Commentaires formels

Observations relatives à la communication de la Commission sur l'interopérabilité des base de données européennes

The first comments concerned a communication related to the interoperability of European Justice and home affairs databases. Because it covered a transversal topic, involving several legal instruments with a list of possible actions, the EDPS decided to issue his comments. The objective was to re-introduce main data protection principles in the debate and to raise their impact on the exploration of a new policy.

The comments called for interoperability not to be treated as a mere technical concept, but to see it as a legal and political one because of the increased risks for the citizens.

Letter to the Director General of the European Commission's Justice, Freedom and Security department on the Communication on "A Strategy on the External Dimension of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice"