Activites

• 2002/07/12 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2002/1247
  • OJ L 183 12.07.2002, p. 0001
• 2002/07/01 End of procedure in Parliament
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• 2002/06/27 Council Meeting
• 2002/06/27 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2002/06/13 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0308/2002 summary

    By adopting the report by Mrs Ornella PACIOTTI (PES, I), the European Parliament approved the proposal for a decision subject to amendments. The Parliament intends to specify that the data protection rules are designed to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in particular their private and family life, with regard to processing of personal data, in particular in Article 6 of the Treaty on the European Union and with due regard to Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Those fundamental rights are to be interpreted, under case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in the light of Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the constitutional traditions common to the Member States. The objective of the data protection must be met while taking into account the objective of not restricting the information about public activities. Moreover, the Rules of Procedure of the European Data Protection Supervisor should contain, in particular, procedural provisions governing the manner in which he exercises his powers. The European Data protection Supervisor is bound by Community law and should comply with Regulation 1049/2001/Ecregarding public access to European Commission documents. The Parliament requests that the European Data Protection Supervisor and the Assistant Supervisor shall be appointed following a public call for candidates, the competent committee of the European Parliament may decide to arrange a hearing in order to enable it to express a preference.�

• 2002/03/12 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0095/2002 summary

    The European Parliament approved the proposal on a European Data Protection Supervisor drafted by its rapporteur Elena Ornella Paciotti (PES, Italy). (Please refer to the document dated 20/02/02.) One amendment states that the Supervisor will be appointed following a public call for candidates. The competent committee of the Parliament will be informed of all those who have applied and fulfill the requirements for the position, and will arrange a hearing in order to establish a preference.�

• 2002/03/11 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2002/02/20 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0054/2002
• 2001/09/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2001/07/18 Non-legislative basic document published
  • COM(2001)0411 summary

    PURPOSE : to present a proposal for a Decision on the regulations and general conditions for the performance of the duties of the European Data Protection Supervisor. CONTENT : the Community institutions and bodies commonly deal with personal data in the course of their activities. To ensure the protection of natural persons as regards the processing of these data by the Community institutions and bodies, and to avoid these exchanges being called into question by the Member States on the grounds of data protection, the Treaty signed in Amsterdam introduced, in the Treaty establishing the European Community, a specific provision to that effect. Article 286 lays down that, from 1 January 1999, the Community institutions and bodies must apply the Community rules on the protection of personal data and that the application of those rules must be monitored by an independent supervisory body. The Community legislator responded to this call in the Treaty be means of Regulation 45/2001/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. The Regulation lays down a series of principles to which the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies is subject. Alongside these substantive provisions, the Regulation sets up an independent supervisory authority, entitled the European Data Protection Supervisor, which is entrusted with ensuring the application of the provisions of the Regulation. It is assisted by an Assistant Supervisor. The Regulation also lays down that the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall by common accord determine the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the European Data Protection Supervisor's duties and, in particular, his or her salary, allowances and any other benefits in lieu of remuneration. However, two essential aspects of the regulations and the general conditions governing the performance of the duties of the European Data Protection Supervisor remain to be determined - the remuneration of the Supervisor and the seat of the body. As regards the Supervisor's remuneration, it is important to ensure regulations for the European Supervisor which correspond to his duties of supervising the Community institutions and bodies, his powers and his independence. In addition, account must be taken of the influence which the figure of the European Mediator has had on the institutional profile of the Supervisor in the Regulation. It is therefore proposed that the European Data Protection Supervisor receive the same remuneration as the European Mediator who, in turn, is on the same footing as a judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities as regards his remuneration, allowances and retirement pension. As regards the remuneration of the Assistant Supervisor, it is therefore proposed that he be on the same footing as the Registrarof the Court of Justice. Moreover, it is proposed that the seat of the European Data Protection Supervisor be established in Brussels.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/internal_market/', 'title': 'Internal Market and Services'}],

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2001)0411
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0054/2002
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0095/2002
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0308/2002
• : Decision 2002/1247
• : OJ L 183 12.07.2002, p. 0001

History

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