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![european flag](./../../../images/eclogo.jpg)EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 13.5.2022

COM(2022) 207 final

2022/0145(NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part, on the exchange of personal data between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the authorities of New Zealand competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.THE SUBJECT OF THE PROPOSAL

The present proposal concerns the signature, in the interest of the European Union, of the Agreement with New Zealand on the exchange of personal data between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the authorities of New Zealand competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism.

The aim of the Agreement is to allow the transfer of personal data between Europol and the competent authorities of New Zealand, in order to support and strengthen the action by the authorities of the Member States of the European Union and those of New Zealand, as well as their mutual cooperation in preventing and fighting criminal offences, including serious crime and terrorism, while ensuring appropriate safeguards with respect to the human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals, including privacy and data protection. Cross-border information exchange between all relevant law enforcement agencies, within the European Union and with global partners, should be prioritised in order to prevent and combat terrorism, disrupting organised crime, and fight cybercrime. In this sense, the cooperation with New Zealand in the field of law enforcement is paramount to help the European Union to further protect its security interests.

2.
   CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

•Reasons for and objectives of the proposal

In a globalised world where serious crime and terrorism are increasingly transnational and polyvalent, law enforcement authorities should be fully equipped to cooperate with external partners to ensure the security of their citizens. Europol should therefore be able to exchange personal data with law enforcement authorities of third countries to the extent necessary for the accomplishment of its tasks within the framework of the requirements set out in the Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016
[1](#footnote1)
.

Europol can exchange personal data with third countries or international organizations on the basis of:

·Cooperation agreements concluded between Europol and the partner countries before the entry into application of the current Europol Regulation on 1 May 2017.

Since 1 May 2017:

·A Commission decision finding that the country or international organisation in question ensures an adequate level of data protection (‘adequacy decision’);

·In the absence of an adequacy decision, an international agreement adducing adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals. Under the current legal basis, the Commission is now responsible, on behalf of the Union, for negotiating such international agreements.

In so far as necessary for the performance of its tasks, Europol may also establish and maintain cooperating relations with external partners through working and administrative arrangements that cannot be by themselves a legal basis for the exchange of personal data.

In the 11th progress report towards a genuine and effective Security Union
[2](#footnote2)
, the Commission identified eight priority countries
[3](#footnote3)
 in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Regions on the basis of the terrorist threat, migration-related challenges, and Europol’s operational needs to start negotiations. Taking into account the political strategy as outlined in the European Agenda on Security
[4](#footnote4)
, Council Conclusions
[5](#footnote5)
, and the Global Strategy
[6](#footnote6)
, the operational needs of law enforcement authorities across the European Union, and the potential benefits of closed cooperation between Europol and the competent authorities of New Zealand in this area, as also demonstrated by the follow up to the Christchurch attack of March 2019, the Commission considers it necessary that Europol can exchange personal data with the authorities in New Zealand competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism.

Europol and New Zealand Police signed a working arrangement in April 2019
[7](#footnote7)
. This provided a framework for a structured cooperation, including a secure line allowing direct communication between both parties and the deployment by New Zealand of a liaison officer at Europol. However, that working arrangement does not provide for a legal basis for the exchange of personal data. In light of this, on 30 October 2019, the Commission presented a recommendation, proposing that the Council authorises the opening of negotiations for an agreement between the European Union and New Zealand on the exchange of personal data between Europol and the New Zealand authorities competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism
[8](#footnote8)
. On 13 May 2020, the Council authorized the Commission to open negotiations with New Zealand and adopted negotiation directives
[9](#footnote9)
 
[10](#footnote10)
.

Negotiations began in April 2021 in a friendly and constructive atmosphere. After the fourth and last round of negotiations, which was held in September 2021, both Parties came to terms vis-à-vis the provisions of the Agreement. The chief negotiators initialled the draft text of the Agreement in November 2021.

•Consistency with existing Union policies

The Agreement was negotiated in line with the comprehensive negotiating directives adopted by the Council on 13 May 2020. The present Agreement is also consistent with existing Union policy in the domain of law enforcement cooperation. In recent years, progress was made to improve the exchange of information cooperation between Member States and to close down the space in which terrorists and serious criminals operate. Existing Commission strategic documents underpin the necessity of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement cooperation in the EU, as well as of expanding the cooperation with third countries. These include, among others, the Security Union Strategy
[11](#footnote11)
, the Counter-terrorism agenda for the EU
[12](#footnote12)
 and the EU Strategy to tackle organised crime
[13](#footnote13)
.

One particular set of safeguards, notably those reflected in Chapter II of the Agreement, concerns the protection of personal data, which is a fundamental right enshrined in the EU Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In accordance with Article 25(1) point (b) of the Europol Regulation, Europol may transfer personal data to an authority of a third country or to an international organisation on the basis of an international agreement concluded between the Union and that third country or international organisation pursuant to Article 218 TFEU adducing adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals. Chapter II of the Agreement provides for such safeguards, including in particular provisions ensuring a number of data protection principles and obligations that must be respected by the Parties (Articles 3,4,5,7,8,11,12,13,14 and 15), as well as provisions ensuring enforceable individual rights (Articles 6, 10 and 11), independent supervision (Article 16) and effective administrative and judicial redress for violations of the rights and safeguards recognised in the Agreement resulting from the processing of personal data (Article 17).

It is necessary to strike a balance between enhancing security and safeguarding human rights, including data and privacy. The Commission ensured that the Agreement adduces adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, as well as a legal ground for the exchange of personal data for fighting serious crime and terrorism.

