Activities of Helga STEVENS related to 2018/2067(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the recommendation, by the Commission, for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for an agreement between the European Union and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on the exchange of personal data between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Algerian competent authorities for fighting serious crime and terrorism PDF (371 KB) DOC (54 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that the level of protection resulting from the agreement should be essentially equivalent toar in mind the level of protection in EU law;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that, in order to fully respect Article 8 of the Charter and Article 16 TFEU and to avoid any potential liability from Europol as regards a violation of Union data protection law resulting from a transfer of personal data without the necessary and appropriate safeguards, the agreement contain strict and specific provisions imposing respect for the principle of purpose limitation with clear conditions for the processing of personal data transmitted;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests that the agreement clearly provide that any further processing should always require prior and written authorisation by Europol; stresses that these authorisations should be documented by Europol and made available to the EDPS at its request; calls for the agreement also to contain a provision obliging the competent authorities of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to respect these restrictions and specify how compliance with these restrictions would be enforced;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that the agreement contains a clear and precise provision setting out the data retention period of personal data that have been transferred and requiring the erasure of the personal data transferred at the end of the data retention period; requests that procedural measures be set out in the agreement to ensure compliance; insists that, in exceptional cases, where there are duly justified reasons to store the data for an extended period, past the expiry of the data retention period, these reasons and the accompanying documentation be communicated to Europol and the EDPS;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Council and the Commission to define, pursuant to Court of Justice (CJEU) case-law and within the meaning of Article 8(3) of the Charter, with the Government of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, which independent supervisory authority is to be in charge of supervising the implementation of the international agreement; is of the opinion that such an authority should be agreed and established before the international agreement can enter into force; insistsas soon as possible; is of the opinion that the name of this authority and the contact details beare best expressly included in the agreement;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the independent supervisory body should also be competent to decide toa periodic evaluation of the agreement should be installed to evaluate the parties’ compliance with the agreement as to consider suspending or terminateing the agreement in the event of a breach of the agreement; considers that any personal data falling within the scope of the agreement transferred prior to its suspension or termination may continue to be processed by the independent supervisory body in accordance with the agreement;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Insists on the need to expressly indicate that onward transfers of information from the competent authorities of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to other authorities in the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria can only be allowed to fulfil the original purpose of the transfer by Europol and should always be communicated to the independent authority, the EDPS and Europol;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses the importance of the agreement, as currently Europol does not have any personal data sharing agreements with countries in the MENA region, to enhance the security of the whole of the European Union by improving counter-terrorism efforts and combatting organised crime and irregular migration;