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EU: Council of the European Union: Regulation on Data Protection, LEAs Directive on exchange of personal data & UK access to SIS II

18 April 2014

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• One-Stop Shop: Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) - One-stop-shop mechanism (109 pages, pdf): Council discussions including Member State positions on agreeing common position.

• As above: Data Protection Impact and Prior Checks (pdf)

• LEAs Directive on exchange of personal data: Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data - Chapters VII-X (60 pages, pdf) Including Member State positions.

• UK access to SIS II: Preparation for the accession of the UK to the SIS II - Report of discussions of the Working Party for Schengen Matters (pdf) Member States are not too keen on giving access. With the UK government intending to opt-out of a long list of JHA measures: "Several Member States (AT, BE, CZ, ES, FR) stated that for reasons of legal certainty, it is not possible for UK to accede to SIS before UK makes a formal re-opt in notification."

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