Moreover, the European Union and New Zealand are close partners. The EU-New Zealand Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation, signed on 5 October 2016, reflects a strengthened partnership between the Parties, which deepens and enhances cooperation on issues of mutual interest, reflecting shared values and common principles. The Agreement not only covers provisions to facilitate trade, but also contains a number of provisions where the Parties commit to cooperate in areas such as law enforcement, the prevention and combating of organised crime and corruption, drugs, cybercrime, money laundering, terrorism and terrorist financing, migration, and asylum. The European Union and New Zealand are also partners within the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF), which is an international forum of 29 countries and the Union with an overarching mission of reducing the worldwide vulnerability of people to terrorism by preventing, combating, and prosecuting terrorist acts and countering incitement and recruitment to terrorism. Furthermore, the European Union and New Zealand closely cooperate on foreign and security issues and engage in regular political and security dialogues. These dialogues includes frequent consultations at ministerial and senior officials’ level. New Zealand also took part in some EU crisis management operations, for instance in Operation Atalanta (piracy at the Horn of Africa) in 2014.

3.LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY

•Legal basis

This proposal is based on Article 16(2) and Article 88, in conjunction with Article 218(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

 

Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA
[14](#footnote14)
, (hereafter “Europol Regulation”), lays down specific rules regarding transfers of personal data by Europol outside of the EU. Article 25(1) thereof lists a number of legal grounds, based on which Europol can lawfully transfer personal data to authorities of third countries. One possibility is an adequacy decision of the Commission in accordance with Article 36 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 finding that the third country to which Europol transfers personal data ensures an adequate level of protection. Since neither an adequacy decision nor an agreement on operational cooperation is currently in place with New Zealand, the other alternative for structural transfers of personal data by Europol to New Zealand is the conclusion of a binding international agreement between the EU and New Zealand, adducing adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and other fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals.

The Agreement thus falls within the exclusive external competence of the Union. The signature of the Agreement, on behalf of the Union, may thus take place on the basis of Article 218(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

•Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence)

Not applicable.

•Proportionality

The Union’s objectives with regard to this proposal as set out above can only be achieved by entering into a binding international agreement providing for the necessary cooperation measures, while ensuring appropriate protection of fundamental rights. The provisions of the agreement are limited to what is necessary to achieve its main objectives. Unilateral action does not represent an alternative, as it would not provide a sufficient basis for the police cooperation with non-EU countries and could not ensure the necessary protection of fundamental rights.

•Choice of the instrument

Not applicable.

4.RESULTS OF EX-POST EVALUATIONS, STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

•Ex-post evaluations/fitness checks of existing legislation

Not applicable.

•Stakeholder consultations

Not applicable.

•Collection and use of expertise

In the process of the negotiation, the Commission did not use external expertise.

•Impact assessment

Not applicable.

•Regulatory fitness and simplification

Not applicable.

•Fundamental rights

The exchange of personal data is likely to have an impact on data protection; however, as provided for in the Agreement, it will be subject to the same robust rules and procedures already in place to process such data, in line with EU law.

Chapter II provides for the protection of personal data. On that basis, Article 3 and Articles 4 to 17 set out fundamental data protection principles, including purpose limitation, data quality and rules applicable to the processing of special categories of data, obligations applicable to controllers, including on retention, keeping of records, security and as regards onward transfers, enforceable individual rights, including on access, rectification and automated decision-making, independent and effective supervision as well as administrative and judicial redress. The safeguards cover all forms of processing of personal data in the context of the cooperation between Europol and New Zealand. The exercise of certain individual rights can be delayed, limited or refused where necessary, reasonable and proportionate, taking into account the fundamental rights and interests of the data subject, in particular to prevent risk to an ongoing criminal investigation or prosecution, which is also in line with Union law.

Also, both the European Union and New Zealand will ensure that an independent public authority responsible for data protection (supervisory authority) oversees matters affecting the privacy of individuals in order to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data.

Article 29 strengthens the effectiveness of the safeguards in the Agreement by providing for joint reviews of its implementation at regular intervals. The evaluations teams shall include relevant experts on data protection and law enforcement.

As a further safeguard, pursuant to Article 19, paragraph 15, in the event of a material breach or of non-fulfilment of the obligations stemming from the provisions of the Agreement, the Agreement can be suspended. Any personal data transferred prior to suspension shall continue to be treated in accordance with the Agreement. In addition, in case of termination of the Agreement, personal data transferred prior to its termination shall continue to be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.

Furthermore, the Agreement guarantees that the exchange of personal data between Europol and New Zealand is consistent with both the principle of non-discrimination and Article 52(1) of the Charter, which ensure that interferences with fundamental rights that may derive from them are limited to what is strictly necessary to genuinely meet the objectives of general interest pursued, subject to the principle of proportionality.

5.BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS

There are no budgetary implications for the Union budget.

6.OTHER ELEMENTS

•Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements

There is no need for an implementation plan, as the Agreement will enter into force on the date of the receipt of the last written notification by which the European Union and New Zealand have notified each other through diplomatic channels that their own procedures have been completed.

With regards to monitoring, the European Union and New Zealand shall jointly review the implementation of the Agreement one year after its entry into force, and at regular intervals thereafter, and additionally if requested by either party and jointly decided.

•Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal

Article 1 includes the objective of the Agreement.

Article 2 includes the definitions of the Agreement.

Article 3 includes the purposes for processing personal data.

Article 4 provides the general data protection principles that the European Union and New Zealand must respect.

Article 5 provides for special categories of personal data and different categories of data subject, such as personal data in respect of victims of a criminal offence, witnesses or other persons who can provide information concerning criminal offences, or in respect of persons under the age of 18.

Article 6 provides for the automated processing of personal data.

Article 7 provides a basis for onward transfer of the personal data received.

Article 8 provides for the assessment of reliability of the source and accuracy of the information.

Article 9 provides for the right of access, ensuring that the data subject has the right, at reasonable intervals, to obtain information on whether personal data relating to him or her are processed under the Agreement.

