Article 33 — Urgent opinion or urgent binding decision under Article 66(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679

1. A request for an urgent opinion or an urgent binding decision of the Board pursuant to Article 66(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall contain the following: (a) a summary of the relevant facts; (b) a justification of the urgent need to take appropriate measures in order to protect the rights and freedoms of data subjects, bearing in mind the exceptional circumstances requiring the adoption of such measures, in particular any elements which the competent supervisory authority should have taken into account in order to protect the rights and freedoms of data subjects; (c) where relevant and available, information on any investigative measures taken by the requesting supervisory authority on the territory of the Member State of the supervisory authority requesting an urgent opinion or an urgent binding decision and replies received from the parties under investigation or any other information in the possession of that requesting supervisory authority; (d) the views of the competent supervisory authority referred to in Article 66(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. 2. The Board may request further documents from a supervisory authority with respect to the subject matter submitted to it. 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.