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EU: ROAD SAFETY-DATA EXCHANGE: Position of the Council with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the EP and the Council facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences

01 March 2011

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EU: ROAD SAFETY-DATA EXCHANGE: Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences (pdf). Agreed text ready for adoption (1st reading deal between Council and European Parliament) Note no UK or Irish opt-in. Measure is seen as contributing to EU Internal Security Strategy. The Scope covers:

(a) speeding; (b) non-use of a seat-belt; (c) failing to stop at a red traffic light; (d) drink-driving; (e) driving under the influence of drugs; (f) failing to wear a safety helmet; (g) use of a forbidden lane; (h) illegally using a mobile telephone or any other communication devices while driving. All offences will be those committed under the law of the state where it occurred - eg: speeding and drink driving laws may differ and so too might definitions of "forbidden lanes".

Vehicle registration data will be found by "automated searches" (an online access procedure for consulting the databases of one, several, or all of the Member States or of the participating countries) using the Prum VRD (Vehicle Registration Data). Data protection will be in compliance with the procedures in the Prum Decision and Chapter 3 of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA - a much criticised measure: See: Statewatch Observatory on data protection in the EU: the protection of personal data in police and judicial matters

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