The Conference acknowledges that specific rules on the protection of personal data and the free movement of such data in the fields of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation based on Article 16 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union may prove necessary because of the specific nature of these fields .
Aithníonn an Chomhdháil go bhféadfadh sé gur gá rialacha sonracha a bheith ann maidir le sonraí pearsanta a chosaint agus le saorghluaiseacht na sonraí sin i réimsí an chomhairbhreithiúnaigh in ábhair choiriúla agus an chomhair phóilíneachta atá bunaithe ar Airteagal 16 den Chonradh ar Fheidhmiú an Aontais Eorpaigh mar gheall ar chineál sonrach na réimsí sin.