Cap. 641 Art. 80National database of occurrence reports.       Cap. 377.

(1) There shall be created and administered by the

Directorate a national database of occurrence reports, hereinafter referred to as "the database".

(2) The database shall consist of a compilation of occurrence reports received and processed by the Directorate:

Provided that the Directorate shall ensure that:

(a) the database is standardised to facilitate information exchange between the competent authorities of the Member States; and

(b) the database is compatible with the ECCAIRS software and the ADREP taxonomy.

(3) All relevant data relating to a report shall be inserted into the database once it is processed in accordance with the internal rules and administrative measures adopted by the Director General as well as any other principle of law set out in the Reporting Regulation.

(4) In particular, no report, nor its processing in accordance with this Part, and no part of the database may be used to disclose or unveil the data or information source making the report or to impose civil or criminal liability upon him, saving however, the provisions of Article 16 of the Reporting Regulation.

(5) All processing of data under this Part shall conform with the just culture principle laid down in the Reporting Regulation.

(6) In accordance with Article 15 of the Reporting Regulation, any information or data processed by the Directorate or the Just

Culture Monitoring Group shall in all cases be anonymised and subject to confidentiality and rules on professional secrecy found in the

Professional Secrecy Act.