Activities of Malin BJÖRK related to 2021/2114(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020, Section IX –European Data Protection Supervisor
Amendments (2)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the EDPS is not a decentralised Union agency; regrets 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 nevertheless, as a matter of principle, 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 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the important position the EDPS has had and still enjoys in the creation of the framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (the EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic; notes that the EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 04/2021 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery is of crucial value for the assessment of fundamental rights and the protection of personal data;