Article 18

Each Party or Third Party shall respect Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 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 and, according to Directive 95/46/EC, appoint its national supervisory authorities which have the task of fully independently monitoring the compliance with the data protection provisions of the Treaty. This Article shall also apply to any act amending or replacing this Regulation or Directive.

The supervisory bodies shall carry out independent supervision and checks in accordance with their particular national legal regulations in order to ensure that the rights of the persons concerned are not infringed by the retrieval and use of the information. For this purpose the supervisory bodies shall have access to EUCARIS.