be used
2.
only for the purposes of applying Articles 93 to 96 and 114
of the Financial Regulation and Articles 133 to 134b of Regu­
lation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 as well as Articles 96 to 99
and 110 of Regulation (EC) No 215/2008.

3.
OLAF may use the data for its investigations pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 and Council Regulation
(Euratom) No 1074/1999 as well as for its intelligence and
fraud prevention activities, including risk analyses.

(1) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
(2) OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

(a)

information identifying third parties, which are in one of
the situations referred to in Article 93(1), 94, 96(1)(b) and
96(2)(a) of the Financial Regulation;

(b) information concerning persons with powers of represen­
tation, decision-making or control over legal entities, when
the
those persons have found themselves
situations referred to in Article 93(1), 94, 96(1)(b) and
96(2)(a) of the Financial Regulation;

in one of

(c)

the grounds for exclusion of third parties referred to in
point (a) or persons referred to in point (b) and, where
appropriate,
the type of conviction and the duration of
the period of exclusion.

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Article 4

Administration of the exclusion database

(a)

the Commission service responsible has not received the
certification referred to in the first subparagraph;

The Commission’s accounting officer or his subordinate
1.
to whom certain tasks are delegated in application of
staff
‘the
Article 62 of
accounting officer of the Commission’) shall ensure the admin­
istration of
the exclusion database and make appropriate
technical arrangements.

Financial Regulation (hereinafter

the

(b) the Commission service responsible is in possession of
evidence that the implementing authorities or bodies do
not apply adequate data protection measures;

The accounting officer of the Commission shall enter, modify or
remove exclusion warnings pursuant to requests by the insti­
tutions.

(c)

the Commission service responsible considers
the
access would be inappropriate in the cases of limited level
of decentralisation comprising ex ante control by the
Commission.

that

The accounting officer of the Commission shall adopt
2.
implementing measures
and
define associated supporting procedures, including in the field
of security.

concerning technical

aspects

He shall notify those measures to the Commission services and
the executive agencies and, where appropriate,
the contact
points of the other institutions designated in accordance with
Article 6(1) or the liaison points designated in accordance with
Article 7(2).

Where access to the data contained in the exclusion database is
denied, the Commission service responsible shall take appro­
priate measures in order to ensure at least the same level of
protection of
In the
framework of those measures, before the award of a grant or
a contract, the Commission service responsible shall verify that
the third party concerned is not subject
to an exclusion
warning.

the Communities’

interests.

financial

4.
Access to data contained in the exclusion database by
Commission services and executive agencies is laid down in
Commission Decision 2008/969/EC, Euratom (1).

Article 5

Access to the exclusion database

Article 6

Institutions, other than the Commission and executive
1.
agencies, shall have direct access to the data contained in the
exclusion database via the accounting system provided by the
Commission (ABAC) or through contact points.

2.
Implementing authorities or bodies managing funds under
shared management and national public-sector bodies of
Member States managing funds under centralised indirect
management
to data contained in the
exclusion database through liaison points.

shall have access

3.
Implementing authorities or bodies managing funds under
centralised indirect, decentralised or joint management shall
have access to the data contained in the exclusion database
through liaison points when they certify to the Commission
service responsible that they apply the adequate data protection
measures as laid down in agreements concluded pursuant to the
second subparagraph of Article 134a(4) of Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 2342/2002.

However, the implementing authorities or bodies shall not be
given access to the exclusion database in either of the following
cases:

Contact points and authorised users within institutions

1.
Each institution, other than the Commission and the
executive agencies, shall designate a contact point responsible
issues related to the exclusion database and
as regards all
the persons in charge to the
communicate the names of
accounting officer of the Commission.

Contact points may provide access to the information
2.
contained in the exclusion database to authorised users, who
shall be staff members of the institutions, for whom access to
that database is indispensable for a proper exercise of their
tasks. Each contact point shall keep a register of authorised
users and give the Commission access to it upon request.

Authorised users may proceed to active online consultation of
the exclusion database.

institution shall provide
3.
The
measures
to prevent
copied by unauthorised persons.

security
the information from being read or

adequate

for

(1) See page 125 of this Official Journal.

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Article 7

Liaison points and authorised users within implementing
authorities and bodies

Liaison points shall be responsible for relations with the
issues related to the exclusion

1.
Commission as regards all
database.

2.
Each Member State shall designate one liaison point for
the funds it implements by shared management pursuant to
Article 53(b) and the
implemented by centralised
indirect management by its national public-sector bodies
pursuant to Article 54(2)(c) of the Financial Regulation. Excep­
tionally and for duly justified reasons, the Commission may
approve more than one liaison point per Member State.

funds

3.
Each third country implementing funds by decentralised
management pursuant to Article 53(b) of the Financial Regu­
lation shall designate a liaison point at
the
Commission service responsible.

the request of

authorised users shall be limited to persons for whom access
to that database is indispensable for a proper exercise of their
tasks. Each implementing authority or body shall keep a register
of authorised users and give the Commission access to it upon
request.

For the purpose of award of contracts connected with im­
the budget or the European Development
plementation of
Fund, authorised users may proceed to active online consul­
tation of the exclusion database. Where an online consultation
is not possible, the authorised user may receive downloaded
data. In the latter case, the data shall be updated at least on a
monthly basis.

The authority or body having designated the liaison point
6.
or the authorised users shall provide for adequate security
measures
the information from being read or
to prevent
copied by unauthorised persons.

implementing

joint
Each implementing body
to Article 53(c) or by centralised
management pursuant
(c) or (d) of
indirect management pursuant
Article 54(2) of
exception of
national public-sector bodies, shall designate a liaison point at
the request of the Commission service responsible.

to points (b),
that Regulation, with the

funds by

Article 8

Requests from the institutions

All

1.
requests for
removal of exclusion warnings
accounting officer of the Commission.

registration,

rectification, updating or
shall be addressed to the

However, the Commission service responsible shall not request
designation of a liaison point where such a liaison point already
exists.

When the Commission service responsible withdraws access of
a liaison point to the exclusion database,
inform the
it shall
accounting officer of the Commission accordingly.

4.
Each Member State and each authority or body referred to
in paragraph 3 shall communicate the names of the persons in
charge of their respective liaison point to the accounting officer
of the Commission. The accounting officer of the Commission
shall publish the list of third countries and implementing bodies
disposing of
internal
Internet site.

liaison points on the Commission’s

5.
Liaison points shall provide the implementing authorities
or bodies with access to the information contained in the
exclusion database.

Only institutions may submit such requests. For that purpose,
the Commission services and executive agencies responsible
shall use the templates set out
in the Annex to Decision
2008/969/EC, Euratom and the contact points of other insti­
tutions shall use the templates set out in Annex I to this Regu­
lation.

2.
In each request for registration of an exclusion warning,
the Commission service or the executive agency responsible
shall certify that the information communicated was established
and transmitted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
45/2001 and indicate a warning contact person assuming the
responsibilities laid down in Article 12 of this Regulation.

When requesting the registration of an exclusion warning, the
contact points shall certify that the information communicated
was established and transmitted in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 45/2001. The contact points shall assume the respon­
sibilities of a warning contact person.

Implementing authorities and bodies may designate authorised
such
users among their

staff members. The number of

3.
Any institution shall request provisional registration of an
exclusion warning pending a decision on the duration of the
exclusion.

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The Commission service responsible or another institution
4.
that has requested registration of an exclusion warning shall be
responsible for requesting rectification, updating or removal of
that warning.

Article 9

Requests based on information from implementing
authorities or bodies

1.
The liaison points shall communicate information received
from implementing authorities or bodies on exclusion situations
referred to in Article 93(1)(e) of the Financial Regulation to the
accounting officer of the Commission who shall forward this
information to the Commission service responsible for the
programme, action or legislation and identified by the au-
thorities or bodies. They shall also transmit the certification of
the implementing authority or body that
the information
communicated by them was established and transmitted in
accordance with the principles set out in Directive 95/46/EC.

For that purpose, the liaison points shall use the template set
out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Upon receipt of information referred to in paragraph 1,
2.
the Commission service responsible shall request the accounting
officer of the Commission to enter an exclusion warning into
the exclusion database for the duration determined by the im­
plementing authority or body up to the maximum duration laid
down in Article 93(3) of the Financial Regulation.

Where no duration is determined,
the Commission service
responsible shall request a provisional registration in accordance
with Article 10(2), pending a decision by the Commission. The
Commission service responsible shall refer the case as soon as
possible to the Commission for decision.

3.
The implementing authority or body shall be responsible
for the data communicated. It shall, without delay, inform the
through the liaison point,
Commission service responsible,
rectified,
to be
whenever
updated or removed.

information transmitted needs

For that purpose, the implementing authorities or bodies and
the liaison points shall use the template set out in Annex II.

Upon receipt of updated information, the Commission service
the
the
responsible
Commission to rectify, update or
exclusion
warning concerned.

accounting officer of

remove

request

shall

the

shall be registered for the period determined by the requesting
institution and specified in the request.

An exclusion warning based on a request submitted in
2.
accordance with Article 8(3) shall be registered provisionally
for a period of
three months. The provisional registration
may be renewed once upon request.

However, the provisional registration of an exclusion warning
based on requests referred to in the second subparagraph of
Article 9(2), may be, in exceptional cases, renewed for an ad­
ditional period of three months.

3. Warnings concerning exclusions pursuant to points (a) or
(d) of Article 93(1) of
the Financial Regulation shall be
registered for the period of five years.

4. Warnings concerning exclusions from the award of a
given procedure pursuant
contract or
to
Article 94(a) and (b) of
the Financial Regulation shall be
registered for a period of six months.

in a

grant

Article 11

Removal of exclusion warnings

Exclusion warnings shall be removed automatically after expiry
of the duration set out in Article 10.

The institution which requested the registration, shall request
the removal of an exclusion warning before the expiry of the
duration, where the third party is no longer in an exclusion
situation, in particular for the cases mentioned in paragraph 3
of Article 10 or for manifest errors discovered after the regis­
tration of the exclusion.

