Activities of Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES related to 2011/0226(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) PDF (242 KB) DOC (327 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The application of certain Union acts governing the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital in the internal market requires Member States to cooperate more effectively and exchange information with one another and with the Commission. As practical means to implement such information exchange are often not specified in those acts, appropriate practical arrangements need to be made.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Internal Market Information System (hereinafter ‘IMI’) is a software application accessible via the Internet, developed by the European Commission in cooperation with the Member States, in order to assist Member States with the practical implementation of information exchange requirements laid down in Union acts by providing a centralised communication mechanism to facilitate cross-border exchange of information and mutual assistance. In particular, IMI helps competent authorities to identify their counterpart in another Member State, manage the exchange of information, including personal data, on the basis of simple and unified procedures and overcome language barriers on the basis of pre-defined and pre-translated workflows.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The use of personal data processed by means of IMI for a specific purpose in a way incompatible with that original purpose shall be prohibited, unless explicitly provided for by lawunder the legislation of the Member States.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Personal data processed in IMI shall be blockeddeleted automatically at the latest eighteen months after the formal closure of an administrative cooperation procedure, unless blocking or deletion before that period is expressly requested by a competent authority and the request substantiated, on a case-by-case basis.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. When a natural person ceases to be an IMI user, the personal data relating to him or her shall be blocked by technical means for a period of up to five years. if a competent authority expressly requests that the data be blocked and substantiates its requestThey shall, with the exception of their storage, only be processed for purposes of proof of an information exchange by means of IMI and shall be deleted at the end of the five-year period.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Personal data blocked pursuant to Article 13(1) shall not be rectified or deleted if a competent authority expressly requests that the date not be deleted but blocked and substantiates its request, unless it can be clearly demonstrated that such rectification or deletion is necessary to protect the rights of the data subject and does not undermine their value as proof of an information exchange by means of IMI.