# Decision (EU) 2016/1162 of the European Central Bank of 30 June 2016 on disclosure of confidential information in the context of criminal investigations (ECB/2016/19), Article 1: Definitions

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

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply:
(a) ‘confidential information’ means any confidential information, including information covered by data protection rules, by the obligation of professional secrecy, by the professional secrecy rules contained in Directive 2013/36/EU or documents classified as ‘ECB-CONFIDENTIAL’ or ‘ECB-SECRET’ under the ECB's confidentiality regime, and excluding any information concerning persons who have an employment relationship with the ECB or a direct or indirect contractual relationship with the ECB for the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services;
(b) ‘national criminal investigation authority’ means a national authority with competence in criminal law matters;
(c) ‘national competent authority’ (NCA) has the same meaning as defined in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013. This meaning is without prejudice to arrangements under national law that assign certain supervisory tasks to an NCB that is not designated as an NCA. With regard to such arrangements, a reference to an NCA in this Decision shall also refer to the NCB in respect of the supervisory tasks assigned to it by national law.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/19/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-19/article-1
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