available to the supervisory authority on request in order to monitor the lawfulness of the transfer. (49b) Competent authorities of (49b) Competent authorities of Member States are applying Member States are applying bilateral or multilateral bilateral or multilateral international international agreements in force, agreements in force, concluded with concluded with third countries in third countries in the field of judicial the field of judicial co-operation in co-operation in criminal matters and criminal matters and police police co-operation, for the for the exchange of exchange of relevant information to relevant information to allow them allow them to perform their legally to perform their legally assigned assigned tasks. In principle, this tasks. In principle, this takes place takes place through, or at least with, through or at least with the the cooperation of the competent cooperation of the competent authorities of the concerned third authorities of the concerned third countries, sometimes even in the countries. However, in specific absence of a bilateral or multilateral individual cases, it may occur that international agreement. However, the procedures provided for by the in specific cases, it may occur that international agreements applicable the regular procedures requiring do not allow to exchange the contacting the competent authority relevant information in a timely in the third country would be manner, so that competent ineffective or inappropriate, in authorities of Member States have particular, because the third State to transfer personal data directly to does not itself require prior recipients established in third authorisation or does not wish to be countries. This may be the case notified, or because the competent when criminal offences have been authority in the third country does committed by means of electronic not respect the rule of law or communication technology like international human rights norms
available to the supervisory authority on request in order to monitor the lawfulness of the transfer. (49b) Competent authorities of Member States are applying bilateral or multilateral international agreements in force, concluded with third countries in the field of judicial co-operation in criminal matters and police for the exchange of relevant information to allow them to perform their legally assigned tasks. In principle, this takes place through or at least with the cooperation of the competent authorities of the concerned third countries. However, in specific individual cases, it may occur that the procedures provided for by the international agreements applicable do not allow to exchange the relevant information in a timely manner, so that competent authorities of Member States have to transfer personal data directly to recipients established in third countries. This may be the case when criminal offences have been committed by means of electronic communication technology like (49b) Competent authorities of Member States are applying bilateral or multilateral international agreements in force, concluded with third countries in the field of judicial co-operation in criminal matters and police co-operation, for the exchange of relevant information to allow them to perform their legally assigned tasks. In principle, this takes place through, or at least with, the cooperation of the competent authorities of the concerned third countries, sometimes even in the absence of a bilateral or multilateral international agreement. However, in specific cases, it may occur that the regular procedures requiring contacting the competent authority in the third country would be ineffective or inappropriate, in particular, because the third State does not itself require prior authorisation or does not wish to be notified, or because the competent authority in the third country does not respect the rule of law or international human rights norms
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