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1. The competent authorities may enter data from investigation files in the FIDE for the purposes defined in Article 41a(3) concerning cases which are in breach of customs legislation or agricultural legislation applicable to goods entering or leaving the customs territory of the Community and which are of particular relevance at Community level. The data shall cover only the following categories:

(a) persons and businesses which are or have been the subject of an administrative enquiry or a criminal investigation by the relevant service of a Member State, and — are suspected of committing or of having committed a breach of customs or agriculture legislation or of participating in or of having participated in an operation in breach of such legislation,

— have been the subject of a finding relating to such an operation, or — have been the subject of an administrative decision or an administrative penalty or judicial penalty for such an operation;

(b) the field concerned by the investigation file;

(c) the name, nationality and details of the relevant service in the Member State and the file number. The data referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) shall be introduced separately for each person or business. The creation of links between those data shall be prohibited.

2. The personal data referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall consist only of the following:

(a) for persons: the name, maiden name, forename, former surnames and alias, date and place of birth, nationality and sex;

(b) for businesses: the business name, trading name, address of the business, VAT identification number and excise duties identification number.

3. Data shall be entered for a limited period in accordance with Article 41d.