it has been determined in the specific case in question that further storage is
necessary for the purposes outlined in sentences 1 and 2, the Federal Intelligence
Service must carry out regular checks at intervals of no more than six months, to
determine whether the further storage of traffic data for the purposes outlined in
sentences 1 and 2 is still necessary.
(6) Compliance with the requirements referred to in paragraph 5 is checked on a
regular and random basis by an authorised official of the Federal Intelligence
Service who is qualified to hold judicial office. If the check reveals that the data
have been processed unlawfully, the data must be erased immediately under the
supervision of an official of the Federal Intelligence Service who is qualified to
hold judicial office. Paragraph 1 sentences 3 to 5 apply mutatis mutandis.’
3.

In Section 7(1), ‘Section 33 of the Federal Intelligence Service Act’ is amended to
‘Section 65(1) of the Federal Intelligence Service Act’.

4.

Section 8 is amended as follows:
a) Paragraph 4 sentence 4 is worded as follows: ‘Section 6(1), sentences 4 and 5,

paragraph 2, sentences 1 and 2, and paragraphs 5 and 6, subject to the proviso that
the further processing pursuant to paragraph 5, sentence 2, is only permitted for
the purpose of identifying and responding to threats within the meaning of
Section 8(1), shall apply mutatis mutandis.’
b) In paragraph 5, ‘Section 33’ is replaced by ‘Section 65(1)’.

Article 3
Amendments to the Federal Civil Servants’ Remuneration Act
[to be completed]

Article 4
Regulation on the technical and organisational implementation of
measures for telecommunications surveillance
(Telecommunications Surveillance Regulation, TKÜV)
Telecommunications Surveillance Regulation in the version promulgated on 11 July 2017 (BGBl. p. 2316),
most recently amended by Article 27 of the Act of 20 November 2019 (BGBl. I p. 1724).

1. In Section 1(1)(e), the words ‘Sections 6, 12 and 14 of the Federal Intelligence

Service Act’ are amended to ‘Sections 19, 24 and 26 of the Federal Intelligence
Service Act’.
2. In Section 1(4), the words ‘Sections 6, 12 or 14 of the Federal Intelligence Service

Act’ are amended to ‘Sections 19, 24 and 26 of the Federal Intelligence Service Act’.
3. In Section 2(1)(a), the words ‘Section 9 of the Federal Intelligence Service Act’ are

amended to ‘Section 25(1), sentence 1, of the Federal Intelligence Service Act’.

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