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Mr President, I should first like to pay tribute to the productive working relationship we have in general with Mr Coelho. I was keen to point this out.
The proposal that we are examining today at second reading gives national vehicle registration authorities access to certain categories of the Schengen Information System. The clear objective of this ruling is the fight against organised vehicle crime, which we all fully agree is one of our priorities. We are, however, more reserved with regard to unlimited access to European databases. In actual fact, we must assure ourselves that personal data are stringently protected. In order to allow a balance between the fight against organised crime and the protection of the private lives of European citizens, every decision taken, moreover, must respect the principles of proportionality and finality. I believe that we are very much in agreement on this matter.
I regret that the Council has been unable to incorporate all of our amendments at first reading into its common position. In actual fact, registration of the people carrying out the research and people targeted by this research would, I believe, have allowed these abuses to be avoided. In the spirit of compromise, we support the rapporteur’s stand in bringing in only one amendment that was not adopted by the common position. An annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the implementation of this regulation is an absolute prerequisite, in order to assure the representatives of European citizens that the principle of finality is genuinely observed.
I should finally like to point out that my group was opposed, at first reading, to direct access to the Schengen Information System by any authorities other than those responsible for law enforcement. I must add that we remain committed to this principle with the prospect of further discussions to come on the Schengen Information System II, which will therefore be a matter for codecision.
Whilst European databases can prove useful in the fight against organised crime, they must, in reality, be rigorously controlled. Our priority is the effective fight against organised crime in Europe, but in observing the rights and freedoms of European citizens, it is not always a pointless exercise to reaffirm it."@en1
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