Letters and other documents
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2016
- 27/10/2016 Letter from the Art. 29 WP regarding WhatsApp updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy(101 kB)
- 27/10/2016 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Yahoo regarding user data stolen in 2014(141 kB)
- 30/09/2016 Fablab “GDPR - from concepts to operational toolbox, DIY”- Results of the discussion(515 kB)
- 29/09/2016 Letter from the Art. 29 WP on the Entry/Exit System and other recent proposals on the large scale IT systems used for border management, visa policy and asylum procedures (186 kB) - appendix(285 kB)
2015
- 03/12/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP on the Draft directive 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(184 kB)
- 01/10/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP on W3C's public consultation on the W3C Last Call Working Draft, 14 July 2015, Tracking Compliance and Scope(207 kB)
- 30/09/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to the Cloud Computing Subgroup of the Cloud Select Industry Group on Opinion 02/2015 on C-SIG Code of Conduct on Cloud Computing(94 kB)
- 25/09/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht on the European Data Protection Board Internal Structure(95 kB)
Annex: Art. 29 WP propositions regarding the European Data Protection Board Internal Structure(164 kB) - 25/09/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to the Cybercrime Convention Committee of the Council of Europe on Article 29 Working Party's analysis of the scenarios proposed in the context of the Cybercrime@Octopus(180 kB)
Annex: Art. 29 WP contribution to scenarios proposed in the context of the Cybercrime@Octopus(383 kB) - 24/09/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Mr Wright, Secretary General of IOSCO on IOSCO’s Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding concerning consultation and cooperation and the exchange of information(330 kB)
- 08/09/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Commissioner Avramopoulos, Ambassador Braun and MEP Moraes on the European Agenda of Security(191 kB)
- 07/07/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to DG FISMA on possible delegated acts for the implementation of EU legislation on both markets in financial instruments (MIFID II) and on market abuse regulation (MAR)(294 kB)
- 22/06/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to EIDAS on personal data storage(173 kB)
- 17/06/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to LV Ambassador Ilze Juhansone in view of the trilogue(186 kB)
17/06/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht in view of the trilogue(186 kB)
17/06/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Commissioner Věra Jourová in view of the trilogue(187 kB)
Annex to the letters: Core topics in view of the trilogue(342 kB) - 29/05/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to the APEC Data Privacy subgroup on the joint work on BCR and CBPR(101 kB)
- 17/04/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to the EIDAS expert group on the new Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market(15 kB)
Annex: Letter of 13 March 2013 from the Art. 29 WP to Vice-President Neelie Kroes on the Commission's proposal for a new Regulation(65 kB) - 23/03/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to the Latvian Presidency on the renewal of the TFTP Agreement between EU and US(104 kB)
- 19/03/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to the LIBE Committee on EU PNR(125 kB)
- 09/02/2015 Invitation to the Chair of European Securities and Markets Authority to meet the Financial Matters Subgroup of the Art. 29 WP(101 kB)
- 06/02/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union(101 kB)
- 06/02/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Mexican PNR(124 kB)
- 05/02/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Commissioner Věra Jourová on Safe Harbour and surveillance(201 kB)
Annex 1: Extract from the appendix of the letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Vice-President Viviane Reding on the actions set out by the European Commission in order to restore trust in data flows between the EU and the US(297 kB)
Annex 2: Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Vice-President Viviane Reding on Safe Harbour (10/04/2014)(230 kB) - 05/02/2015 Letter from the ART 29 WP to the European Commission, DG CONNECT on mHealth(118 kB)
Annex(577 kB) - 16/01/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Microsoft on the right to be delisted(32 kB)
Annex(324 kB) - 16/01/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Qwant on the right to be delisted(32 kB)
Annex(324 kB) - 16/01/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Yahoo on the right to be delisted(32 kB)
Annex(324 kB) - 06/01/2015 Letter from the Art. 29 WP to Google on the right to be delisted(103 kB)
Annex(323 kB)
2014
- 28/11/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to the Council of Europe on the scenarios in relation to transborder access to personal data(428 kB)
- 26/09/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to the US Department of Transport on the New Distribution Capability(116 kB)
Annex(178 kB) - 23/09/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Google on Google Privacy Policy(100 kB)
Annex: List of possible compliance measures(224 kB) - 23/09/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Allegra Migliorini, Chair of the Council's Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX), on the Statement of the results of the last JHA Meeting(181 kB)
Annex: Statement of the results of the last JHA Meeting(196 kB) - 22/09/2014 Letter for the Article 29 Working Party to Microsoft on the Microsoft Service Agreement(196 kB)
- 18/09/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to the International Organisation of Securities Commissions on IOSCO’s multilateral memorandum of understanding concerning consultation and cooperation and the exchange of information (MMoU)(220 kB)
