The EU has set up a number of large-scale IT systems including Eurodac; the Visa Information System; the Schengen Information System; the Customs Information System; the Internal Market Information System.
The supervision of these databases is shared between the national Data Protection Authorities and the EDPS.
In order to ensure a high and consistent level of data protection, national DPAs and the EDPS work together to coordinate the supervision of these databases.
Opinion on the proposals regarding law enforcement access to EURODAC
Opinion of 7 September 2009 on a notification for prior checking regarding the EudraVigilance database (Case 2008-402)
EMEA manages the EudraVigilance database whose originates from National Competent Authorities, Market Authorization Holders and sponsors of clinical trials. The purpose of the database is to evaluate suspected adverse reactions to medicinal products for human use. The EDPS considers that the processing is lawful to the extent that EMEA follows the recommendations included in the Opinion, particularly those regarding the data quality principle.
The EDPS recommended, among others, that EMEA:
Opinion on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on an Area of freedom, security and justice serving the citizen, OJ C 276, 17.11.2009, p. 8
Opinion on the Initiative of the French Republic for a Council Decision on the use of information technology for customs purposes, OJ C 229, 23.09.2009, p. 12
Answer to the letter of the Commission regarding the Commission Recommendation on the data protection guidelines for the Internal Market Information System (IMI), 7 April 2009