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Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@en4
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"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@cs1
"Hr. formand! Som De ved, indgik Den Europæiske Union og USA den 19. oktober en aftale om behandling og overførsel af passageroplysninger fra flyselskaberne til det amerikanske ministerium for indre sikkerhed.
Vi står over for et fælles problem og en fælles trussel. Terrorismen vil fortsat eksistere i de kommende måneder og år. Kun en meget solid strategi og et afbalanceret samarbejde med vores vigtigste internationale, transatlantiske partner vil gøre det muligt at reducere om ikke eliminere denne moderne form for totalitarisme mod demokratiet.
USA's regering bekræftede en række løfter, der garanterer beskyttelsen og fortroligheden af passageroplysninger. På denne baggrund er der for nylig udtrykt bekymring efter oplysninger, som ministeriet for indre sikkerhed offentliggjorde i sidste måned, om det såkaldte automatiske identifikationssystem. Dette er et system til sikkerhedsscreening, der foretager en risikovurdering af internationale rejsende, bl.a. på grundlag af passageroplysningerne. Oplysningerne fra ministeriet for indre sikkerhed afslører en betydelig forskel mellem behandlingen af passageroplysninger inden for det automatiske identifikationssystem og den mere restriktive ordning for europæiske passageroplysninger i henhold til løfterne fra ministeriet for indre sikkerhed.
Som formanden for Rådet netop har sagt, har vi i dag sendt et brev til den amerikanske regering, hvori vi beder om en formel bekræftelse på, at den måde, hvorpå EU-passageroplysningerne behandles i det automatiske identifikationssystem, er i overensstemmelse med den lovede. Den nuværende aftale mellem EU og USA om passageroplysninger udløber i juli 2007. I begyndelsen af 2007 vil Kommissionen anbefale Rådet at give formandskabet mandat til med bistand fra Kommissionen at forhandle en ny aftale om passageroplysninger med USA. Jeg er sikker på, at den nye aftale vil føre til en høj grad af beskyttelse af alle passageroplysninger, der overføres i henhold til aftalen, og samtidig beskytte borgernes sikkerhed.
Jeg vil holde Europa-Parlamentet underrettet om udarbejdelsen af udkastet til mandat, som formentlig vil gå i gang inden udgangen af marts 2007, og vil ellers indtage den holdning, at de rejsende skal informeres, når deres passageroplysninger kan blive overdraget til kompetente myndigheder i tredjelande. Ministeriet for indre sikkerhed har udtrykkeligt afgivet løfte om dette.
Vi har brug for en international aftale, der har støtte fra befolkningerne på begge sider af Atlanten og fra befolkningernes demokratiske repræsentanter. Jeg har ofte sagt, at man skal finde den vigtige balance mellem foranstaltninger til sikring af sikkerheden på den ene side og beskyttelsen af de absolutte, grundlæggende rettigheder på den anden.
Kommissionen vil bistå formandskabet ved forhandlingerne om de kommende aftaler om passageroplysninger med tredjelande og vil sørge for, at der tages behørigt hensyn til sikkerhedsaspekterne ved overførsel og korrekt brug af passageroplysningerne, idet personlige oplysninger skal beskyttes som garanteret i artikel 8 i chartret.
Endelig blev der oprettet en kontraktgruppe på højt niveau på trojkamødet mellem ministrene fra EU og USA den 6. november 2006, hvor man skal drøfte informationsudveksling og beskyttelse af personoplysninger med henblik på retshåndhævelse. Der er et klart behov på begge sider af Atlanten for at arbejde tættere sammen om disse spørgsmål.
Jeg vil også sige, at jeg er tilhænger af tætte og løbende kontakter mellem denne nye kontaktgruppe og såvel Europa-Parlamentet som den amerikanske Kongres. Vi har brug for et bredere perspektiv og en langsigtet vision for i samarbejde med USA at klare terrortruslen, idet vi samtidig beskytter den enkeltes grundlæggende rettigheder uden at bringe dem i fare.
Mere generelt vedrørende et tema, som netop blev nævnt af rådsformanden, er jeg også fast besluttet på at tilskynde og fortsætte med at tilskynde Rådet til hurtigst mulig at godkende det forslag, jeg stillede for 15 måneder siden om databeskyttelse under tredje søjle. Jeg regner med støtte fra det kommende tyske formandskab i denne sag."@da2
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Herr Präsident! Wie Ihnen sehr wohl bekannt ist, haben die Europäische Union und die Vereinigten Staaten am 19. Oktober ein Abkommen über die Verarbeitung von Fluggastdatensätzen und deren Übermittlung durch die Fluggesellschaften an das Heimatschutzministerium der USA geschlossen.
Wir stehen vor einem Problem und einer Bedrohung, die uns alle angehen. Der Terrorismus wird in den nächsten Monaten und Jahren nicht einfach aufhören. Nur eine sehr solide Strategie und eine ausgewogene Zusammenarbeit mit unserem wichtigsten internationalen, transatlantischen Partner wird es möglich machen, diese moderne Form des demokratiefeindlichen Totalitarismus wenn schon nicht zu beseitigen, so doch wenigstens einzuschränken.
Die Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten bestätigte eine Reihe von Zusagen, die den Schutz und die Sicherheit der Fluggastdatensätze gewährleisten. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurden kürzlich Bedenken laut, nachdem das Heimatschutzministerium im vergangenen Monat Informationen über das so genannte Automated Targeting System (ATS) veröffentlicht hatte. Hierbei handelt es sich um ein Sicherheitsüberwachungssystem, das eine Risikobewertung der international reisenden Fluggäste vornimmt und sich dabei unter anderem auf Fluggastdatensätze stützt. Aus den vom Heimatschutzministerium veröffentlichten Informationen geht hervor, dass ein großer Unterschied besteht zwischen der Art und Weise, wie die Fluggastdatensätze innerhalb des ATS verarbeitet werden, und der Regelung für europäische Fluggastdatensätze entsprechend den Zusagen des Heimatschutzministeriums, die sich als strenger erweist.
