Article 31 — Urgent opinion under Article 66(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679

1. A request for an urgent opinion of the Board pursuant to Article 66(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall be made no later than four weeks prior to the expiry of provisional measures adopted under Article 66(1) of that Regulation and shall contain the following: (a) a summary of the relevant facts, including the allegations of infringement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679; (b) the provisional measure adopted on the territory of the Member State of the supervisory authority requesting the urgent opinion, its duration and the reasons for adopting it, including a justification of the urgent need to act in order to protect the rights and freedoms of data subjects; (c) a justification of the urgent need for final measures to be adopted, including an explanation of the exceptional nature of circumstances requiring the adoption of those final measures. 2. The Board may request further documents from a supervisory authority with respect to the subject matter submitted to it for an urgent opinion. 3. Within one week of being provided with the documents and information referred to in paragraph 1, the Chair of the Board shall register the referral of the subject matter submitted to it. As soon as the referral is registered, the file shall be provided to the members of the Board.