Procedure for appointing director-generals, directors and heads of unit - European Parliament

Opinion of 20 May 2010 on a notification for prior checking concerning the procedure for appointing  director-generals, directors and heads of unit (Case 2010-0270)

The appointment procedure of the director-generals, directors and heads of unit within the European Parliament involves the processing of data the purpose of which is to evaluate the services of the officials and temporary agents with a view to confirmation at the end of the probationary period of their appointment as director-general, director or head of unit.

At the end of his analysis, the EDPS has concluded that the processing did not appear to involve any infringement of the provisions of Regulation (EC) 45/2001 particularly as the heading of the probationary period report “Interruption in service (duration and reasons)” contains a generic response; that the European Parliament reminds all internal recipients of the Parliament of their obligation not to use the data received for purposes other than those for which they have been transmitted; that the Parliament provides an explicit reference in the confirmation report to the right to rectify the personal data concerning them, the procedure for which is set in Article 10 of the decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 22 June 2005 and that it puts in place provisions aiming to provide adequate information for external people who are subject to the confirmation procedure.