Wie die Frau Ratspräsidentin soeben sagte, haben wir der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten heute ein Schreiben zukommen lassen und um die offizielle Bestätigung gebeten, dass die Fluggastdatensätze der EU im ATS so wie in den Zusagen beschrieben bearbeitet werden. Das aktuelle Fluggastdatenabkommen zwischen der Europäischen Union und den USA läuft im Juli 2007 aus. Anfang 2007 wird die Kommission dem Rat empfehlen, den Ratsvorsitz unter Mitwirkung der Kommission mit der Aushandlung eines neuen Fluggastdatenabkommens mit den Vereinigten Staaten zu beauftragen. Ich bin davon überzeugt, dass das neue Abkommen für sämtliche in seinem Rahmen übermittelten Fluggastdatensätze ein hohes Maß an Datenschutz gewährleisten und zugleich die Sicherheit unserer Bürger schützen wird.
Ich werde das Europäische Parlament über die Ausarbeitung des Entwurfs dieses Mandats auf dem Laufenden halten, der aller Voraussicht nach bis Ende März fertig sein wird, da meines Erachtens ansonsten die Reisenden informiert werden müssen, wenn ihre Fluggastdatensätze an die zuständigen Behörden eines Drittlands übermittelt werden. Dies wurde in der Zusage des Heimatschutzministeriums ausdrücklich anerkannt.
Wir brauchen ein internationales Abkommen, das auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks von der Öffentlichkeit und den demokratischen Volksvertretern unterstützt wird. Ich habe oft gesagt, dass es ein wichtiges Gleichgewicht zu schaffen gilt zwischen den Maßnahmen zur Gewährleistung der Sicherheit und dem Schutz der nicht verhandelbaren Grundrechte.
Die Kommission, die dem Ratsvorsitz bei der Aushandlung der künftigen Fluggastdatenabkommen mit Drittländern zur Seite stehen wird, wird dafür Sorge tragen, dass Sicherheitsfragen durch die Übermittlung und angemessene Nutzung von Fluggastdatensätzen entsprechend angegangen werden und zugleich der in Artikel 8 der Charta garantierte Datenschutz gewährleistet wird.
Letzten Endes wurde bei dem Treffen der Ministertroika EU/USA am 6. November 2006 eine hochrangige Kontaktgruppe eingerichtet, die den Informationsaustausch und Datenschutz zu Strafverfolgungszwecken erörtern soll. Bei diesen Fragen müssen unbedingt beide Seiten des Atlantiks enger zusammenarbeiten.
Ich wäre auch für enge und ständige Kontakte zwischen dieser neuen Kontaktgruppe und dem Europäischen Parlament und dem Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten. Wir brauchen eine breitere Perspektive und eine langfristige Vision, um gemeinsam mit den USA gegen die terroristische Bedrohung vorzugehen und zugleich die individuellen Grundrechte zu schützen, ohne sie zu gefährden.
Allgemein gesagt halte ich bei einem von der Ratspräsidentin soeben angesprochenen Thema weiterhin entschlossen daran fest, den Rat auch künftig darin zu bestärken, meinen vor 15 Monaten vorgelegten Vorschlag zum Datenschutz im Rahmen des dritten Pfeilers so bald als möglich zu billigen. Ich zähle hier auf die Unterstützung des künftigen deutschen Ratsvorsitzes."@de9
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Κύριε Πρόεδρε, όπως πολύ καλά γνωρίζετε, στις 19 Οκτωβρίου η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες συνήψαν συμφωνία σχετικά με την επεξεργασία και τη διαβίβαση των καταστάσεων ονομάτων επιβατών από τους αερομεταφορείς προς το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικής Ασφάλειας των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών.
Αντιμετωπίζουμε ένα κοινό πρόβλημα και μια κοινή απειλή. Η τρομοκρατία θα συνεχίσει να υφίσταται τους επόμενους μήνες και χρόνια. Μόνο μια πολύ καλά συγκροτημένη στρατηγική και η ισορροπημένη συνεργασία με τον σημαντικότερο διεθνή, υπερατλαντικό εταίρο μας θα μας επιτρέψει να μειώσουμε, αν όχι να εξαλείψουμε, αυτήν τη σύγχρονη μορφή ολοκληρωτισμού που στρέφεται κατά της δημοκρατίας.
Η κυβέρνηση των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών επιβεβαίωσε μια σειρά δεσμεύσεων οι οποίες εγγυώνται την προστασία και την ασφάλεια των καταστάσεων ονομάτων επιβατών. Σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, εκφράστηκαν προσφάτως ορισμένες ανησυχίες μετά τη δημοσίευση πληροφοριών τον περασμένο μήνα από το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικής Ασφάλειας σχετικά με το λεγόμενο Αυτόματο Σύστημα Στοχοποίησης. Πρόκειται για ένα σύστημα ελέγχου ασφαλείας το οποίο προβαίνει σε αξιολόγηση των κινδύνων που παρουσιάζουν οι επιβάτες διεθνών πτήσεων βάσει, μεταξύ άλλων, των στοιχείων που περιλαμβάνονται στις καταστάσεις ονομάτων επιβατών. Οι πληροφορίες τις οποίες δημοσίευσε το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικής Ασφάλειας αποκαλύπτουν σημαντικές διαφορές μεταξύ του τρόπου χειρισμού των καταστάσεων ονομάτων επιβατών από το Αυτόματο Σύστημα Στοχοποίησης και του αυστηρότερου καθεστώτος που ισχύει για τις ευρωπαϊκές καταστάσεις ονομάτων επιβατών σύμφωνα με τις διαβεβαιώσεις του Υπουργείου Εσωτερικής Ασφάλειας.
Όπως ανέφερε προ ολίγου η Προεδρεύουσα του Συμβουλίου, σήμερα απευθύναμε επιστολή στην κυβέρνηση των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών με την οποία ζητούμε επίσημες διαβεβαιώσεις ότι ο τρόπος χειρισμού των καταστάσεων ονομάτων επιβατών της ΕΕ στο πλαίσιο του Αυτόματου Συστήματος Στοχοποίησης είναι αυτός που περιγράφεται στις αναλήψεις υποχρεώσεων. Η τρέχουσα συμφωνία μεταξύ της ΕΕ και των ΗΠΑ σχετικά με τις καταστάσεις ονομάτων επιβατών θα λήξει τον Ιούλιο του 2007. Στις αρχές του 2007 η Επιτροπή θα προτείνει στο Συμβούλιο να δώσει εντολή στην Προεδρία να διαπραγματευτεί, επικουρούμενη από την Επιτροπή, μια νέα συμφωνία για τις καταστάσεις ονομάτων επιβατών με τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Είμαι βέβαιος ότι η όποια νέα συμφωνία θα προσφέρει υψηλό επίπεδο προστασίας των δεδομένων για όλες τις καταστάσεις ονομάτων επιβατών που διαβιβάζονται στο πλαίσιο της συμφωνίας, προστατεύοντας συγχρόνως την ασφάλεια των πολιτών.