Article 10 provides for the right to rectification/correction, erasure/deletion, and restriction, which ensures the data subject has the right to request the competent authorities to correct/rectify inaccurate personal data concerning the data subject transferred under the Agreement.

Article 11 provides for the notification of a personal data breach affecting personal data transferred under the Agreement, ensuring that the respective competent authorities notify each other as well as their respective supervisory authority of that breach without delay, and to take measures to mitigate its possible adverse effects.

Article 12 provides for the communication of a personal data breach to the data subject, ensuring that the competent authorities of both Parties of the Agreement communicate the data subject without undue delay in the event of a personal data breach likely to have serious adverse effect upon his or hers rights and freedoms.

Article 13 provides for storage, review, correction, and deletion of personal data.

Article 14 provides for the keeping of logs of the collection, alteration, access, disclosure including onward transfers, combination and erasure of personal data.

Article 15 provides for data security, ensuring the implementation of technical and organizational measures to protect personal data exchanged under this Agreement.

Article 16 provides for the supervisory authority, ensuring that there is an independent public authority responsible for data protection (supervisory authority) to oversee matters affecting the privacy of individuals, including the domestic rules relevant under the Agreement to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data.

Article 17 provides for administrative and judicial redress, ensuring that data subjects have the right to effective administrative and judicial redress for violations of the rights and safeguards recognized in the Agreement resulting from the processing of their personal data.

Article 18 provides for the settlement of disputes, ensuring that all disputes that may emerge in connection with the interpretation, application, or implementation of the Agreement and any matters related thereto will give rise to consultations and negotiations between representatives of the EU and New Zealand with a view to reaching a mutually agreeable solution.

Article 19 provides for a suspension clause.

Article 20 provides for the termination of the Agreement.

Article 21 provides for the relation with other international instruments, ensuring that the Agreement will not prejudice or affect the legal provisions with regard to the exchange of information foreseen in any treaty, agreement, or arrangement between New Zealand and any Member State of the European Union.

Article 22 provides for the implementing administrative arrangements.

Article 23 provides for the administrative arrangements on confidentiality, which ensures that an Administrative Arrangement on Confidentiality, concluded between Europol and the competent authorities of New Zealand, will regulate the exchange of EU classified information, if necessary under the Agreement.

Article 24 provides for the national contact points and liaison officers.

Article 25 provides for the expenses of the Agreement.

Article 26 provides for the notification of implementation of the Agreement.

Article 27 provides for entry into force and application of the Agreement.

Article 28 provides for amendments and supplements of the Agreement.

Article 29 provides for the review and evaluation of the Agreement.

Article 30 provides for the territorial applicability of the Agreement, ensuring it applies to the territory in which and in so far as the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are applicable and to the territory of New Zealand.

2022/0145 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part, on the exchange of personal data between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the authorities of New Zealand competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 16(2), 88 and 218(5) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council
[15](#footnote15)
 provides that Europol may transfer personal data to an authority of a third country inter alia on the basis of an international agreement concluded between the Union and that third country pursuant to Article 218 TFEU adducing adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals.

(2)On 13 May 2020, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with New Zealand for an agreement on the exchange of personal data between the Europol and the New Zealand authorities competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism.

(3)The negotiations on the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part, on the exchange of personal data between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the New Zealand authorities competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism (‘the Agreement’) were successfully concluded and followed by the exchange of the initialled text of the Agreement, received on 3 December 2021.

(4)The Agreement ensures full respect of fundamental rights of the European Union, in particular the right to respect for private and family life, recognised in Article 7 of the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union, the right to the protection of personal data, recognised in Article 8 and the right to an effective remedy and a fair trial recognised by Article 47 of that Charter.

(5)The Agreement does not affect, and is without prejudice to, the transfer of personal data or other forms of cooperation between the authorities responsible for safeguarding national security.

(6)[“In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and without prejudice to Article 4 of that Protocol, Ireland is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.”

OR

“In accordance with Article 3 of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Ireland has notified [, by letter of …,] its wish to take part in the adoption and application of this Decision.” or “Ireland is bound by [the Union internal measure] and is therefore taking part in the adoption of this Decision.”].

(7)[“In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.”].

(8)Therefore, the Agreement should be signed on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion at a later date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The signing of the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part, on the exchange of personal data between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the authorities of New Zealand competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism (‘the Agreement’), is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement.

The text of the Agreement to be signed is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Council Secretariat General shall establish the instrument of full powers to sign the Agreement, subject to its conclusion, for the person(s) indicated by the Commission.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

   The President

:   [(1)](#footnoteref1)
       Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of 11 May 2016, OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53.
:   [(2)](#footnoteref2)
       COM(2017) 608 final, 18.10.2017.
:   [(3)](#footnoteref3)
       Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey.
:   [(4)](#footnoteref4)
       COM(2015) 185 final.
:   [(5)](#footnoteref5)
       Council Document 10384/17, 19 June 2017.
:   [(6)](#footnoteref6)
       Shared Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe - A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy 
    <http://europa.eu/globalstrategy/en>
    .
:   [(7)](#footnoteref7)
       Working Arrangement establishing cooperative relations between New Zealand Police and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation 
    <https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/working_arrangement_europol-new_zealand.pdf>
    .
:   [(8)](#footnoteref8)
       COM(2019) 551 final.
:   [(9)](#footnoteref9)
       Council Decision 7047/20, 23 April 2020, and Council Document CM 2178/20, 13 May 2020.
:   [(10)](#footnoteref10)
       Addendum to Council Decision 7047/20 ADD 1, 24 April 2020.
:   [(11)](#footnoteref11)
       COM(2020) 605 final, 24.7.2020.
:   [(12)](#footnoteref12)
       COM(2020) 795 final, 9.12.2020.
:   [(13)](#footnoteref13)
       COM(2021) 170 final, 14.4.2021.
:   [(14)](#footnoteref14)
       OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 153.
:   [(15)](#footnoteref15)
       Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53).

