5 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2021/2114(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RegretNotes that the Court of Auditors’ (the Court’s) report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2020 does not contain any remarks about the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS);
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the EDPS is not a decentralised Union agency; regretnotes the Court’s position that the small budget of the EDPS, its low volume of financial transactions and the low level of assessed risks do not justify the publication of a separate report on EDPS; underlines that the legality and regularity of EDPS transactions should neverthelesscontinue to be properly examined by the Court as transparency is vital for the appropriate functioning of all Union bodies; asks the Court to issue separate annual activity reports on the annual accounts of this important Union body;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the EDPS response to the new privacy and data protection challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely immediately establishing an internal task force to actively monitor, undertake actions and assess governmental and private responses to the outbreak;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the EDPS Strategy 2020-2024 and the supervisory and advisory role that the EDPS fulfils, especially sharing knowledge on monitoring Union institutions’ compliance with the “Schrems II” judgement1 in relation to transfers of personal data to third countries.; encourages the EDPS to apply its new strategy with a view to allowing the Union to remain a world leader in data protection and also to remain competitive among global players in the digital sector; _________________ 1Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2020, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems, C-311/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:559.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the 2020 annual report published by the EDPS in April 2021; appreciates the insight given on all EDPS activities;