Θα τηρώ ενήμερο το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο σχετικά με την προετοιμασία του σχεδίου εντολής, την οποία αναμένω να έχω λάβει πριν από τα τέλη Μαρτίου 2007, υιοθετώντας κατά τα λοιπά τη θέση ότι οι επιβάτες πρέπει να ενημερώνονται όταν τα στοιχεία τους ενδέχεται να διαβιβάζονται στις αρμόδιες αρχές τρίτων χωρών. Αυτό αναγνωρίζεται, εξάλλου, ρητώς στις δεσμεύσεις του Υπουργείου Εσωτερικής Ασφάλειας των ΗΠΑ.
Χρειαζόμαστε μια διεθνή συμφωνία με τη στήριξη των πολιτών και των δύο πλευρών του Ατλαντικού, καθώς και των δημοκρατικών εκπροσώπων τους. Έχω δηλώσει επανειλημμένα ότι είναι άκρως σημαντικό να επιτευχθεί ισορροπία μεταξύ των μέτρων τα οποία εγγυώνται, αφενός, την ασφάλεια και, αφετέρου, την προστασία αδιαπραγμάτευτων θεμελιωδών δικαιωμάτων.
Η Επιτροπή, επικουρώντας την Προεδρία κατά τη διαπραγμάτευση των μελλοντικών συμφωνιών για τις καταστάσεις ονομάτων επιβατών με τρίτες χώρες, θα διασφαλίσει την ενδεδειγμένη αντιμετώπιση των θεμάτων ασφαλείας μέσω της διαβίβασης και της κατάλληλης χρήσης των καταστάσεων ονομάτων επιβατών, προστατεύοντας συγχρόνως τα προσωπικά δεδομένα σύμφωνα με τις εγγυήσεις του άρθρου 8 του Χάρτη.
Τέλος, κατά τη συνάντηση της υπουργικής τρόικας ΕΕ-ΗΠΑ της 6ης Νοεμβρίου 2006 αποφασίστηκε η σύσταση ομάδας επαφής υψηλού επιπέδου για τη συζήτηση θεμάτων που άπτονται της ανταλλαγής πληροφοριών και της προστασίας των προσωπικών δεδομένων για σκοπούς επιβολής του νόμου. Είναι σαφής η ανάγκη στενότερης συνεργασίας των δύο πλευρών του Ατλαντικού στα θέματα αυτά.
Υποστηρίζω επίσης την ανάπτυξη στενών και διαρκών επαφών μεταξύ αυτής της νέας ομάδας επαφής και του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου, καθώς και του Κογκρέσου των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών. Χρειαζόμαστε μια ευρύτερη προσέγγιση και μακροπρόθεσμο όραμα προκειμένου να καταπολεμήσουμε, μαζί με τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, την απειλή της τρομοκρατίας, προστατεύοντας συγχρόνως τα θεμελιώδη δικαιώματα του ατόμου, τα οποία δεν πρέπει να τίθενται σε κίνδυνο.
Γενικότερα, όσον αφορά ένα θέμα που μόλις έθιξε η Προεδρεύουσα του Συμβουλίου, παραμένω επίσης απολύτως προσκολλημένος στον στόχο της συνεχούς ενθάρρυνσης του Συμβουλίου προκειμένου να εγκρίνει το ταχύτερο δυνατόν την πρόταση την οποία κατέθεσα πριν από 15 μήνες σχετικά με την προστασία των δεδομένων δυνάμει του τρίτου πυλώνα. Επ’ αυτού προσβλέπω στη στήριξη της επικείμενης γερμανικής Προεδρίας."@el10
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Señor Presidente, como muy bien sabe, el 19 de octubre la Unión Europea y los Estados Unidos celebraron un acuerdo relativo al procesado y transferencia de los registros de nombres de los pasajeros por parte de las compañías aéreas al Departamento de Seguridad Interior de los Estados Unidos.
Nos enfrentamos a un problema y una amenaza comunes. El terrorismo seguirá existiendo en los próximos meses y años. Únicamente una estrategia muy firme y una cooperación equilibrada con nuestro principal aliado transatlántico nos permitirá reducir, si no ya eliminar, esta forma moderna de totalitarismo enemigo de la democracia.
El Gobierno de este último país confirmó una serie de compromisos que garantizan la protección y seguridad de los PNR. En vista de ello, la información publicada el mes pasado por el departamento de Seguridad Interior sobre el denominado Sistema de Selección Automática ha dado lugar a cierta preocupación. Se trata de un sistema de examen de seguridad que efectúa una evaluación del riesgo que representan los pasajeros aéreos y que se basa, entre otras cosas, en los PNR. La información que publicó el Departamento de Seguridad Interior pone de manifiesto una importante diferencia entre la manera en que se procesan los PNR dentro del Sistema de Selección Automática y un régimen más estricto para los PNR europeos de acuerdo con los compromisos asumidos por el Departamento de Seguridad Interior.
Como acaba de mencionar la Presidenta en ejercicio, hoy hemos remitido una carta al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos en la que solicitamos que se confirme que la manera en que se procesan los PNR de la UE en el Sistema de Selección Automática es el descrito en los compromisos. El acuerdo vigente entre la UE y los Estados Unidos relativos a los PNR expira el mes de julio de 2007. A principios de 2007, la Comisión recomendará al Consejo que conceda a la Presidencia, asistida por la Comisión, un mandato para negociar un nuevo acuerdo sobre PNR con los Estados Unidos. Estoy convencido de que cualquier nuevo acuerdo ofrecerá un alto grado de protección de todos los PNR que se transfieran en virtud del acuerdo y, al mismo tiempo, protegerá la seguridad de los ciudadanos.
Mantendré informado al Parlamento Europeo sobre los preparativos para el proyecto de mandato, que espero obtener antes de que termine el mes de marzo de 2007 y, de no ser así, propondré que se informe a los viajeros cuando sus PNR puedan ser transmitidos a las autoridades competentes de países terceros. El compromiso asumido por el Departamento de Seguridad Interior lo admite expresamente.
Necesitamos un acuerdo internacional que cuente con el apoyo del público a ambos lados del Atlántico, así como de los representantes elegidos democráticamente por el pueblo. A menudo he dicho que es necesario establecer un equilibrio entre las medidas destinadas a garantizar la seguridad, por un lado, y la protección de derechos fundamentales no negociables, por otro.