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![european flag](./../../../images/eclogo.jpg)EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 13.5.2022

COM(2022) 207 final

Proposal for a

ANNEX

to the

COUNCIL DECISION

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part, on the exchange of personal data between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the authorities of New Zealand competent for fighting serious crime and terrorism

ANNEX

THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter also referred to as ‘the Union’ or ‘EU’,

and

New Zealand,

hereinafter referred to as ‘the Contracting Parties’,

Whereas:

(1)By allowing the exchange of personal data between Europol and the New Zealand competent authorities, this agreement will create the framework for an enhanced operational cooperation between the European Union and New Zealand in the field of law enforcement, while safeguarding the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all individuals concerned, including privacy and data protection.

(2)This agreement is without prejudice to Mutual Legal Assistance arrangements between New Zealand and the EU Member States allowing for the exchange of personal data.

(3)This agreement does not impose any requirement on the competent authorities to transfer personal data. The sharing of any personal data requested under this agreement remains voluntary.

(4)The agreement recognises that the Parties apply comparable principles of proportionality and reasonableness. The common essence of these principles is the requirement of ensuring a fair balance between all the interests concerned, whether public or private, in the light of all the circumstances of the case at hand. Such balancing involves, on the one hand, the privacy rights of individuals together with other human rights and interests and, on the other hand, the countervailing legitimate objectives that may be pursued, such as the purposes of processing personal data reflected in this Agreement.

Have agreed as follows:

  

CHAPTER I – General Provisions

Article 1
  
Objective

The objective of this Agreement is to allow the transfer of personal data between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the competent authorities of New Zealand, in order to support and strengthen the action by the authorities of the Member States of the European Union and those of New Zealand, as well as their mutual cooperation in preventing and fighting criminal offences, including serious crime and terrorism, while ensuring appropriate safeguards with respect to the human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals, including privacy and data protection.

Article 2
  
Definitions

For the purpose of this Agreement:

(a).'Contracting Parties' means, on the one hand, the European Union, and, on the other hand, New Zealand;

(b). 'Europol' is the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, set up under Regulation (EU) 2016/794
[1](#footnote1)
 or any amendment thereto” (‘Europol Regulation’)”;

(c).'Competent authority' means, for New Zealand, the domestic law enforcement authorities responsible under New Zealand national law for preventing and combatting criminal offences as listed in Annex II to this Agreement (‘competent authorities of New Zealand’), and for the European Union, Europol;

(d).'Union bodies' means institutions, bodies, missions, offices and agencies set up by, or on the basis of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of European Union, listed in Annex III;

(e).'Criminal offences' are the types of crime listed in Annex I and related criminal offences. Criminal offences are considered related to the types of crime listed in Annex I if they are committed in order to procure the means of perpetrating, to facilitate or perpetrate, or to ensure the impunity of those committing such types of crime;

(f).'Personal data' means any information relating to a data subject;

(g).‘Data subject’ means an identified or identifiable natural person, an identifiable person being a person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data or an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person;

(h).'Genetic data' means all personal data relating to the genetic characteristics of an individual that have been inherited or acquired, which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that individual, resulting in particular from an analysis of a biological sample from the individual in question;

(i).'Processing' means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data or sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;

(j).'Information' means personal data;

(k).'Personal data breach' means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed;

(l).‘Supervisory authority’ means one or more domestic independent authorities that are, alone or cumulatively, responsible for data protection within the meaning of Article 16 of this Agreement, and which have been notified according to that Article; this may include authorities whose responsibility also covers other human rights.

(m).‘International organisation’ means an organisation and its subordinate bodies governed by public international law, or any other body, which is set up by, or on the basis of, an agreement between two or more countries.

Article 3
  
Purposes of processing personal data

1.Personal data requested and received by under the Agreement shall be processed only for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, within the limits of Article 4(5) and the respective mandates of the competent authorities.

2.The competent authorities shall clearly indicate, at the latest at the moment of transferring personal data, the specific purpose or purposes for which the data are being transferred. For transfers to Europol, the purpose or purposes for such transfer shall be specified in line with the specific purposes of processing set out in Europol’s mandate.

Chapter II - Information exchange and data protection

Article 4
  
General data protection principles

1.Each Contracting Party shall provide for personal data exchanged under this Agreement to be:

(a)Processed fairly, lawfully and only for the purpose for which they have been transferred in accordance with Article 3;

(b)Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed;

(c)Accurate and kept up to date; each Contracting Party shall provide that its competent authorities take every reasonable step to ensure that personal data that are inaccurate, having regard to the purposes for which they are processed, are erased or rectified without undue delay;

(d)Kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed;

(e)Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data.

2.The transferring competent authority may indicate, at the moment of transferring personal data, any restriction on access thereto or the use to be made thereof, in general or specific terms, including as regards its onward transfer, erasure or destruction after a certain period of time, or the further processing of it. Where the need for such restrictions becomes apparent after the information has been provided, the transferring competent authority shall inform the receiving authority accordingly.

3.Each Contracting Party shall ensure that the receiving competent authority complies with any restriction on access or further use of the personal data indicated by the transferring competent authority as described in paragraph 2.

4.Each Contracting Party shall provide that its competent authorities implement appropriate technical and organisational measures in such a way as to be able to demonstrate that the data processing will comply with this Agreement and the rights of the data subjects concerned are protected.

5.Each Contracting Party shall ensure that its competent authorities do not transfer personal data which have been obtained in a manifest violation of human rights recognised by the norms of international law binding on the Contracting Parties. Each Contracting Party shall ensure that the personal data received are not used to request, hand down or execute a death penalty or any form of cruel or inhuman treatment.

