Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System and repealing Commission Decision 2008/49/EC ( ‘the IMI Regulation’ ) Text with EEA relevance
Modified by
  • Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 November 2013amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (the IMI Regulation)(Text with EEA relevance), 32013L0055, December 28, 2013
  • Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 May 2014on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (Recast), 32014L0060, May 28, 2014
  • Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 May 2014on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (the IMI Regulation)(Text with EEA relevance), 32014L0067, May 28, 2014
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 6 July 2016on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012, 32016R1191, July 26, 2016
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 14 September 2016on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC(Text with EEA relevance)Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC(Official Journal of the European Union L 252 of 16 September 2016), 32016R162832016R1628R(02), September 16, 2016
  • Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 2 October 2018establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012(Text with EEA relevance), 32018R1724, November 21, 2018
  • Directive (EU) 2020/1057 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 July 2020laying down specific rules with respect to Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2014/67/EU for posting drivers in the road transport sector and amending Directive 2006/22/EC as regards enforcement requirements and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012, 32020L1057, July 31, 2020
  • Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 July 2020amending Regulations (EC) No 1071/2009, (EC) No 1072/2009 and (EU) No 1024/2012 with a view to adapting them to developments in the road transport sector, 32020R1055, July 31, 2020
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC, 32016R1628R(02), September 6, 2019
Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 25 October 2012on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System and repealing Commission Decision 2008/49/EC (the IMI Regulation)(Text with EEA relevance) CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation lays down rules for the use of an Internal Market Information System ("IMI") for administrative cooperation among the IMI actors, including the processing of personal data.
Article 2Establishment of IMIIMI is hereby formally established.
Article 3Scope1.IMI shall be used for exchanges of information, including of personal data, among the IMI actors and for the processing of that information for the purposes of either of the following:(a)administrative cooperation required in accordance with the acts listed in the Annex;(b)administrative cooperation subject to a pilot project carried out in accordance with Article 4.2.Nothing in this Regulation shall have the effect of rendering mandatory the provisions of Union acts which have no binding force.
Article 4Expansion of IMI1.The Commission may carry out pilot projects in order to assess whether IMI would be an effective tool to implement provisions for administrative cooperation of Union acts not listed in the Annex. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act to determine which provisions of Union acts shall be subject to a pilot project and to set out the modalities of each project, in particular the basic technical functionality and procedural arrangements required to implement the relevant administrative cooperation provisions. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 24(3).2.The Commission shall submit an evaluation of the outcome of the pilot project, including data protection issues and effective translation functionalities, to the European Parliament and the Council. Where appropriate, that evaluation may be accompanied by a legislative proposal to amend the Annex to expand the use of IMI to the relevant provisions of Union acts.
Article 5DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Directive 95/46/EC and Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 shall apply.In addition, the following definitions shall also apply:(a)"IMI" means the electronic tool provided by the Commission to facilitate administrative cooperation among the IMI actors;(b)"administrative cooperation" means the collaboration between IMI actors by exchanging and processing information for the purpose of better application of Union law;(c)"internal market area" means a legislative or functional field of the internal market, within the meaning of Article 26(2) TFEU, in which IMI is used in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation;(d)"administrative cooperation procedure" means a pre-defined workflow provided for in IMI allowing IMI actors to communicate and interact with each other in a structured manner;(e)"IMI coordinator" means a body appointed by a Member State to perform support tasks necessary for the efficient functioning of IMI in accordance with this Regulation;(f)"competent authority" means any body established at either national, regional or local level and registered in IMI with specific responsibilities relating to the application of national law or Union acts listed in the Annex in one or more internal market areas;(g)"IMI actors" means the competent authorities, the IMI coordinators, the Commission and the Union bodies, offices and agencies;(h)"IMI user" means a natural person working under the authority of an IMI actor and registered in IMI on behalf of that IMI actor;(i)"external actors" means natural or legal persons other than IMI users that may interact with IMI only through separate technical means and in accordance with a specific pre-defined workflow provided for that purpose;(j)"blocking" means applying technical means by which personal data become inaccessible to IMI users via the normal interface of IMI;(k)"formal closure" means applying the technical facility provided by IMI to close an administrative cooperation procedure.
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