Our Opinions relate primarily to proposals for legislation and are addressed to the EU legislator (the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission), with the aim of flagging main data protection concerns together with our recommendations.
These Opinions are issued in response to requests by the Commission, which is legally obliged to seek our guidance on any legislative proposal, or draft implementing or delegated acts, as well as recommendations and proposals to the Council in the context of international agreements according to Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 where there is an impact on the protection of personal data. We also issue own-initiative opinions as part of our role as advisor on all matters relating to the processing of personal data.
Opinion on the Final Report by the EU-US High Level Contact Group on information sharing and privacy and personal data protection, OJ C 128, 06.06.2009, p. 1
Opinion on the Commission Green paper on the effective enforcement of judgements in the European Union: the transparency of debtors' assets - COM(2008) 128 final, OJ C 20, 27.01.2009, p. 1
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Decision on the establishment of the European Criminal Record Information System (ECRIS) in application of Article 11 of Framework Decision 2008/XX/JHA, OJ C 42, 20.2.2009, p. 1
Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, OJ C 2, 7.01.2009, p. 7
Opinion on the the Proposal for a Decision establishing a multiannual Community programme on protecting children using the Internet and other communication technologies, OJ C 2, 7.01.2009, p. 2