La Comisión asistirá a la Presidencia en la negociación de los futuros acuerdos sobre PNR con terceros países a fin de garantizar que las cuestiones de seguridad se aborden correctamente mediante la transferencia y uso adecuado de los PNR, así como de proteger los datos personales, que garantiza el artículo 8 de la Carta.
Por último, en la reunión de la troika ministerial Unión Europea-Estados Unidos del 6 de noviembre de 2006 se creó un grupo de contacto de alto nivel para deliberar sobre el intercambio de información y la protección de los datos personales para fines policiales y judiciales. Es evidente que necesitamos colaborar más estrechamente a ambos lados del Atlántico sobre estas cuestiones.
Asimismo estoy a favor de que este nuevo grupo mantenga contactos estrechos y permanentes con el Parlamento Europeo y el Congreso de los Estados Unidos. Necesitamos una perspectiva más amplia y una visión a largo plazo para hacer frente, junto con los Estados Unidos, a la amenaza terrorista y para proteger al mismo tiempo los derechos fundamentales de las personas sin ponerlas en peligro.
En una óptica más general y en relación con el tema que acaba de mencionar la Presidenta en funciones, reitero mi firme compromiso de instar al Consejo a adoptar lo antes posible la propuesta que presenté hace 15 meses sobre la protección de datos en el marco del tercer pilar. Cuento con el apoyo de la próxima Presidencia alemana a este respecto."@es20
"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@et5
".
Arvoisa puhemies, kuten varsin hyvin tiedätte, Euroopan unioni ja Yhdysvallat tekivät 19. lokakuuta sopimuksen lentoyhtiöiden matkustajarekisteritietojen käsittelystä ja luovuttamisesta Yhdysvaltojen sisäisestä turvallisuudesta vastaavalle ministeriölle.
Meillä on yhteinen ongelma ja uhka. Terrorismi ei katoa mihinkään tulevina vuosina ja kuukausina. Voimme heikentää tätä demokratian vastaisen totalitarismin uudenaikaista muotoa – tai ehkä jopa hävittää sen – vain turvautumalla hyvin vankkaan strategiaan ja tekemällä tasapainoista yhteistyötä tärkeimmän kansainvälisen, transatlanttisen kumppanimme kanssa.
Yhdysvaltojen hallitus vahvisti sitoumuksensa, joilla varmistetaan matkustajarekisteritietojen suojelu ja niitä koskeva tietoturva. Tämä tausta huomioon ottaen viime aikoina on tuotu esiin asiaa koskevia huolenaiheita Yhdysvaltojen sisäisestä turvallisuudesta vastaavan ministeriön julkaistua viime kuussa tietoja niin sanotusta automatisoidusta kohdentamisjärjestelmästä. Kyse on seulontaan perustuvasta turvallisuusjärjestelmästä, jolla arvioidaan kansainvälisen liikenteen matkustajiin liittyviä riskejä ja joka perustuu muun muassa matkustajarekisteritietojen käyttöön. Yhdysvaltojen sisäisestä turvallisuudesta vastaavan ministeriön julkaisemista tiedoista on paljastunut, että niiden tapojen välillä, joilla matkustajarekisteritietoja käsitellään automatisoidussa kohdentamisjärjestelmässä ja tiukemmassa, kyseisen ministeriön tekemien sitoumusten mukaisessa eurooppalaisia matkustajarekisteritietoja koskevassa järjestelmässä, on merkittävä ero.
Kuten neuvoston puheenjohtaja juuri totesi, olemme lähettäneet tänään Yhdysvaltojen hallitukselle kirjeen, jossa pyydämme muodollista vahvistusta sille, että EU:n matkustajarekisteritietoja käsitellään ATS-järjestelmässä sitoumuksissa kuvatulla tavalla. EU:n ja Yhdysvaltojen nykyinen sopimus matkustajarekisteritiedoista umpeutuu heinäkuussa 2007. Komissio kehottaa vuoden 2007 alussa neuvostoa antamaan puheenjohtajavaltiolle valtuudet neuvotella komission avustamana uudesta matkustajarekisteritietoja koskevasta sopimuksesta Yhdysvaltojen kanssa. Olen varma, että uudessa sopimuksessa määrätään kaikkia sopimuksen nojalla luovutettuja matkustajarekisteritietoja koskevasta tiukasta tietosuojasta, samalla kun sillä suojellaan kansalaisten turvallisuutta.
Pidän Euroopan parlamentin ajan tasalla valtuutusluonnoksen valmistelun suhteen ja uskon saavani sen vuoden 2007 maaliskuun loppuun mennessä. Kannatan lisäksi sitä, että kun matkustajarekisteritiedot saatetaan siirtää ulkopuolisten maiden toimivaltaisille viranomaisille, matkustajille on ilmoitettava asiasta. Yhdysvaltojen sisäisestä turvallisuudesta vastaavan ministeriön sitoumuksessa hyväksyttiin tämä nimenomaisesti.
Tarvitsemme kansainvälisen sopimuksen, jota kansa ja sen demokraattisesti valitut edustajat kannattavat Atlantin molemmin puolin. Olen sanonut usein, että turvallisuuden varmistamiseen tähtäävien toimenpiteiden ja ehdottomien perusoikeuksien suojelun välille on saatava hyvä tasapaino.
Komissio avusti puheenjohtajavaltiota neuvotteluissa tulevista matkustajarekisteritietoja koskevista, yhteisön ulkopuolisten maiden kanssa tehtävistä sopimuksista sekä varmistaa, että tietoturvaa koskevista näkökohdista pidetään kunnolla huolta luovutettaessa ja käytettäessä matkustajarekisteritietoja asianmukaisiin tarkoituksiin ja että henkilötietoja suojellaan peruskirjan 8 artiklan mukaisesti.
Lisäksi 6. marraskuuta 2006 pidetyssä EU:n ja Yhdysvaltojen välisessä ministerien troikan kokouksessa perustettiin korkean tason yhteysryhmä, jossa keskustellaan tietojen luovuttamisesta lainvalvontatarkoituksiin ja henkilötietojen suojelusta. Atlantin molemmin puolin on selvästi tarvetta näitä aiheita koskevalle aikaisempaa tiiviimmälle yhteistyölle.