6.Each Contracting Party shall ensure that a record is kept of all transfers of personal data under this Agreement and of the purpose or purposes for such transfers.

Article 5
  
Special categories of personal data and different categories of data subjects

1.The transfer of personal data in respect of victims of a criminal offence, witnesses or other persons who can provide information concerning criminal offences, or in respect of persons under the age of 18, shall be prohibited unless such transfer is strictly necessary as well as reasonable and proportionate in individual cases for preventing or fighting a criminal offence.

2.The transfer of personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, or data concerning health, or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation shall be allowed only where strictly necessary as well as reasonable and proportionate in individual cases for preventing or fighting a criminal offence, and if those data, except biometric data, supplement other personal data.

3.The Contracting Parties shall ensure that the processing of personal data under paragraphs 1 and 2 is subject to appropriate safeguards guarding against the specific risks involved, including restrictions on access, additional security measures within the meaning of Article 15 and limitations on onward transfers under Article 7.

Article 6
  
Automated processing of personal data

Decisions based solely on automated processing of the personal data exchanged, including profiling, without human intervention, which may produce an adverse legal effect on the data subject or significantly affect him or her, shall be prohibited, unless authorised in law for preventing or fighting a criminal offence and with appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of the data subject, including at least the right to obtain human intervention.

Article 7
  
Onward transfer of the personal data received

1.New Zealand shall ensure that its competent authorities only transfer personal data received under this Agreement to other authorities in New Zealand if:

(a)Europol has given its prior explicit authorisation;

(b)The purpose of the onward transfer is the same as the original purpose of the transfer by Europol, or, within the limits of Article 3(1), is directly related to that original purpose; and

(c)The onward transfer is subject to the same conditions and safeguards as those applying to the original transfer.

2.Without prejudice to Article 4(2), no prior authorisation is required when the receiving authority is itself a competent authority of New Zealand. The same applies to the ability for Europol to share personal data with authorities responsible in the Member States of the European Union for preventing and fighting criminal offences and Union bodies as listed in Annex III.

3.New Zealand shall ensure that onward transfers of personal data received by its competent authorities under this Agreement to the authorities of a third country or to an international organisation are prohibited, unless the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a)The transfer concerns personal data other than that covered by Article 5 of the agreement;

(b)Europol has given its prior explicit authorisation;

(c)The purpose of the onward transfer is the same as the original purpose of the transfer by Europol, and;

(d)The onward transfer is subject to the same conditions and safeguards as those applying to the original transfer.

4.Europol may only grant its authorisation under subparagraph 3b for an onward transfer to the authority of a third country or to an international organisation if and insofar as an adequacy decision, an international agreement providing appropriate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, a cooperation agreement or any other future legal ground for transfers of personal data within the meaning of the Europol Regulation covering the onward transfer is in place.

5.The European Union shall ensure that onward transfers of personal data received by Europol under this Agreement to the European Union bodies not listed in Annex III, to the authorities of third countries or to an international organisation are prohibited, unless:

(a)The transfer concerns personal data other than that covered by Article 5 of the agreement;

(b)New Zealand has given its prior explicit authorisation;

(c)The purpose of the onward transfer is the same as the original purpose of the transfer by New Zealand, and;

(d)An adequacy decision, an international agreement providing appropriate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals or a cooperation agreement within the meaning of the Europol Regulation is in place with that third country or international organisation.

Article 8
  
Assessment of reliability of the source and accuracy of information

1.The competent authorities shall indicate as far as possible, at latest at the moment of transferring the information, the reliability of the source of the information on the basis of one or more of the following criteria:

(1)Where there is no doubt of the authenticity, trustworthiness and competence of the source, or if the information is supplied by a source who, in the past, has proved to be reliable in all instances;

(2)Where the information is provided by a source from whom information received has in most instances proved to be reliable;

(3)Where the information is provided by a source from whom information received has in most instances proved to be unreliable;

(4)Where the reliability of the source cannot be assessed.

2.The competent authorities shall indicate as far as possible, at the latest at the moment of transferring the information, the accuracy of the information on the basis of one or more of the following criteria:

(1)Information of which the accuracy is not in doubt at the time of transfer;

(2)Information known personally to the source but not known personally to the official passing it on;

(3)Information not known personally to the source but corroborated by other information already recorded;

(4)Information which is not known personally to the source and cannot be corroborated.

3.Where the receiving competent authority, on the basis of information already in its possession, comes to the conclusion that the assessment of information or of its source supplied by the transferring competent authority in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 needs correction, it shall inform that authority and shall attempt to agree on an amendment to the assessment. The receiving competent authority shall not change the assessment of information received or of its source without such agreement.

4.If a competent authority receives information without an assessment, it shall attempt as far as possible and where possible in agreement with the transferring competent authority to assess the reliability of the source or the accuracy of the information on the basis of information already in its possession.

5.If no reliable assessment can be made, the information shall be evaluated in accordance with paragraph 1(4) and paragraph 2(4) above.

DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

Article 9
  
Right of access

1.The Contracting Parties shall ensure the data subject has the right, at reasonable intervals, to obtain information on whether personal data relating to him or her are processed under this Agreement, and when that is the case, access to at least the following information:

(a)Confirmation as to whether or not data related to him or her have been processed;

(b)Information on at least the purposes of the processing operation, the categories of data concerned, and where applicable the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the data are disclosed;

(c)The existence of the right to request from the competent authority rectification/correction or erasure/deletion of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject;

(d)An indication of the legal ground for processing the data;

(e)Where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;

(f)Communication in an intelligible form of the personal data undergoing processing and of any available information as to its sources.

