Article 7U.K.Use of the European search portal
1.The use of the ESP shall be reserved to the Member State authorities and Union agencies having access, to at least one of the EU information systemsin accordance with the legal instruments governing those EU information systems, to the CIR and the MID in accordance with this Regulation, to Europol data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794or to the Interpol databases in accordance with Union or national law governing such access.
Those Member State authorities and Union agencies may make use of the ESP and the data provided by it only for the objectives and purposes laid down in the legal instruments governing those EU information systems, in Regulation (EU) 2016/794 and in this Regulation.
2.The Member State authorities and Union agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall use the ESP to search data related to persons or their travel documents in the central systems of Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN in accordance with their access rights as referred to in the legal instruments governing those EU information systems and in national law. They shall also use the ESP to query the CIR in accordance with their access rights under this Regulation for the purposes referred to in Articles 20, 21 and 22.
3.The Member State authorities referred to in paragraph 1 may use the ESP to search data related to persons or their travel documents in the Central-SIS referred to in Regulations (EU) 2018/1860 and (EU) 2018/1861.
4.Where provided for under Union law, the Union agencies referred to in paragraph 1 shall use the ESP to search data related to persons or their travel documents in the Central-SIS.
5.The Member State authorities and Union agencies referred to in paragraph 1 may use the ESP to search data related to persons or their travel documents in the Europol data in accordance with their access rights under Union and national law.