# Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP of 20 December 2010 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo and repealing Common Position 2008/369/CFSP, Article 8a

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (High Representative) may process personal data in order to carry out their tasks under this Decision, in particular:
(a) as regards the Council, for preparing and making amendments to Annexes I and II;
(b) as regards the High Representative, for preparing amendments to Annexes I and II.
2. The Council and the High Representative may process, where applicable, relevant data relating to criminal offences committed by listed natural persons, to criminal convictions of such persons or to security measures concerning such persons, only to the extent that such processing is necessary for the preparation of Annexes I and II.
3. For the purposes of this Decision, the Council and the High Representative are designated as ‘controllers’ within the meaning of point 8 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council , in order to ensure that the natural persons concerned can exercise their rights under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/788/article/8a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-788/article-8a
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