- 18/09/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to OECD on OECD draft effective approaches to support the implementation of the remaining G20/OECD high level principles on financial consumer protection (14 May 2014)(128 kB)
Annex: Comments on “Protection of personal data within the financial services providers”(233 kB) - 18/09/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to OECD, G20, European Commission, European Parliament, Council of the European Union on OECD Common Reporting Standard(350 kB)
Annex: Specific issues identified in respect of CRS(234 kB) - 24/06/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Ms. Le Bail, Director General for DG Justice, European Commission, on the improvement of the BCR website section(94 kB)
- 12/06/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament,on BCR for processors (“BCR-P”)(211 kB)
- 11/06/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to John Podesta, Counselor to the US President, on the report “Big data: seizing opportunities, preserving values”(217 kB)
- 06/06/2014 Article 29 Data Protection Working Party comments in response to W3C's public consultation on the W3C Last Call Working Draft, 24 April 2014, Tracking Preference Expression (DNT)(180 kB)
- 16/04/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Lilian Mitrou, Chair of the Council's Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX), on the One-Stop-Shop mechanism(105 kB)
Annex 1: Statement of the WP29 - Main points for a one-stop-shop and consistency mechanism for businesses and individuals(107 kB)
Annex 2: Advice paper on essential elements of a definition and a provision on profiling within the EU General Data Protection Regulation(163 kB) - 10/04/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Vice-President Viviane Reding on the actions set out by the European Commission in order to restore trust in data flows between the EU and the US(230 kB)
- 02/04/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Microsoft on a new version of the Enterprise Enrollment Addendum Microsoft Online Services Data Processing Agreement” and its Annex I(99 kB)
- 23/01/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. López Aguilar, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament on the selection and appointment of a new European Data Protection Supervisor and Assistant Supervisor (118 kB)
- 08/01/2014 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to ICANN(164 kB)
2013
- 16.12.2013 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) – Response to the Questionnaire(116 kB)
- 11.12.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to the Greek Permanent Representation to the EU on the upcoming Greek Presidency(98 kB)
Annex: Position of the Article 29 Working Party on the outcome of the vote on the data protection reform in the LIBE committee of the European Parliament(192 kB) - 11.12.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to DG Energy on the "Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) Template for Smart Grids and Smart Metering Systems"(94 kB)
Annex: Opinion WP209(332 kB) - 11.12.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on "New Distribution Capability"(142 kB)
- 09.12.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party to Mr López Aguilar, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament, regarding Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on EUROPOL(115 kB)
- 05.12.2013 - Article 29 Working Party's comments on the issue of direct access by third countries' law enforcement authorities to data stored in other jurisdiction, as proposed in the draft elements for an additional protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime(328 kB)
- 12.11.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr Smits, Director General for Research and Innovation, regarding data protection in Horizon 2020(27 kB)
- 08.11.2013 Second letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr López Aguilar, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament, regarding the proposal for a new Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT) Directive(167 kB)
- 09.10.2013 Letter from the A29 WP Chairman Jacob Kohnstamm to the Members of the LIBE Committee regarding the Proposal for Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data(251 kB)
- 08.10.2013 Letter from the A29 WP Chairman Jacob Kohnstamm to the Federation of European Employers regarding Binding Corporate Rules(189 kB)
- 26.08.2014 Letter from the A29 WP to STORK 2.0 on the “PEPS model versus MW model” self-assessment(40 kB)
- 13.08.2013 Letter from the A29 WP Chairman Jacob Kohnstamm to the Vice President of the European Commission Mrs Reding regarding the PRISM program(105 kB)
- 11.07.2013 Letter addressed to Ms. Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Home Affairs regarding Advance Passenger Information (API)(108 kB)
- 18.06.2013 Letter addressed to Google regarding Google Glass, a type of wearable computing in the form of glasses(295 kB)
News Release: "Data protection authorities urge Google to address Google Glass concerns" - 13.06.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to Mr Priebe, Director Internal Security, DG Home Affairs, regarding TFTP2 Uniform Application Procedures(96 kB)
- 07.06.2013 Letter from the A29 WP Chairman Jacob Kohnstamm to the Vice President of the European Commission Mrs Reding regarding the PRISM program(30 kB)
- 06.06.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to ICANN regarding the statement on the data protection impact of the revision of the ICANN RAA(51 kB)
- 13.05.2013 Advice paper on essential elements of a definition and a provision on profiling within the EU General Data Protection Regulation(163 kB)
- 25.04.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to Mr Philip Lowe, Director General for Energy, regarding the opinion on the Data Protection Impact Assessment Template for Smart Grid and Smart Metering Systems(95 kB) ("DPIA Template") - Annex(292 kB)
- 23.04.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to IATA, regarding Checkpoint of the Future(96 kB) - Annex(22 kB)
