Certification - Economic and Social Committee

Opinion of 26 November 2008 on a notification for prior checking regarding the "certification procedure" case (Case 2008-475)

The Economic and Social Committee organises a procedure to select officials to be authorised to participate in training in the framework of the certification procedure, under Article 45a of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities. The processing operation consists of the receipt, processing and analysis of applications received in the framework of the certification procedure which enables staff at grade AST 5 and above to be appointed as administrators.

The proposed processing does not appear to involve any infringement of the provision of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, so long as the European Economic and Social Committee guarantees the rights of access to the files and the data quality, informs recipients that they may not use the data for other purposes, reassesses the data storage period and reviews the information provided and how it is provided.