Kannatan myös tämän uuden yhteysryhmän tiivistä ja jatkuvaa yhteydenpitoa sekä Euroopan parlamentin että Yhdysvaltojen kongressin kanssa. Tarvitsemme laajemman näkökulman ja pitkän aikavälin vision voidaksemme torjua terrorismin uhkaa yhdessä Yhdysvaltojen kanssa sekä suojella samalla yksilöiden perusoikeuksia asettamatta heitä vaaraan.
Neuvoston puheenjohtajan juuri mainitsemasta aiheesta totean yleisemmin, että olen edelleen voimakkaasti sitoutunut rohkaisemaan neuvostoa nyt ja jatkossa siihen, että se hyväksyisi mahdollisimman pian 15 kuukautta sitten esittämäni ehdotuksen kolmanteen pilariin kuuluvista tietosuojajärjestelyistä. Luotan tässä asiassa neuvoston tulevan puheenjohtajavaltion Saksan tukeen."@fi7
".
Monsieur le Président, comme vous le savez fort bien, le 19 octobre, l’Union européenne et les États-Unis ont conclu un accord relatif au traitement et au transfert des données des dossiers passagers par les transporteurs aériens au ministère américain de la sécurité intérieure.
Nous sommes face à des menaces et des problèmes communs. Le terrorisme continuera d’exister au cours des mois et des années à venir. Seules une stratégie très solide et une coopération équilibrée avec notre principal partenaire international transatlantique permettront de réduire, sinon d’éliminer, cette forme moderne de totalitarisme contre la démocratie.
Le gouvernement des États-Unis a confirmé un ensemble d’engagements garantissant la protection et la sécurité des données PNR. Dans ce contexte, des préoccupations ont récemment été soulevées à la suite d’informations publiées le mois dernier par le ministère américain de la sécurité intérieure relatives au dénommé système de ciblage automatisé (ATS). Il s’agit d’un système de contrôle de sécurité qui réalise une évaluation des risques posés par des voyageurs internationaux, en se basant notamment sur les données des dossiers passagers. Les informations publiées par le ministère de la sécurité intérieure révèlent une différence importante entre la manière dont les données PNR sont traitées dans le cadre du système de ciblage automatisé et un régime plus strict réservé aux données PNR européennes, conformément aux engagements pris par le ministère de la sécurité intérieure.
Comme la présidente en exercice vient de le dire, nous avons aujourd’hui envoyé une lettre au gouvernement des États-Unis demandant qu’il nous soit officiellement confirmé que la manière dont les données PNR de l’UE sont traitées dans l’ATS est celle décrite dans les engagements américains. L’actuel accord UE-USA relatif aux données des dossiers passagers expirera en juillet 2007. Au début de l’année 2007, la Commission recommandera au Conseil de mandater la présidence, assistée par la Commission, pour négocier un nouvel accord PNR avec les États-Unis. Je suis sûr que tout nouvel accord garantira un niveau élevé de protection des données pour toutes les données PNR transférées aux termes de l’accord, tout en protégeant la sécurité des citoyens.
Je tiendrai le Parlement européen informé de la préparation du projet de mandat, que nous devrions avoir avant la fin mars 2007, qui prévoira notamment que les voyageurs devront être informés lorsque leurs données des dossiers passagers sont susceptibles d’être transférées aux autorités compétentes de pays tiers. L’engagement du ministère américain de la sécurité intérieure prévoit cela de manière explicite.
Nous avons besoin d’un accord international bénéficiant du soutien de la population, des deux côtés de l’Atlantique, ainsi que des représentants démocratiques des peuples. J’ai souvent dit qu’il existe un équilibre important à atteindre entre les mesures visant à garantir la sécurité, d’une part, et la protection non négociable des droits fondamentaux, de l’autre.
La Commission, en apportant son aide à la présidence dans le cadre des négociations de futurs accords PNR avec des pays tiers, s’assurera que les questions de sécurité soient traitées de manière adéquate au travers du transfert et de l’utilisation appropriée des données des dossiers passagers, tout en protégeant les données à caractère personnel comme le garantit l’article 8 de la charte.
Enfin, un groupe de contact à haut niveau a été mis sur pied lors de la troïka ministérielle UE-USA, le 6 novembre 2006, pour discuter du partage d’informations et de la protection de données personnelles à des fins d’application de la loi. Il est manifeste que les deux côtés de l’Atlantique doivent collaborer plus étroitement sur ces questions.
Je serais également favorable à des contacts étroits et constants entre ce nouveau groupe de contact et aussi bien le Parlement européen que le Congrès des États-Unis. Nous avons besoin d’une approche plus large ainsi que d’une vision à long terme afin de lutter, ensemble avec les États-Unis, contre la menace terroriste, tout en protégeant les droits fondamentaux des personnes sans les mettre en danger.
De manière plus générale, en ce qui concerne une question mentionnée par la présidente en exercice, je reste fermement engagé en faveur des encouragements, actuels et futurs, au Conseil à approuver aussi vite que possible la proposition que j’ai déposée, il y a 15 mois, relative à la protection des données dans le cadre du troisième pilier. Je compte sur le soutien de la prochaine présidence allemande sur ce point."@fr8
"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@hu11
".
Signor Presidente, come si sa, il 19 ottobre l’Unione europea e gli Stati Uniti hanno concluso un accordo riguardo all’elaborazione e al trasferimento dei dati sul codice di prenotazione dei passeggeri da parte dei vettori aerei al dipartimento statunitense della Sicurezza interna.
Ci troviamo a dover affrontare un problema e una minaccia comuni. Il terrorismo continuerà a esistere nei mesi e negli anni a venire. Solo una strategia estremamente solida e una cooperazione equilibrata con il nostro principale
internazionale al di là dell’Atlantico ci permetterà di ridurre, se non eliminare, questa forma moderna di totalitarismo nemico della democrazia.
Il governo degli Stati Uniti ha assunto una serie di impegni che garantiscono la protezione e la sicurezza dei dati PNR. Date queste premesse, di recente è stata espressa preoccupazione a seguito di notizie diffuse lo scorso mese dal dipartimento della Sicurezza interna in merito al cosiddetto
(ATS, sistema di individuazione automatica). Si tratta di un sistema d’indagine di sicurezza che consente di procedere a una valutazione dei rischi dei passeggeri internazionali e che si avvale, tra l’altro, dei dati PNR. Dalle informazioni pubblicate dal dipartimento della Sicurezza interna emerge una notevole differenza tra la gestione dei dati PNR nell’ambito dell’ATS e un metodo più rigoroso applicato ai dati PNR europei secondo le direttive impartite dal dipartimento della Sicurezza interna.