Article 12

Cooperation

1.
The warning contact person referred to in Article 8(2) of
this Regulation shall provide, in writing or by electronic means,
all relevant information available to such an extent as to enable
the requesting institution to take exclusion decisions pursuant
to Article 93(1) of the Financial Regulation or to enable the
implementing authority or body to take it into account for the
award of contracts connected with implementation of
the
budget.

Article 10

Duration of registration in the exclusion database

1. Warnings concerning exclusions pursuant to points (b),
the Financial Regulation
(c),

(e) and (f) of Article 93(1) of

2. Where certificates or evidence obtained by an institution
are not consistent with registered exclusion warnings, the insti­
tution concerned shall immediately inform the warning contact
person. The warning contact person and where appropriate the
liaison point concerned shall take appropriate action.

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3. Where certificates or evidence obtained by an implemen­
ting authority or body are not consistent with registered
exclusion warnings, the authority or body shall transmit the
information, through its liaison point, to the warning contact
person. The warning contact person and where appropriate the
liaison point concerned shall take appropriate action.

3. Without prejudice to the information requirements set out
in paragraph 2, a duly identified natural person may request
information on whether data concerning him is registered in the
exclusion database.

4.
The accounting officer of the Commission and the contact
points of the other institutions shall regularly exchange best
practices.

The accounting officer of the Commission shall inform him in
writing or by electronic means, whether the person is registered
the
in the exclusion database.
accounting officer of
the Commission shall attach the data
stored in the exclusion database concerning that person. He
shall inform the institution that requested the warning thereof.

the person is registered,

If

Issues related to the exclusion database shall be discussed in the
framework of meetings between the implementing authority or
body and the Commission service responsible.

4. Without prejudice to the information requirements set out
in paragraph 2, a duly empowered representative of a legal
person, may request information on whether that legal person
is registered in the exclusion database.

Article 13

Data protection

1.
In the calls for tender and calls for proposals and, in the
absence of calls, before awarding contracts or grants, the insti­
inform
tutions and implementing authorities or bodies shall
the data concerning them that may be
third parties of
included in the exclusion database and of
the entities to
whom the data may be communicated. Where third parties
are legal entities the institutions and implementing authorities
or bodies shall also inform the persons who have powers of
representation, decision-making or control over
these legal
entities.

The accounting officer of the Commission shall inform him in
writing or by electronic means whether the legal person is
registered in the exclusion database. If the person is registered,
the accounting officer of the Commission shall attach the data
stored in the exclusion database concerning that person. He
shall inform the institution that requested the warning thereof.

Removed warnings shall be accessible for audit and inves­
5.
tigation purposes only and shall not be visible for the users of
the database.

2.
The institution requesting registration of an exclusion
warning shall be responsible for relations with the natural or
legal person whose data are introduced into the exclusion
database (hereinafter ‘the data subject concerned’).

The institution shall inform the data subject concerned of the
request for activation, updating and removal of any exclusion
warning directly concerning it and state the reasons thereof.

The institution shall also respond to requests from data subjects
concerned to rectify inaccurate or incomplete personal data and
to any other requests or questions from those subjects.

However, personal data
contained in exclusion warnings
referring to natural persons shall remain accessible to such
purposes only for five years after the removal of the warning.

Article 14

Transitional provisions

1.
Information from implementing authorities or bodies shall
exclusively concern judgments rendered after 1 January 2009.

registered pursuant

2. Warnings
the
Financial Regulation before the date of application of this Regu­
lation and still active on that date shall constitute exclusion
warnings and shall be directly inserted in the exclusion database.

to Article 95 of

Requests or questions from data subjects concerned with regard
to information provided by implementing authorities or bodies
shall be treated by those authorities or bodies. The Commission
service responsible shall refer such requests and questions to the
liaison point concerned and inform the data subject concerned
thereof.

3. Where a third party concerned was not informed of the
registration of an exclusion warning referred to in paragraph 2,
the Commission service or the institution that requested the
registration shall
its data were
introduced into the exclusion database within one month
from the date of application of this Regulation.

inform the third party that

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The Commission service responsible or other institution
4.
that requested registration of an exclusion warning referred to
in paragraph 2 remain responsible for requesting modification
or removal of that warning in accordance with this Regulation.

5.
For exclusions decided by a Commission service or an
executive agency pursuant to Article 93(1)(b) and (e) of the
Financial Regulation before 1 May 2007, the duration of the
exclusion period shall take into account the duration of criminal
records under national law.

has elapsed, the Commission service or the executive agency
responsible shall request removal of the warning.

Article 15

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

For such exclusion, a maximum duration of four years from the
date of notification of the judgment shall apply. If that period

It shall apply from 1 January 2009.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2008.

For the Commission
Dalia GRYBAUSKAITĖ
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Request for data entry into the exclusion database, its modification or removal by institutions other than the
Commission and executive agencies

The request has to be sent in conformity with the procedure for classified information pursuant to the rules set by the
institution. It has to be sent in a single closed envelope.

European Commission
Directorate-General Budget
Accounting Officer of the Commission
BRE2 13/505
B-1049 BRUXELLES

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