2.In cases where the right of access is exercised, the transferring Party will be consulted on a non-binding base before a final decision on the request is taken.

3.The Contracting Parties may provide for the provision of information in response to any request under paragraph 1 to be delayed, refused or restricted if and as long as such delay, refusal or restriction constitutes a measure that is necessary as well as reasonable and proportionate taking into account the fundamental rights and interests of the data subject, in order to:

(a)Ensure that any criminal investigation and prosecution will not be jeopardised; or

(b)Protect the rights and freedoms of third parties, or

(c)Protect national security and public order or prevent crime.

4.The Contracting Parties shall ensure the competent authority informs the data subject in writing of any delay, refusal or restriction of access and of the reasons therefor. Such reasons may be omitted if and as long as this would undermine the purpose of the delay, refusal or restriction under paragraph 3. The competent authority shall inform the data subject of the possibility of lodging a complaint with the respective supervisory authorities and of other available redress provided for in their respective legal frameworks.

Article 10
  
Right to rectification/correction, erasure/deletion and restriction

1.The Contracting Parties shall ensure the data subject has the right to request the competent authorities to correct/rectify inaccurate personal data concerning the data subject transferred under this Agreement. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, this includes the right to have incomplete personal data transferred under the Agreement completed.

2.Rectification/correction shall include erasure/deletion of personal data that are no longer required for the purpose(s) for which they are processed.

3.The Contracting Parties may provide for the restriction of processing rather than the erasure/deletion of personal data as referred to in paragraph 2 if there are reasonable grounds to believe that erasure/deletion could affect the legitimate interests of the data subject.

4.The competent authorities shall inform each other of measures taken pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. The receiving competent authority shall rectify/correct, erase or restrict the processing of such data in accordance with the action taken by the transferring competent authority.

5.The Contracting Parties shall provide for the competent authority having received the request to inform the data subject in writing without undue delay, and in any case within three months of receipt of a request in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2, that data concerning the data subject have been rectified/corrected, erased/deleted or processing restricted.

6.The Contracting Parties shall ensure for the competent authority having received the request to inform the data subject in writing, without undue delay and in any case within three months of receipt of a request of any refusal of rectification/correction, erasure/deletion or restriction of processing, of the reasons for such a refusal and of the possibility of lodging a complaint with the respective supervisory authorities and other available redress provided for in their respective legal frameworks.

Article 11
  
Notification of a personal data breach to the authorities concerned

1.The Contracting Parties shall ensure, in the event of a personal data breach affecting personal data transferred under this Agreement, that the respective competent authorities notify each other as well as their respective supervisory authority of that breach without delay, and to take measures to mitigate its possible adverse effects.

2.The notification shall at least:

(a)Describe the nature of the personal data breach including, where possible, the categories and number of data subjects concerned and the categories and number of personal data records concerned;

(b)Describe the likely consequences of the personal data breach;

(c)Describe the measures taken or proposed to be taken by the competent authority to address the personal data breach, including the measures taken to mitigate its possible adverse effects.

3.To the extent that it is not possible to provide all the required information at the same time, it may be provided in phases. Outstanding information shall be provided without undue further delay.

4.The Contracting Parties shall ensure their respective competent authorities document any personal data breaches affecting personal data transferred under this Agreement, including the facts surrounding the breach, its effects and the remedial action taken, thereby enabling their respective supervisory authority to verify compliance with applicable legal requirements.

Article 12
  
Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject

1.The Contracting Parties shall, where a personal data breach as referred to in Article 11 is likely to have a serious adverse effect upon the rights and freedoms of the data subject, provide for their respective competent authorities to communicate the personal data breach to the data subject without undue delay.

2.The communication to the data subject pursuant to paragraph 1 shall describe, where possible, the nature of the personal data breach, recommend measures to mitigate the possible adverse effects of the personal data breach, and provide the name and contact details of the contact point where more information can be obtained.

3.The communication to the data subject referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required if:

(a)The personal data concerned by the breach were subject to appropriate technological protection measures that render the data unintelligible to any person who is not authorised to have access;

(b)Subsequent measures have been taken which ensure that the data subject’s rights and freedoms are no longer likely to be severely affected; or

(c)Such communication would involve disproportionate effort, in particular owing to the number of cases involved. In such a case, there shall instead be a public communication or similar measure whereby the data subjects are informed in an equally effective manner.

4.The communication to the data subject may be delayed, restricted or omitted where such communication would be likely to:

(a)Obstruct official or legal inquiries, investigations or procedures;

(b)Prejudice the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, public order or national security;

(c)Affect the rights and freedoms of third parties;

where this constitutes a necessary as well as reasonable and proportionate measure with due regard for the legitimate interests of the data subject concerned.

Article 13
  
Storage, review, correction and deletion of personal data

1.The Contracting Parties shall provide for appropriate time limits to be established for the storage of personal data received under this Agreement or for a periodic review of the need for the storage of such data, so that data are stored only as long as is necessary for the purpose for which they are transferred.

2.In any case, the need for continued storage shall be reviewed no later than three years after the personal data has been transferred, and if no justified and documented decision is taken on the continued storage of personal data, that data shall be erased automatically after three years.

3.Where a competent authority has reason to believe that personal data previously transferred by it are incorrect, inaccurate, no longer up to date or should not have been transferred, it shall inform the receiving competent authority, which shall correct or delete the personal data, and provide notification thereof to the transferring authority.

4.Where a competent authority has reason to believe that personal data previously received by it are incorrect, inaccurate, no longer up to date or should not have been transferred, it shall inform the transferring competent authority, which shall provide its position on the matter. Where the transferring competent authority concludes that the personal data are incorrect, inaccurate, no longer up to date or should not have been transferred, it shall inform the receiving competent authority, which shall correct or delete the personal data, and provide notification thereof to the transferring authority.

