S.L. 586.8 Art. 3Applicability of these regulations. 5

(1) These regulations shall apply to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security:

Provided that the specific provisions for the protection of personal data in union legal acts adopted by the European Union that entered into force on or before 6 May 2016 in the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation, which regulate processing between Member States and the access of designated authorities of Member States to information systems established pursuant to the Treaties within the scope of the Directive, shall remain unaffected.

(2) These regulations shall apply to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means, and to the processing other than by automated means of personal data which form part of a filing system or are intended to form part of a filing system.

(3) These regulations shall not apply to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for a purpose other than the purposes set out in sub-regulation (1).

(4) These regulations shall not apply to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes unless such processing is performed for any of the purposes set out in sub-regulation (1). FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, DETECTION OR PROSECUTION OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES OR THE

EXECUTION OF CRIMINAL PENALTIES