Activites

• 2005/07/22 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2005/1160
  • OJ L 191 22.07.2005, p. 0018-0021
• 2005/07/06 Final act signed
• 2005/07/06 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2664
• 2005/06/02 Council Meeting
• 2005/04/28 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0144/2005 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Carlos COELHO (EPP-ED, PT) by 512 votes in favour, 20 against and 31 abstentions, and made few amendments to the common position: - a new recital states that, as regards Switzerland, the Regulation constitutes a development of the Schengen acquis;- each year the Council must submit a report to the European Parliament on the implementation of the Article on combating vehicle crime. This report will include information and statistics relating to the use and results of the implementation of this Article and state how the data protection rules were applied.

• 2005/04/27 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2005/04/05 Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
  • A6-0084/2005
• 2005/03/31 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
• 2005/01/13 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• 2004/12/22 Council position published
  • 14238/1/2004 summary

    All 10 amendments proposed by the Parliament and acceptable to the Commission have been integrated in the text. One amendment, which is reported as being unacceptable by the Commission but of which the Commission services have indicated that it is acceptable, has also been taken up in the common position.The other amendments, which were not acceptable to the Commission, have not been included in the common position because it is considered that the current draft Regulation does not provide the correct and sufficient legal basis for these provisions.The Council is aware of the fact that the current drafting of the Regulation supposes that the relevant provisions of the draft Council Decision concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism, have become applicable before the Regulation enters into force. As there is agreement on the draft Council Decision and its adoption is only subject to the lifting of one outstanding parliamentary reservation, the Council wishes to maintain the current text. This issue will be carefully examined again in the second reading, in light of the progress made on the above-mentioned draft Council Decision at that time.

• #2633
• 2004/12/21 Council Meeting
• 2004/04/01 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0266/2004 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by Carlos COELHO (EPP-ED, P) on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders as regards access to the Schengen Information System by the services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles. The Parliament did however include a number of amendments to the text. These are as follows : - authorities or services clearly identified for this purpose and responsible in the Member States for issuing registration certificates for vehicles should have access to data concerning motor vehicles with a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc, data concerning trailers and caravans with an unladen weight exceeding 750 kg and data concerning vehicle registration certificates and vehicle number plates which have been stolen, misappropriated or lost in order to enable them to check whether the vehicles presented to them for registration have not been stolen, misappropriated or lost; - each year, after seeking the opinion of the joint supervisory authority set up pursuant to Article 115 on the data protection rules, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Article. In this report, the Commission shall state how many searches were made, how many stolen vehicles were detected and how the data protection rules were applied. Member States shall transmit to the Commission the data necessary for this report to be drawn up; - each Member State shall ensure that every transmission of personal data is recorded in the national section of the Schengen Information System by the data file management authority for the purpose of checking whether the search is admissible or not. The record shall include the person or object on whom the search is run, the terminal or user carrying out the search, the place, date and time of the search and the reasons for the search. The record may be used only for this purpose and shall be deleted at the latest one year after it is made.�

• 2004/03/31 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2004/03/18 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0205/2004
• 2003/09/04 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2003/08/21 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2003)0510 summary

    PURPOSE : to amend the Schengen Convention by giving vehicle registration authorities of the Member States the right to consult certain categories of data contained in he Schengen Information System (SIS). CONTENT : Article 100 in Title IV of the Schengen Convention, which has been integrated into the framework of the EU, allows authorities to insert data on motor vehicles which have been stolen, misappropriated or lost, to the SIS. Pursuant to Article 101 of the Schengen Convention, access to SIS data is reserved exclusively to the authorities responsible for border checks, for other police and customs checks carried out within the country. In addition, access to certain data is given to the authorities responsible for issuing visas, examining visa applications, issuing residence permits and the administration of legislation on aliens in the context of the application of that Convention. The objective of the proposal is to amend the Schengen Convention to improve co-operation between Member States and as a result the functioning of the internal market. In concrete terms, vehicle registration authorities of the Member States will have the right to consult certain categories of data contained in the SIS. They will then have the ability to check whether vehicles presented to them for registration have been stolen, misappropriated or lost and whether persons applying for a registration certificate are using identity or vehicle registration documents to that end which have been stolen, misappropriated, lost or - in the future - invalidated. This will serve the interest of the functioning of the internal market and the fight against fraud and illegal trade in stolen vehicles. The proposal emphasises that the task of vehicle registration authorities is of an administrative nature, and the vehicle registration authorities do not pursue penal law objectives by consulting the relevant data categories in the SIS. However, a vehicle registration authority that finds that a vehicle or a document that has been presented to it in the course of the administrative process has been reported in the SIS may inform a police authority about this finding, without itself acting in the field of criminal law. This proposal signifies a development of the Schengen acquis. It is a concrete contribution to a series of other initiatives developing the Schengen acquis aiming at augmenting the functionalities of the SIS. It also contributes to the goals set by the Tampere European Council, especially stepping up cooperation against crime. Norway and Iceland are fully associated with this proposal. Financial consequences: Member States must create a connection between the national vehicle registration authorities and the national part of the N.SIS adding the necessary filters to block access to other data (for public vehicle registration authorities), or set up a link between the private vehicle registration service and the public authority appointed to liase with the former. This Regulation will have no financial consequences for the Community.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2003)0510
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0205/2004
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0266/2004
• Council position published: 14238/1/2004
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A6-0084/2005
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T6-0144/2005
• : Regulation 2005/1160
• : OJ L 191 22.07.2005, p. 0018-0021

History

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