Article 16 — Conditions for access to, and searches of, bank account information by designated courts and administrative authorities

1. Member States shall ensure that bank account information is accessed and searched in accordance with Article 15 only on a case-by-case basis by the staff of each designated court or administrative authority who has been specifically appointed and authorised to perform those tasks. 2. Member States shall ensure that: (a) the staff referred to in paragraph 1 maintain high professional standards of confidentiality and data protection and are of high integrity and appropriately skilled; (b) technical and organisational measures are in place to ensure the security of the data to high technological standards for the purposes of the exercise by designated courts and administrative authorities of the power to access and search bank account information in accordance with Article 15.