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- (a) ‘mandatory (M)’ means mandatory communication of the data…
- (b) ‘optional (O)’ means optional communication of the data el…
- (c) ‘entity’ means either a Member State or Europol;
- (d) ‘requesting entity’ means a Member State or Europol that i…
- (e) ‘reference date and time’ means a specific moment in time…
- (f) ‘current date and time’ means the moment in time used to r…
Article 1#
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply:
(a)‘mandatory (M)’ means mandatory communication of the data element when available in any national register of a Member State;
(b)‘optional (O)’ means optional communication of the data element when available in a national database of a Member State.;
(c)‘entity’ means either a Member State or Europol;
(d)‘requesting entity’ means a Member State or Europol that initiates a query;
(e)‘reference date and time’ means a specific moment in time determined by the requesting entity and used to retrieve the data registered at that specific date and time;
(f)‘current date and time’ means the moment in time used to retrieve the data currently registered.
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