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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Secretariat for joint supervisory data protection bodies2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000920.5.3-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-20-Speech-3-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Coelho2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-11--2001-09-05)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by congratulating Mr Hernández Mollar on the excellent report he has presented to us, which the Group of the European People's Party endorses and which gained the almost unanimous support of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs. This is a small step forward, but one which signals the beginnings of a strategy for harmonisation which, we hope, will be enacted under the third pillar. We are thus beginning to move towards harmonisation, with the creation of a joint secretariat for the various supervisory bodies. We hope that a set of common regulations for supervision and for a single supervisory body can be adopted in the medium term. This is crucial if we are to guarantee that the public’s fundamental right to privacy is respected, safeguarding the legal principle of fair and equal treatment for all citizens. Laws must be applied and interpreted according to the same criteria, providing the same level of data protection. In fact, there is no justification for the existence of three separate joint supervisory bodies. Today, in addition to national supervisory bodies, there are also these three joint supervisory bodies, each with its own secretariat. The question is: can this system really guarantee effective protection? I do not think it can. These bodies therefore need to be merged into one single entity as soon as possible, with legal personality and its own budget, which will ensure that it is impartial and independent from the other institutions, as Mr Hernández Mollar has just said, and he is quite right. This is a matter of protecting the interests and rights of our citizens. There is also a vital need to create a single legal framework in the European Union to provide citizens with sufficient guarantees, essentially by preventing the improper use or dissemination of personal data and by remedying the shortcomings in the current system of protection. The constitutions in force in the various Member States recognise the right to privacy. Furthermore, Article 8 of the Union’s draft Charter of Fundamental Rights also expressly upholds every citizen’s right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her. The very fact that different laws exist in each country, however, raises various problems that can be overcome by adopting minimum standards which will make it possible to harmonise these national laws, thereby guaranteeing that citizens’ fundamental rights are respected, and specifically the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression and of information."@en1

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