Article 14
  
Logging and Documentation

The Contracting Parties shall provide for the keeping of logs of the collection, alteration, access, disclosure including onward transfers, combination and erasure of personal data.

Such logs or documentation shall be made available to the respective supervisory authority upon request for the purpose of verification of the lawfulness of data processing, self‑monitoring and ensuring proper data integrity and security.

Article 15
  
Data security

The Contracting Parties shall ensure the implementation of technical and organisational measures to protect personal data exchanged under this Agreement.

In respect of automated data processing, the Contracting Parties shall ensure the implementation of measures designed to:

(a).Deny unauthorised persons access to data processing equipment used for processing personal data (equipment access control);

(b).Prevent the unauthorised reading, copying, modification or removal of data media (data media control);

(c).Prevent the unauthorised input of personal data and the unauthorised inspection, modification or deletion of stored personal data (storage control);

(d).Prevent the use of automated data processing systems by unauthorised persons using data- communication equipment (user control);

(e).Ensure that persons authorised to use an automated data processing system have access only to the personal data covered by their access authorisation (data access control);

(f).Ensure that it is possible to verify and establish to which bodies personal data may be or have been transmitted using data communication equipment (communication control);

(g).Ensure that it is possible to verify and establish which personal data have been input into automated data processing systems and when and by whom the personal data were input (input control);

(h).Ensure that it is possible to verify and establish what data have been accessed by which member of personnel and at what time (access log);

(i).Prevent the unauthorised reading, copying, modification or deletion of personal data during transfers of personal data or during transportation of data media (transport control);

(j).Ensure that installed systems may, in the event of interruption, be restored immediately (recovery);

(k).Ensure that the functions of the system perform without fault, that the appearance of faults in the functions is immediately reported (reliability) and that stored personal data cannot be corrupted by system malfunctions (integrity).

Article 16
  
Supervisory authority

1.Each Contracting Party shall ensure that there is an independent public authority responsible for data protection (supervisory authority) to oversee matters affecting the privacy of individuals, including the domestic rules relevant under this Agreement, in order to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data. The Contracting Parties will notify each other of the authority that each of them considers as the supervisory authority within the meaning of this Article.

2.The Contracting Parties shall ensure that the supervisory authority acts with complete independence in performing its tasks and exercising its powers. It shall act free from external influence and neither seek nor accept instructions. Its members shall have a secure term of office, including safeguards against arbitrary removal.

3.The Contracting Parties shall ensure that each supervisory authority has the human, technical and financial resources, premises and infrastructure necessary for the effective performance of its tasks and exercise of its powers.

4.The Contracting Parties shall ensure that each supervisory authority has effective powers of investigation and intervention to exercise oversight over the bodies it supervises, and to engage in legal proceedings.

5.The Contracting Parties shall ensure that each supervisory authority has powers to hear complaints from individuals about the use of their personal data by the competent authorities under its supervision.

Article 17
  
Administrative and Judicial redress

Data subjects shall have the right to effective administrative and judicial redress for violations of the rights and safeguards recognised in this Agreement resulting from the processing of their personal data. The Contracting Parties will notify each other of the domestic legislation that each of them considers as providing for the rights guaranteed under this Article.

Chapter III - Disputes

Article 18
  
Settlement of disputes

All disputes which may emerge in connection with the interpretation, application or implementation of this Agreement and any matters related thereto shall give rise to consultations and negotiations between representatives of the Contracting Parties with a view to reaching a mutually agreeable solution.

Article 19
  
Suspension clause

1.In the event of a material breach or of non-fulfilment of obligations stemming from the provisions of this Agreement, either Contracting Party may suspend this Agreement temporarily in whole or in part by written notification to the other Contracting Party through diplomatic channels. Such written notification shall not be made until after the Contracting Parties have engaged in a reasonable period of consultation without reaching a resolution and suspension shall take effect twenty days from the date of receipt of such notification. Such suspension may be lifted by the suspending Contracting Party upon written notification to the other Contracting Party. The suspension shall be lifted immediately upon receipt of such notification.

2.Notwithstanding any suspension of this Agreement, personal data falling within the scope of this Agreement and transferred prior to its suspension shall continue to be processed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

Article 20
  
Termination of the Agreement

1.This Agreement may be terminated at any time by either of the Contracting Parties by written notification through diplomatic channels, with three months’ notice.

2.Personal data falling within the scope of this Agreement and transferred prior to its termination shall continue to be processed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement at the time of termination.

3.In case of termination, the Contracting Parties shall reach agreement on the continued use and storage of the information that has already been communicated between them.

Chapter IV - Final provisions

Article 21
  
Relation to other international instruments

1.This Agreement shall not prejudice or otherwise affect or impact the legal provisions with regard to the exchange of information foreseen by any Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, any other cooperation agreement or arrangement, or working law enforcement relationship for the exchange of information between New Zealand and any Member State of the European Union.

2.This Agreement shall complement the Working Arrangement establishing cooperative relations between New Zealand Police and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation.

Article 22
  
Implementing Administrative Arrangement

The details of cooperation between the Contracting Parties as appropriate to implement this Agreement shall be the subject of an implementing administrative arrangement concluded between Europol and the competent authorities of New Zealand, in accordance with the Europol Regulation.

Article 23
  
Administrative Arrangement on Confidentiality

The exchange of EU classified information, if necessary under this Agreement, shall be regulated by an Administrative Arrangement on Confidentiality concluded between Europol and the competent authorities of New Zealand.

Article 24
  
National contact point and Liaison officers

1.New Zealand shall designate a national contact point to act as the central point of contact between Europol and competent authorities of New Zealand. The specific tasks of the national contact point shall be listed in the implementing administrative arrangement under Article 22(1). The designated national contact point for New Zealand is indicated in Annex IV.

