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"The basic principles that must govern all communications interception systems are well known. Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights – an article that the EU must respect under the terms of Article 6 of the Treaty establishing the European Union – stipulates that everyone has a right to the respect for his privacy. Under the same Article, and also according to the Court of Justice’s established case law, there shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and which is necessary to achieve precisely stated aims and where this respects the principle of proportionality.
Basing its work on these principles, the Justice and Home Affairs Council met on 29 and 30 May 2000 and reiterated the Council’s commitment, as regards the Echelon network, to the respect of fundamental rights and people’s freedoms. The Council also stressed that although a telecommunications interception system may be an important tool to combat crime and to defend national security, under no circumstances, however, should this system be used to gain commercial advantage. These principles were also included in the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 29 May 2000 between the Member States of the European Union. Article 20 of this Convention thus specifies the conditions in which telecommunications interception may be permitted within the framework of cooperation between Member States in criminal matters."@en1
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