9 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2017/0145(COD)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Agency should also, whenever it identifies more effective innovative technical solutions, notify and support the Commission services on technical issues related to existing or new systems, when required, in particular for the preparation of new proposals on large-scale IT systems to be entrusted to the Agency.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Member States and the Commission should be represented on a Management Board, in order to control the functions of the Agency effectively. The Management Board should be entrusted with the necessary functions, in particular to adopt the annual work programme, carry out its functions relating to establishing the strategy for managing the Agency’s budget, adopt the financial rules applicable to the Agency, appoint an Executive Director and establish procedures for taking decisions relating to the operational tasks of the Agency by the Executive Director and check and assess the work of the Executive Director. The Agency should be governed and operated taking into account the principles of the Common approach on Union decentralised agencies adopted on 19 July 2012 by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to ensure the transparent operation of the Agency, Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council66 should apply to the Agency. The Agency should be as transparent as possible about its activities, without jeopardising the attainment of the objective of its operations. It should make public information on all of its activities, in line with the principle of transparency and in order to ensure the attainment of its objectives. It should likewise ensure that the public and any interested party are rapidly given information with regard to its work. _________________ 66 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely the establishment of an Agency at Union level responsible for the operational management and where appropriate the development of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice cannot be sufficiently and effectively achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 TEU. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall be responsible for the operational management of the Schengen Information System (SIS) the Visa Information System (VIS) and Eurodac, in line with the principle of subsidiarity as laid down in Article 5 TEU.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) effective, secure and continuous operation of large-scale IT systems apt to ensure a continuous improvement in the quality of data;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Appropriate measures including security plans shall be adopted by the Agency, inter alia, to prevent the unauthorised reading, copying, transfer, modification or deletion of personal data during transfers of personal data or transport of data media, in particular by means of appropriate encryption techniques. All system-related operational information circulating in the communication infrastructure shall be encrypted.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency may be requested to provide advice to Member States with regard to the national systems' connection to the central systems and ad-hoc support to Member States. The requests for ad-hoc support shall be submitted to the Commission which shall transmit them to the Agency. It may also be requested to provide advice or support to the Commission on technical issues related to existing or new systems including by way of suitable studies and appropriate testing.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) appoint, the Executive Director, check and assess his/her work, and where relevant extend his/her term of office or remove him or her from office, in accordance with Article 22;