Division 1.1.1 Confidentiality and protection of dataF1

All data and documents related to the legal and financial verification communicated to the validation services shall be treated as confidential and subject to Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. All data shall be processed in accordance with the principles of transparency, proportionality, impartiality and legality.