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1. Immigration liaison officers shall carry out their tasks in accordance with Union and national personal data protection rules, as well as such rules contained in international agreements concluded with third countries or international organisations.

2. Immigration liaison officers may process personal data for the purpose of the tasks referred to in Article 3(6). Those personal data shall be erased when they are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

3. Personal data processed pursuant to paragraph 2 may include:

(a) biometric or biographic data, where necessary, to confirm the identity and nationality of third-country nationals for the purposes of return, including all types of documents which can be considered as proof or prima facie evidence of nationality;

(b) passenger lists for return flights and other means of transport to third countries;

(c) biometric or biographic data to confirm the identity and nationality of third-country nationals for the purpose of legal migration admission;

(d) biometric or biographic data to confirm the identity and nationality of third-country nationals in need of international protection for the purpose of resettlement;

(e) biometric, biographic data as well as other personal data necessary for establishing the identity of an individual and necessary for preventing and combating smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings, as well as personal data related to criminal networks’ modi operandi, means of transports used, involvement of intermediaries and financial flows. Data under point (e) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be processed for the sole purpose of executing the tasks referred to under point (d) of Article 3(6).

4. Any exchange of personal data shall be strictly limited to what is necessary for the purposes of this Regulation.

5. Transfers of personal data by immigration liaison officers to third countries and international organisations pursuant to this Article shall be carried out in accordance with Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.