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1. The Commission shall process personal data to the extent necessary for the performance of its tasks pursuant to this Regulation in relation to its contribution to the correct implementation, enforcement and prevention of the circumvention of the measures imposed under this Regulation.

1a. The Commission shall process personal data, including special categories of personal data and personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences as defined in Article 10(2) and Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, for the purposes of the identification of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that are subject to the restrictive measures provided for in this Regulation, in order to assist the persons referred to in Article 13 of this Regulation in their compliance with this Regulation.

2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the Commission is designated as ‘controller’ within the meaning of Article 3(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 in relation to the processing activities necessary to accomplish the tasks referred to in paragraph 1.

3. The competent authorities of the Member States, including enforcement authorities, customs authorities within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, competent authorities within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council () and Directive 2014/65/EU, as well as Financial Intelligence Units as referred to in Directive (EU) 2015/849, and administrators of official registers wherein natural persons, legal persons, entities and bodies as well as immovable or movable property are registered, shall process and exchange without delay information, including personal data and, if necessary, the information referred to in Article 6b(1) of this Regulation, with other competent authorities of their Member State, with competent authorities of other Member States and with the Commission, if such processing and exchange is necessary to carry out the tasks of the processing authority or the receiving authority under this Regulation, in particular when they detect instances of breach, circumvention or attempts at breach or circumvention of the prohibitions set out in this Regulation. This provision is without prejudice to rules regarding the confidentiality of information held by judicial authorities.

4. Any processing of personal data shall be carried out in accordance with this Regulation and Regulations (EU) 2016/679 () and (EU) 2018/1725 () of the European Parliament and of the Council and only in so far as necessary for the application of this Regulation and to ensure effective cooperation between Member States as well as with the European Commission in the application of this Regulation.