Come ha poc’anzi fatto presente la Presidente in carica del Consiglio, oggi abbiamo inviato una lettera al governo degli Stati Uniti con cui chiediamo una conferma ufficiale che attesti che il trattamento riservato ai dati PNR europei nel quadro dell’ATS corrisponde a quello indicato negli impegni. L’attuale accordo UE-Stati Uniti sui dati PNR scadrà nel luglio 2007. All’inizio dello stesso anno la Commissione raccomanderà al Consiglio di affidare un mandato alla Presidenza, assistita dalla Commissione, che le permetta di negoziare un nuovo accordo PNR con gli Stati Uniti. Sono certo che qualsiasi intesa venga siglata fornirà un elevato livello di protezione di tutti i dati PNR trasmessi in base all’accordo tutelando al tempo stesso la sicurezza dei cittadini.
Terrò informato il Parlamento europeo in merito alla stesura della bozza di mandato, che dovrebbe essere pronta entro la fine di marzo 2007, e in ogni caso è chiaro che i passeggeri devono essere informati nell’eventualità che i loro dati PNR vengano trasmessi alle competenti autorità dei paesi terzi. L’impegno assunto dal dipartimento della Sicurezza interna ha espressamente riconosciuto tale principio.
Occorre un accordo internazionale con il sostegno della pubblica opinione su entrambe le sponde dell’Atlantico, nonché dei rappresentanti democratici dei popoli. Ho spesso affermato che è essenziale pervenire a un equilibrio tra le misure atte a garantire la sicurezza, da un lato, e la tutela di diritti fondamentali non negoziabili, dall’altro.
La Commissione, nell’affiancare la Presidenza nei negoziati sui futuri accordi PNR con paesi terzi, farà sì che le questioni legate alla sicurezza vengano debitamente affrontate attraverso il trasferimento e un uso appropriato dei dati PNR, tutelando al contempo i dati personali come sancito dall’articolo 8 della Carta.
Infine, in occasione della riunione della
ministeriale UE-Stati Uniti del 6 novembre 2006 è stato istituito un gruppo di contatto ad alto livello per discutere sulla condivisione delle informazioni e la tutela dei dati personali ai fini dell’applicazione della legge. Su entrambe le sponde dell’Atlantico si delinea nettamente l’esigenza di collaborare più strettamente riguardo a questi aspetti.
Sono altresì a favore del fatto che questo nuovo gruppo, il Parlamento europeo e il Congresso degli Stati Uniti siano in costante e stretto contatto. Dobbiamo adottare una prospettiva più ampia e una visione a lungo termine se vogliamo contrastare, di concerto con gli Stati Uniti, la minaccia del terrorismo, salvaguardando i diritti fondamentali dei singoli senza metterli in pericolo.
Più in generale, riguardo a un argomento citato poc’anzi dalla Presidente in carica del Consiglio, anch’io ribadisco il mio fermo impegno a esortare e a non smettere di incoraggiare il Consiglio ad approvare il più presto possibile la proposta da me presentata 15 mesi or sono sulla protezione dei dati nell’ambito del terzo pilastro. Confido nel sostegno al riguardo da parte dell’imminente Presidenza tedesca."@it12
"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@lt14
"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@lv13
"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@mt15
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Mijnheer de Voorzitter, zoals u weet hebben de Europese Unie en de Verenigde Staten op 19 oktober een overeenkomst gesloten met betrekking tot de overdracht en uitwisseling van digitale passagiersgegevens door luchtvaartmaatschappijen naar het Amerikaanse ministerie van Binnenlandse Veiligheid.
Wij hebben te maken met een algemeen probleem en een algemene dreiging. Terrorisme zal ook in de komende maanden en jaren onderdeel uitmaken van onze dagelijkse werkelijkheid. Alleen met een zeer solide strategie en een evenwichtige samenwerking met onze belangrijkste internationale, transatlantische partner zal het mogelijk zijn om deze moderne vorm van totalitarisme tegen de democratie in te dammen of te elimineren.
De regering van de Verenigde Staten heeft een aantal garanties gegeven met betrekking tot de bescherming en beveiliging van deze PNR-gegevens. Met het oog daarop is er onrust gerezen naar aanleiding van de informatie die in de afgelopen maand door het Amerikaanse ministerie van Binnenlandse Veiligheid naar buiten is gebracht over het zogenaamde Automated Targeting System. Dit veiligheidsscreeningssysteem maakt een risicobeoordeling van internationale reizigers, en gebruikt daarbij onder andere PNR-gegevens. Uit publicaties van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Veiligheid blijkt dat er een significant verschil is tussen enerzijds de wijze waarop het ATS omgaat met PNR-gegevens en anderzijds het striktere regime voor de Europese PRN-gegevens, overeenkomstig de toezeggingen van dit ministerie.
Zoals de Voorzitter zojuist al zei, hebben wij vandaag een brief gestuurd naar de regering van de Verenigde Staten waarin wij om een formele bevestiging vragen van de toezegging dat PNR-gegevens van de EU binnen het ATS worden verwerkt in overeenstemming met de bestaande overeenkomst. De huidige overeenkomst tussen de EU en de VS loopt juli 2007 af. Begin 2007 zal de Commissie de Raad aanbevelen om het voorzitterschap, met steun van de Commissie, onderhandelingen te laten voeren over een nieuwe PNR-overeenkomst met de Verenigde Staten. Ik ga ervan uit dat een nieuwe overeenkomst vergaande gegevensbeveiliging zal garanderen voor alle PNR-gegevens die binnen het kader van deze overeenkomst worden uitgewisseld, zonder dat dit ten koste gaat van de veiligheid van burgers.
Ik zal het Europese Parlement op de hoogte houden van de voorbereidingen met betrekking tot het ontwerpmandaat, dat ik voor eind maart 2007 verwacht te ontvangen. Tot die tijd blijft mijn uitgangspunt dat reizigers moeten weten wanneer hun PNR-gegevens worden doorgegeven aan autoriteiten van niet-lidstaten. Dit maakt namelijk nadrukkelijk onderdeel uit van de toezegging van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Veiligheid.
We hebben een internationale overeenkomst nodig die door de burgers aan beide zijden van de Atlantische oceaan en de democratisch gekozen afgevaardigden van beide landen wordt gedragen. Ik heb al vaak gezegd dat het belangrijk is een evenwicht te vinden tussen veiligheidsmaatregelen enerzijds en bescherming van onvervreemdbare mensenrechten anderzijds.
