on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on
the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
(05419/1/2016 – C8‑0140/2016 – 2012/0011(COD))
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
– having regard to the Council position at first reading (05419/1/2016 – C8‑0140/2016),
– having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the German Bundesrat, the French Senate, the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Swedish Parliament, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,
– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 23 May 2012(1),
– having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 10 October 2012(2),
– having regard to the opinions of the European Data Protection Supervisor of 7 March 2012(3) and 19 November 2015(4),
– having regard to the opinion of the Commission (COM(2016)0214),
– having regard to its position at first reading(5) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2012)0011),
– having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
– having regard to Rule 76 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0139/2016),
1. Approves the Council position at first reading;
2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;
3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
Title
Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, and the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation)
Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary
11.4.2016
Committee responsible
Date announced in plenary
LIBE
11.4.2016
Rapporteurs
Date appointed
Jan Philipp Albrecht
12.4.2012
Discussed in committee
17.12.2015
11.4.2016
12.4.2016
Date adopted
12.4.2016
Result of final vote
+:
–:
0:
50
3
1
Members present for the final vote
Jan Philipp Albrecht, Heinz K. Becker, Michał Boni, Caterina Chinnici, Rachida Dati, Frank Engel, Cornelia Ernst, Tanja Fajon, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Lorenzo Fontana, Mariya Gabriel, Kinga Gál, Ana Gomes, Nathalie Griesbeck, Sylvie Guillaume, Jussi Halla-aho, Monika Hohlmeier, Brice Hortefeux, Filiz Hyusmenova, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Iliana Iotova, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Timothy Kirkhope, Barbara Kudrycka, Kashetu Kyenge, Marju Lauristin, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Monica Macovei, Barbara Matera, Roberta Metsola, Claude Moraes, Alessandra Mussolini, József Nagy, Péter Niedermüller, Judith Sargentini, Birgit Sippel, Branislav Škripek, Helga Stevens, Traian Ungureanu, Bodil Valero, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Harald Vilimsky, Udo Voigt, Beatrix von Storch, Josef Weidenholzer, Cecilia Wikström, Kristina Winberg, Tomáš Zdechovský
Substitutes present for the final vote
Marina Albiol Guzmán, Kostas Chrysogonos, Daniel Dalton, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Morten Helveg Petersen, Petri Sarvamaa
Heinz K. Becker, Michał Boni, Rachida Dati, Frank Engel, Mariya Gabriel, Kinga Gál, Monika Hohlmeier, Brice Hortefeux, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Barbara Kudrycka, Barbara Matera, Roberta Metsola, Alessandra Mussolini, József Nagy, Petri Sarvamaa, Traian Ungureanu, Tomáš Zdechovský
S&D
Caterina Chinnici, Tanja Fajon, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Ana Gomes, Sylvie Guillaume, Iliana Iotova, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Kashetu Kyenge, Marju Lauristin, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Claude Moraes, Péter Niedermüller, Birgit Sippel, Josef Weidenholzer
Verts/ALE
Jan Philipp Albrecht, Judith Sargentini, Bodil Valero