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1. For the purpose of managing frozen and confiscated property, Member States shall ensure that asset management offices, and where appropriate asset recovery offices, and other competent authorities performing tasks pursuant to this Directive are able to swiftly obtain information on frozen and confiscated property that is to be managed under this Directive. For that purpose, Member States shall establish efficient tools of management of the frozen or confiscated property, such as one central register or other registers of property frozen and confiscated pursuant to this Directive.

6. Where Member States establish a register of frozen and confiscated property pursuant to paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place to ensure the security of the data contained in the registers of frozen and confiscated property and shall designate the competent authority or authorities responsible for the management of the registers and for performing the tasks of the controller as defined in the applicable data protection rules.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that it is possible to obtain information regarding the following:

(a) the property that is the object of a freezing or confiscation order and which is to be managed pursuant to Article 20(3) until its disposal further to a final confiscation order, including details that enable the identification of the property;

(b) the estimated or actual value, where appropriate, of the property at the moment of the freezing, confiscation and disposal;

(c) the owner of the property, including the beneficial owner, where such information is available;

(d) the national file reference of the proceeding related to the property.

3. Where Member States establish a register of frozen and confiscated property pursuant to paragraph 1, they shall ensure that authorities with access to the register are able to search and obtain information on the name of the authority entering the information in the register and on the unique user identifier of the official who entered the information in the register.

4. Where Member States establish a register of frozen and confiscated property pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, they shall ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article is retained for as long as is necessary for the purposes of keeping a record and overview of the property frozen, confiscated or under management, and no longer than the date of disposal, or for the purposes of providing annual statistics as referred to in Article 28.

5. Where Member States establish a register of frozen and confiscated property pursuant to paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that any personal data stored in the register can be accessed and used for the purposes of freezing, confiscation and the management of instrumentalities, proceeds or property which is or might become the object of a confiscation order, in accordance with the applicable data protection rules.