De Commissie zal het voorzitterschap bijstaan tijdens dergelijke onderhandelingen over toekomstige PNR-overeenkomsten met niet-lidstaten en ervoor zorgen dat de veiligheidskwesties op de juiste wijze worden aangepakt via de overdracht en de correcte toepassing van PNR-gegevens. Tegelijkertijd zal zij ervoor zorgen dat de persoonsgegevens uit hoofde van artikel 8 van het Handvest gegarandeerd blijven.
Ten slotte is er tijdens de bijeenkomst van de ministeriële trojka van 6 november 2006 een contractgroep op hoog niveau opgericht voor het uitwisselen van informatie over en de bescherming van persoonsgegevens voor doeleinden van ordehandhaving. Aan beide zijden van de Atlantische Oceaan is er een duidelijke behoefte aan meer samenwerking op dit vlak.
Ik zou ook voor een hecht en doorlopend contact tussen deze nieuwe contactgroep, het Europese Parlement en het Congres van de Verenigde Staten willen pleiten. Wij hebben zowel een breed perspectief als een langetermijnvisie nodig om samen met de Verenigde Staten de terroristische dreiging aan te kunnen pakken, en tegelijkertijd de individuele rechten van personen te kunnen garanderen zonder dat hun veiligheid in gevaar wordt gebracht.
Wat meer in het algemeen het door de fungerend voorzitter genoemde onderwerp betreft, blijf ook ik de Raad aanmoedigen om zo snel mogelijk het voorstel aan te nemen dat ik vijftien maanden geleden heb ingediend over gegevensbescherming in de derde pijler. Ik reken hierbij op de steun van het komend Duitse voorzitterschap."@nl3
"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@pl16
"Senhor Presidente, como bem sabem, em 19 de Outubro, a União Europeia e os Estados Unidos concluíram um acordo para o processamento e transferência dos dados relativos ao Registo de Identificação dos Passageiros (PNR) pelas transportadoras aéreas para o Departamento de Segurança Interna dos Estados Unidos.
Enfrentamos um problema e uma ameaça comuns. O terrorismo continuará a existir nos próximos meses e anos. Só uma estratégia muito sólida e uma cooperação equilibrada com o nosso principal parceiro transatlântico internacional permitirá reduzir, se não eliminar, esta forma moderna de totalitarismo contra a democracia.
O Governo dos Estados Unidos confirmou um conjunto de compromissos que garantem a protecção dos dados PNR. Neste contexto, houve lugar recentemente para manifestar alguma preocupação na sequência de informações publicadas, no mês passado, pelo Departamento de Segurança Interna sobre o chamado sistema computorizado de detecção de ameaças (Automated Targeting System-ATS). Este é um sistema de controlo de segurança que faz uma avaliação de riscos relativamente a passageiros internacionais assente, entre outras coisas, nos dados PNR. A informação publicada pelo Departamento de Segurança Interna revela uma diferença significativa entre a forma como os dados PNR são tratados no quadro do sistema computorizado de detecção de ameaças (ATS) e um regime mais rigoroso para os dados contidos nos PNR europeus, de acordo com os compromissos assumidos pelo Departamento de Segurança Interna.
Como acabou de dizer a Presidente em exercício do Conselho, enviámos hoje uma carta ao Governo dos Estados Unidos solicitando uma confirmação formal de que a forma como os PNR da UE são tratados no ATS é a descrita nos compromissos. O actual acordo UE-EUA sobre os dados PNR expirará em Julho de 2007. No início de 2007, a Comissão recomendará ao Conselho que mandate a Presidência, com o apoio da Comissão, para negociar um novo acordo PNR com os EUA. Estou certo de qualquer novo acordo irá prever um nível mais elevado de protecção de dados relativamente a todos os dados PNR transferidos ao abrigo do acordo, protegendo simultaneamente a segurança dos cidadãos.
Manterei o Parlamento Europeu informado sobre a preparação do projecto de mandato, que espero ter antes de finais de Março de 2007, assumindo, então, a posição de que os passageiros têm de ser informados de quando poderão os seus dados PNR ser transferidos para autoridades competentes de países terceiros. O compromisso do Departamento de Segurança Interna reconhece expressamente isto.
Precisamos de um acordo internacional que reúna o apoio dos cidadãos de ambos os lados do Atlântico e dos representantes democráticos dos povos. Referi muitas vezes que há um equilíbrio importante a conseguir entre medidas destinadas a garantir a segurança por um lado, e a protecção de direitos fundamentais não negociáveis, por outro.
A Comissão, apoiando a Presidência na negociação de futuros acordos relativos aos PNR com países terceiros, assegurará que as questões de segurança são devidamente abordadas através da transferência e do uso apropriado dos dados PNR, embora protegendo os dados pessoais, tal como garantido no artigo 8º da Carta.
Por último, foi criado um grupo de contacto na reunião da Tróica Ministerial UE-EUA, realizada a 6 de Novembro de 2006, com o objectivo de discutir a partilha de informação e a protecção dos dados pessoais para fins que se prendem com a aplicação da lei. Há uma necessidade evidente, de ambos os lados do Atlântico, de desenvolver uma colaboração mais estreita relativamente a estas questões.
Sou também a favor de contactos mais próximos e permanentes entre este novo grupo de contacto e as duas assembleias, Parlamento Europeu e Congresso dos Estados Unidos. Precisamos de uma perspectiva mais alargada e de uma visão a longo prazo para fazer face, em conjunto com os Estados Unidos, à ameaça terrorista, protegendo, no entanto, os direitos fundamentais dos indivíduos sem os pôr em risco.
De um forma mais geral, relativamente a um assunto que a Presidente em exercício acabou de mencionar, também continuo firmemente empenhado em encorajar, e em continuar a encorajar, o Conselho a aprovar, tão depressa quanto possível, a proposta que apresentei há quinze meses atrás, sobre a protecção de dados no âmbito do terceiro pilar. Conto com o apoio da próxima Presidência Alemã neste assunto."@pt17
"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@sk18
"Mr President, as you know very well, on 19 October the European Union and the United States concluded an agreement for the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
We face a common problem and threat. Terrorism will continue to exist in the coming months and years. Only a very solid strategy and balanced cooperation with our main international, transatlantic partner will make it possible to reduce if not eliminate this modern form of totalitarianism against democracy.
