(2) If information is requested or issued pursuant to Section 25(1), sentence 1, inter alia
in conjunction with Section 24(4), that fact or the content of the request or the
information issued by individuals who are obliged to respond, entrusted with a response
or involved in providing a response may not be disclosed to others.
Section 61
Evaluation
The Independent Oversight Council produces a report every five years evaluating the
effectiveness of its oversight activities, and forwards that report to the Parliamentary
Oversight Panel. The Federal Chancellery must first be given an opportunity to issue an
opinion on the report.
Section 62
Service regulations
The technical and organisational arrangements for implementing the provisions on
technical intelligence gathering must be outlined in service regulations. The service
regulations must be approved by the Federal Chancellery. The Federal Chancellery must
notify the Parliamentary Oversight Panel.’
22. The former Section 32 becomes Section 63.
23. The former Section 32a becomes Section 64, and ‘49, 50’ is inserted in subparagraph 2
after ‘46’.
24. The former Section 33 becomes Section 65 and is reworded as follows:
‘Section 65
Reporting obligation and provision of information to the public
(1) The Federal Intelligence Service reports directly to the Federal Chancellery and to
the federal ministries within the scope of their remits; the forwarding of personal
data is also permitted in that connection. Sections 11, 29 and 38 apply.
(2) The Federal Intelligence Service may provide the public with information about
findings made in performance of its tasks pursuant to Section 1(2) or obtained when
reappraising its records. When providing the information, it may also disclose
personal data if:
1. said disclosure is necessary in order to understand the context or the description of
organised or non-organised groups, and
2. the public interest outweighs the protected interest of the data subject.’
25. The former Section 34 becomes Section 66 and ‘Section 17’ is replaced by
‘Section 59(2)’.
26. The former Section 35 becomes Section 67 and paragraph 1 is amended as follows: