Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.

Done at Strasbourg, 16 February 2022.

For the European Parliament

The President

R. METSOLA

For the Council

The President

C. BEAUNE

( 1 ) Position of the European Parliament of 14 December 2021 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 25 January 2022.

( 2 ) Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA ( OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 89 ).

( 3 ) Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters ( OJ L 130, 1.5.2014, p. 1 ).

( 4 ) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) ( OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1 ).

( 5 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC ( OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39 ).

DIRECTIVE (EU) 2022/228 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 February 2022 amending Directive 2014/41/EU, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data