The Government of the United States confirmed a set of undertakings which guarantee the protection and security of PNR data. Against this background, concern has been expressed recently following information published last month by the Department of Homeland Security on the so-called Automated Targeting System. This is a security-screening system making a risk assessment of international travellers, relying among other things on PNR data. The information published by the Homeland Security Department reveals a significant difference between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System and a stricter regime for European PNR data according to undertakings given by the Department of Homeland Security.
As the President-in-Office has just said, we have today sent a letter to the United States Government to request formal confirmation that the way EU PNR data are handled in the ATS is the one described in the undertakings. The current EU-US agreement on PNR data will expire in July 2007. At the beginning of 2007 the Commission will recommend the Council to mandate the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to negotiate a new PNR agreement with the United States. I am sure that any new agreement will provide for a high level of data protection for all PNR data transferred under the agreement, while protecting the security of citizens.
I will keep the European Parliament informed on the preparation of the draft mandate, which I expect to get before the end of March 2007, otherwise taking the position that travellers must be informed when their PNR data may be transferred to competent authorities of third countries. The Department of Homeland Security undertaking expressly acknowledged this.
We need an international agreement with the support of the public on both sides of the Atlantic and of the democratic representatives of the peoples. I have often said that there is an important balance to be struck between measures to ensure security, on the one hand, and the protection of non-negotiable fundamental rights, on the other.
The Commission, assisting the Presidency in the negotiation of future PNR agreements with third countries, will ensure that security issues are properly addressed through the transfer and appropriate use of PNR data, while protecting personal data as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Charter.
Finally, a high level contact group was set up at the EU-US ministerial troika meeting on 6 November 2006 to discuss information sharing and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes. There is a clear need on both sides of the Atlantic to work more closely together on these issues.
I would also be in favour of close and continuous contacts between this new contact group and both the European Parliament and the Congress of the United States. We need a broader perspective and a long-term vision to tackle, together with the United States, the terrorist threat, while protecting the fundamental rights of individuals without putting them at risk.
More generally, on a subject just mentioned by the President-in-Office, I also remain firmly committed to encouraging and continuing to encourage the Council to approve as soon as possible the proposal I made 15 months ago on data protection under the third pillar. I count on the support of the incoming German Presidency on that."@sl19
"Herr talman! Som ni mycket väl vet ingick EU och Förenta staterna den 19 oktober ett avtal om lufttrafikföretags behandling av passageraruppgifter och överföring av dessa till Förenta staternas Department of Homeland Security.
Vi står inför ett gemensamt problem och hot. Terrorismen kommer att fortsätta att existera under de kommande månaderna och åren. Bara en mycket grundlig strategi och ett balanserat samarbete med vår viktigaste internationella transatlantiska partner kommer att göra det möjligt att minska, om inte eliminera, denna moderna form av totalitarism mot demokratin.
Förenta staternas regering bekräftade ett antal åtaganden som garanterar skyddet och säkerheten för passageraruppgifter. Mot denna bakgrund uttryckte man nyligen oro till följd av den information som Department of Homeland Security förra månaden offentliggjorde om det så kallade automatiska identifieringssystemet (ATS). Detta är ett säkerhetskontrollsystem för riskbedömning av internationella resenärer, som grundar sig på bland annat passageraruppgifter. I den information som offentliggjorts av Homeland Security Department avslöjas en betydande skillnad mellan det sätt på vilket passageraruppgifter hanteras inom det automatiska identifieringssystemet och de strängare reglerna för europeiska passageraruppgifter enligt åtaganden som gjorts av Department of Homeland Security.
Som ordföranden just har sagt har vi i dag skickat en skrivelse till Förenta staternas regering för att be om en formell bekräftelse på att passageraruppgifter från EU hanteras i ATS på det sätt som beskrivs i åtagandena. Det befintliga avtalet mellan EU och USA om passageraruppgifter kommer att löpa ut i juli 2007. I början av 2007 kommer kommissionen att rekommendera rådet att ge ordförandeskapet i uppdrag att med kommissionens stöd förhandla fram ett nytt avtal om passageraruppgifter med Förenta staterna. Jag är säker på att alla nya avtal kommer att sörja för en hög grad av dataskydd för alla passageraruppgifter som överförs inom ramen för avtalet, samtidigt som medborgarnas säkerhet skyddas.
Jag kommer att hålla Europaparlamentet informerat om utarbetandet av förslaget till uppdrag, som jag förväntar mig att få innan slutet av mars 2007. För övrigt anser jag att resenärerna måste informeras när deras passageraruppgifter kan överföras till behöriga myndigheter i tredjeländer. Detta erkänns uttryckligen i åtagandet från Department of Homeland Security.
Vi behöver ett internationellt avtal med stöd från allmänheten på båda sidor om Atlanten och från folkets demokratiska företrädare. Jag har ofta sagt att det är viktigt att man hittar en balans mellan åtgärder för att garantera säkerheten, å ena sidan, och skydd för icke-förhandlingsbara grundläggande rättigheter, å andra sidan.
Kommissionen, som stöder ordförandeskapet i förhandlingen om framtida avtal om passageraruppgifter med tredjeländer, kommer att se till att säkerhetsfrågorna hanteras på ett lämpligt sätt genom överförandet och den rätta användningen av passageraruppgifter, samtidigt som man skyddar personuppgifterna i enlighet med garantin i artikel 8 i stadgan.
Slutligen inrättades vid mötet mellan ministertrojkan USA–EU den 6 november 2006 en kontaktgrupp på hög nivå för att diskutera utbyte av information och skydd av personuppgifter för polisiära ändamål. På båda sidorna om Atlanten finns det ett tydligt behov av ett närmare samarbete i dessa frågor.
Jag skulle också vara positiv till nära och kontinuerliga kontakter mellan denna nya kontaktgrupp och både Europaparlamentet och Förenta staternas kongress. Vi behöver ett bredare perspektiv och en långsiktig vision för att tillsammans med Förenta staterna hantera terroristhotet, samtidigt som vi skyddar individers grundläggande rättigheter utan att utsätta dem för risk.
Mer allmänt, när det gäller ett ämne som rådsordföranden just nämnde, är jag fortfarande fast besluten att uppmuntra och fortsätta att uppmuntra rådet att så snart som möjligt godkänna det förslag som jag lade fram för 15 månader sedan om dataskydd under den tredje pelaren. Jag räknar med att det tillträdande tyska ordförandeskapet kommer att stödja detta."@sv21
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