Article 12a
1. The Commission shall process personal data in order to carry out its tasks under this Regulation. These tasks include the handling of information on deposits and information on authorisations granted by the competent authorities.
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the Commission is designated as "controller" within the meaning of Article 3(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 in relation to the processing activities necessary to accomplish the tasks referred to in paragraph 1.