Transparency of High-Level Expert Group on access to data for effective law enforcement

25.4.2024

Question for written answer  E-001335/2024
to the Commission
Rule 138
Patrick Breyer (Verts/ALE)

The original Rules of Procedure (RoP) of the High-Level Expert Group on access to data for effective law enforcement (HLG) of 4 October 2023[1] provided for significantly more transparency than the subsequently changed rules of 22 January 2024 do[2]. EDRi has commented that the HLG does not meet ‘EU standards of transparency, fairness and accountability.’[3]

• 1.Why, on what legal basis and under whose responsibility were the original RoP for the HLG subsequently modified?
• 2.When will the Commission make available ‘the agendas, the minutes and the participants’ submissions’ of the HLG, in accordance with the current rules?
• 3.For how long will the HLG exist, and when will it adopt findings, conclusions or recommendations?

Submitted:25.4.2024

• [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20231015002832/https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/Rules%20of%20procedure%20of%20the%20HLG_en.pdf.
• [2] https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/b47016b7-98f7-4846-99b1-68d073f5bfca_en?filename=Rules-procedure-HLG-2024_en.pdf.
• [3] https://edri.org/our-work/written-submission-civil-society-shows-evidence-gaps-in-going-dark-group-proposal-for-access-to-data-for-law-enforcement/.