2.Europol and New Zealand shall enhance their cooperation as laid down in this Agreement through the deployment of liaison officer(s) by New Zealand. Europol may deploy one or more liaison officer(s) to New Zealand.

Article 25
  
Expenses

The Contracting Parties shall ensure that the competent authorities bear their own expenses, which arise in the course of implementation of this Agreement, unless otherwise stipulated in this Agreement or in the administrative arrangement.

Article 26
  
Notification of implementation

1.Each Contracting Party shall provide for its competent authorities to make publicly available a document setting out in an intelligible form the provisions regarding the processing of personal data transferred under this Agreement including the means available for the exercise of the rights of data subjects. Each Contracting Party shall ensure that a copy of that document be notified to the other Contracting Party.

2.Where not already in place, the competent authorities shall adopt rules specifying how compliance with the provisions regarding the processing of personal data will be enforced in practice. A copy of these rules shall be notified to the other Contracting Party and the respective supervisory authorities.

Article 27
  
Entry into force and application

1.This Agreement shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures.

2.This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the receipt of the last written notification by which the Contracting Parties have notified each other through diplomatic channels that the procedures referred to in paragraph 1 have been completed.

3.This Agreement shall enter into application on the first day after the date when all of the following conditions have been fulfilled:

(a)The implementing administrative arrangement as laid down in Article 22 has become applicable; and

(b)The Contracting Parties have notified one another that the obligations laid down in this Agreement have been implemented, including as laid down in Article 26, and that notification has been accepted.

4.The Contracting Parties shall exchange written notifications confirming the fulfilment of the above conditions through diplomatic channels.

Article 28
  
Amendments and supplements

1.This Agreement may be amended in writing, at any time by mutual consent between the Contracting Parties by written notification exchanged through diplomatic channels. The amendments shall enter into force in accordance with the same legal procedure prescribed under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 27.

2.The Annexes to this Agreement may be updated, as necessary, by exchange of diplomatic notes. Such updates shall enter into force in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 27.

3.The Contracting Parties shall enter into consultations with respect to the amendment of this Agreement or its Annexes at the request of either Party.

Article 29
  
Review and Evaluation

1.The Contracting Parties shall jointly review the implementation of this Agreement one year after its entry into force, and at regular intervals thereafter, and additionally if requested by either Party and jointly decided.

2.The Contracting Parties shall jointly evaluate this Agreement four years after its entry into application.

3.The Contracting Parties shall decide in advance on the modalities of the review of the implementation of the Agreement and shall communicate to each other the composition of their respective teams. The teams shall include relevant experts on data protection and law enforcement. Subject to applicable laws, any participants in a review shall be required to respect the confidentiality of the discussions and have appropriate security clearances. For the purposes of any review, the New Zealand and the European Union shall ensure access to relevant documentation, systems and personnel.

Article 30
  
Territorial applicability

1.This Agreement shall apply to the territory in which and in so far as the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are applicable and to the territory of New Zealand.

2.This Agreement will only apply to the territory of Denmark or Ireland if the European Union notifies New Zealand in writing that Denmark or Ireland has chosen to be bound by this Agreement.

3.If the European Union notifies New Zealand before the entry into application of this Agreement that it will apply to the territory of Denmark or Ireland, this Agreement shall apply to the territory of such Member State on the same day that this Agreement applies to the other Member States of the European Union.

4.If the European Union notifies New Zealand after the entry into force of this Agreement, that it applies to the territory of Denmark or Ireland, this Agreement shall apply to the territory of such Member State 30 days following the date of the notification.

Done at , on the in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish, each text being equally authentic.

For New Zealand 
   For the EU

Annex I – Areas of crime

Criminal offences as defined in Article 2(e) are:

–terrorism,

–organised crime,

–drug trafficking,

–money-laundering activities,

–crime connected with nuclear and radioactive substances,

–immigrant smuggling,

–trafficking in human beings,

–motor vehicle crime,

–murder, grievous bodily injury,

–illicit trade in human organs and tissue,

–kidnapping, illegal restraint and hostage taking,

–racism and xenophobia,

–robbery and aggravated theft,

–illicit trafficking in cultural goods, including antiquities and works of art,

–swindling and fraud,

–Crime against the financial interests of the Union

–Insider dealing and financial market manipulation

–racketeering and extortion,

–counterfeiting and product piracy,

–forgery of administrative documents and trafficking therein,

–forgery of money and means of payment,

–computer crime,

–corruption,

–illicit trafficking in arms, ammunition and explosives,

–illicit trafficking in endangered animal species,

–illicit trafficking in endangered plant species and varieties,

–environmental crime, including ship-source pollution,

–illicit trafficking in hormonal substances and other growth promoters,

–sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, including child abuse material and solicitation of children for sexual purposes,

–genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The forms of crime referred to in this Annex shall be assessed by the competent authorities of New Zealand in accordance with the law of New Zealand.

Annex II – Competent authorities of New Zealand and their competences

The competent authorities of New Zealand to which Europol may transfer data are as follows:

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| --- | --- |
| Authority |  |
| New Zealand Police (as principal competent authority) | |
| New Zealand Customs Service | |
| New Zealand Immigration Service | |

Annex III – List of Union Bodies

Common Security and Defence Missions/Operations, limited to law enforcement activities

European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)

European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex)

European Central Bank (ECB)

European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)

European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust)

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

  

Annex IV – National contact point

The national contact point for New Zealand to act as the central point of contact between Europol and competent authorities of New Zealand is hereby designated as

New Zealand Police

New Zealand will have the duty to inform Europol in case the Contact point changes

:   [(1)](#footnoteref1)
       Regulation (EU) 2016/794 means Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA; OJ L135, 24.5.2016, p. 53.

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