With the exception of that purpose, personal data, as well as the records of searches, shall be erased from all national and Europol files after 30 days, unless those data and records are required for the purposes of the specific ongoing criminal investigation for which they were requested by a Member State or by Europol.
Cé is móite den chríoch sin, déanfar, tar éis 30 lá, sonraí pearsanta chomh maith leis na taifid ar chuardaigh a rinneadh, a léirscriosadh ó na comhaid náisiúnta uile agus ó chomhaid Europol uile, ach amháin má tá na sonraí agus na taifid sin de dhíth chun críocha an imscrúdaithe choiriúil shonraigh atá fós ar siúl agus ar iarr an Ballstát nó Europol na sonraí ina leith.