21 Amendments of Elena Oana ANTONESCU related to 2013/2188(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas mutual trust and understanding are key factors in the transatlantic dialogue, partnership and relations;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in September 2001 the world entered a new phase which resulted in the fight against terrorism being listed among the top priorities of most governments; whereas the revelations based on leaked documents from Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor, put democratically electedput political leaders under an obligation to address the challenges of the increasing capabilities of intelligence agencies in surveillance activities and their implications for the rule of law in a democratic society;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R b (new)
Recital R b (new)
Rb. whereas the mass collection of personal data for commercial purposes and in the fight against terror and serious transnational crime put at risk the personal data and privacy rights of EU citizens;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AS
Recital AS
AS. whereas this agreement should provide for clear and precise legally binding data- processing principles and should in particular recognise EU citizens’' right to judicial access, rectification and erasure of their personal data in the US, as well as the right to an efficient administrative and judicial redress mechanism for EU citizens in the US and independent oversight of the data- processing activities;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. States that trust has been profoundly shaken: trust between the two transatlantic partners, trust among EU Member States, trust between citizens and their governments, trust in the respect of the rule of law, and trust in the security of IT services and communication; believes that in order to rebuild trust in all these dimensions a comprehensive plan is urgently neededof the utmost urgency;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls EU's firm belief in the need to strike the right balance between security measures and the protection of civil liberties and fundamental rights, while ensuring the utmost respect for privacy and data protection;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is adamant that secret laws, treaties and courts violate the rule of law; pPoints out that any judgment of a court or tribunal and any decision of an administrative authority of a non-EU state authorising, directly or indirectly, surveillance activities such as those examined by this inquiry may not be automatically recognised or enforced, but must be submitted individually to the appropriate national procedures on mutual recognition and legal assistance, including rules imposed by bilateral agreements;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Strongly rejects the notion that these issuall issues related to mass surveillance programmes are purely a matter of national security and therefore the sole competence of Member States; recalls a recent ruling of the Court of Justice according to which ‘although it is for Member States to take the appropriate measures to ensure their internal and external security, the mere fact that a decision concerns State security cannot result in European Union law being inapplicable’38 ; recalls further that the protection of the privacy of all EU citizens is at stake, as are the security and reliability of all EU communication networks; believes therefore that discussion and action at EU level is not only legitimate, but also a matter of EU autonomy and sovereignty; __________________ 38 No 1 BvR 518/02 of 4 April 2006. No 1 BvR 518/02 of 4 April 2006.
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States immediately to fulfil their positive obligation under the European Convention on Human Rights to take measures to protect their citizens from surveillance contrary to its requiremenwhich violates human rights, including when the aim thereof is to safeguard national security, undertaken by third states and to ensure that the rule of law is not weakened as a result of extraterritorial application of a third country’s law;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the US to revise its legislation without delay in order to bring it into line with international law, to recognise the privacy and other rights of EU citizens, to provide for judicial redress for EU citizens, to put rights of EU citizens on an equal footing with rights of US citizens and to sign the Additional Protocol allowing for complaints by individuals under the ICCPR;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Asks for an immediate resumption of the negotiations with the US on the ‘'Umbrella Agreement’', which should provide for clearput rights for EU citizens on an equal footing with rights for EUS citizens and, moreover the agreement should provide effective and enforceable administrative and judicial remedies for all EU citizens in the US without any discrimination;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Recalls that the concepts of 'privacy by design' and 'privacy by default' are a strengthening of data protection and should be the guidelines for all products, services and systems provided in the internet;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 b (new)
Paragraph 52 b (new)
52b. Considers higher transparency and safety standards for online and telecommunication as a necessary principal towards a better data protection regime, therefore calls on the Commission to bring forward a legal proposal on standardized general terms and conditions for online and telecommunications and to mandate a supervisory body to monitor the compliance of the general terms and conditions;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Calls on Europol to ask the competent authorities of the Member States, in line with its competences, to initiate investigations with regard to possible cybercrimes and cyber attacks committed by governments or private actors in the course of the activities under scrutiny; calls on the Commission review the activities of the European Cybercrime Centre and to put forward if necessary a proposal for a comprehensive framework for strengthening the competences of the European Cybercrime Centre;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Calls on all the Members States, the Commission, the Council and the European Council to address the EU’s dangerou's lack of autonomy in terms of IT tools, companies and providers (hardware, software, services and network), and encryption and cryptographic capabilities;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82
Paragraph 82
82. Points out that both telecom companies and the EU and national telecom regulators have clearly neglected the IT security of their users and clients; calls on the Commission to make full use of its existing powers under the ePrivacy and Telecommunication Framework Directive to strengthen the protection of confidentiality of communication by adopting measures to ensure that terminal equipment is compatible with the right of users to control and protect their personal data, and to ensure a high level of security of telecommunication networks and services, including by way of requiring state-of-the-art encryption of communications;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Calls on the Commission, to strengthen the technological European infrastructure and the European digital market and therefore in the framework of the next Work Programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme, to assess whether; more resources should be directed towards boosting European research, development, innovation and training in the field of IT technologies, in particular privacy-enhancing technologies and infrastructures, cryptology, secure computing, open-source security solutions and the Information Society in order to make email and telecommunications safer; to promote the internal market for European soft- and hardware, and to promote cryptophones and to encrypt communication infrastructures;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. Asks the Commission to map out current responsibilities and to review, by June 2014 at the latest, the need for a broader mandate, better coordination and/or additional resources and technical capabilities for Europol’'s CyberCrime Centre, ENISA, CERT-EU and the EDPS in order to enable them to be more effective in preventing and investigating major IT breaches in the EU and in performing (or assisting Member States and EU bodies to perform) on-site technical investigations regarding major IT breaches;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106 a (new)
Paragraph 106 a (new)
106 a. Calls on the Commission to present an action plan for the establishment of a Single European Digital Area (SEDA), including commercial data, data used for law enforcement and intelligence purposes;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 4
Paragraph 114 – point 4
Action 4: Suspend the TFTP agreement until (i) the Umbrella Agreement negotiations have been concluded; (ii) a thorough investigation has been concluded on the basis of an EU analysis, and all concerns raised by Parliament in its resolution of 23 October have been properly addressedto conclude the on-going negotiations on a data protection agreement for law enforcement purposes ("umbrella agreement") soon as possible;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 – point 1
Paragraph 115 – point 1
April-July 2014: a monitoring group based on the LIBE inquiry team responsible for monitoring any new revelations in the media concerning the inquiry’'s mandate and scrutinising the implementation of this resolution;