Article 14 (retention periods)

• 1

  Police data deleted under Articles 8(6), 9(4) and 10(6) shall be retained for a period of five years for processing for the purpose of handling complaints and accounting for operations and then destroyed.

• 2

  Articles 16 to 20 as well as Articles 23 and 24 shall not apply to police data retained in accordance with paragraph 1.

• 3

  In special cases and to the extent necessary for a purpose referred to in Article 9 or 10, police data retained in accordance with the first paragraph may be made available for renewed processing under Article 9 or 10 by order of the competent authority referred to in Articles 11, 12 and 14 of the Police Act 2012.

• 4

  The destruction referred to in the first paragraph shall be waived insofar as the value of the records as a component of cultural heritage or for historical research precludes its destruction. The records in question shall be transferred to an archive depository as soon as possible. In so doing, restrictions on public access shall be imposed pursuant to Section 15 of the 1995 Archives Act. Our Ministers may lay down policy rules regarding the provisions of the first and third sentences.