- 23.04.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to IATA, regarding New Distribution Capability(97 kB)
- 22.04.2013 Reply Letter from Ms Le Bail, Director General of Justice, addressed to the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party, regarding the publication of LIBE letter(46 kB)
- 18.04.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to INDECT(104 kB)
- 15.04.2013 Reply letter from the Article 29 Working Party, addressed to Mr. Manservisi, Director General of Home Affairs, regarding meeting on the follow up of the second Joint Review of the EU-US TFTP Agreement(97 kB)
- 08.04.2013 Letter from Mr. Manservisi, Director General of Home Affairs addressed to Article 29 Working Party, regarding EU-US TFTP Agreement(94 kB)
- 04.04.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr López Aguilar, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament, regarding the proposal for a new Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT) Directive(256 kB)
- 02.04.2013 Letter from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Le Bail, Director General of Justice, regarding the publication, by the Commission, of several letters by the Article 29 Working Party on the page set aside for the Working Party matters on the website of the Commission (DG Justice(52 kB) )
- 26.03.2013 Letter from Ms Le Bail, Director General of Justice, addressed to the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party, regarding the publication, by the Commission, of several letters by the Article 29 Working Party on the page set aside for the Working Party matters on the website of the Commission (DG Justice)(136 kB)
- 13.03.2014 Letter from the A29 WP to Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission, on the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market(65 kB)
- 05.03.2013 eMail from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Le Bail, Director General of Justice, regarding publication of documents at the Working Party's website, hosted by the European Commission(65 kB)
- 05.03.2013 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to World Anti-Doping Agency, regarding 3rd stage of WADA's consultation in the context of the review of the World Anti-Doping Code and its International Standards(101 kB)
Annex: Contribution(350 kB) - 27.02.2013 Statement of the Working Party on current discussions regarding the data protection reform package(31 kB)
Annex 1: Proposals for Amendments regarding Competence & Lead Authority(15 kB)
Annex 2: Proposals for Amendments regarding exemption for personal or household activities(59 kB)
2012
- 21.12.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working party addressed to Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chairman of the LIBE Committee, regarding the presentation of the Second Joint Review Report of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program Agreement between the European Union and the United States (hereafter: TFTP Agreement) in the LIBE Committee(97 kB)
- 07.11.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to INDECT(141 kB)
- 16.10.2012 Press Release from CNIL on Google Privacy Policy (77 kB) and letter from the Article 29 Working Party(668 kB) addressed to Google along with the recommendations(437 kB)
- 01.10.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Zourek, Director General of Taxation and Customs Union, regarding Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Model II agreements(42 kB)
Annex Letter of 21.06.2012(74 kB) - 26.09.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working party addressed to Dr. Steve Crocker and Mr. Akram Atallah Chairman and interim CEO of the Board of Directors Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), related to comments on the data protection impact of the revision of the ICANN RAA concerning accuracy and data retention of WHOIS data(90 kB)
- 21.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Zourek, Director General of Taxation and Customs Union regarding Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)(74 kB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to the Sedona Conference, regarding the “International Principles on Discovery, Disclosure & Data Protection” (Principles) published by Working Group 6 of the Sedona Conference for public comment in December 2011(33 kB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms. Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Home Affairs, regarding Smart Borders(49 kB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chairman of the LIBE Committee, regarding the negotiations on the Proposal for a Directive on EU PNR(27 kB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chairman of the LIBE Committee, related to the initiative of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Estonia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia and the Kingdom of Sweden for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the European Investigation Order(EIO) in criminal matters(25 kB)
- 12.06.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Malmström, Commissioner of Home Affairs, regarding a proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR)(30 kB)
- 04.04.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to VP Reding, regarding the budget and resource implications resulting from Commission's Data protection reform proposals(25 kB)
- 03.04.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Mr. Resanovic, the Commissioner for Information and Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, in order to welcome Serbia to the Working Party with observer status(23 kB)
- 03.04.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to VP Reding, regarding the progress on the adequacy levels of Uruguay and New Zealand(23 kB)
- 01.03.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to the Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) Industry regarding the current approach of the Code of Conduct(28 kB)
- 29.03.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Le Bail, Director General of DG Justice and Mr Faull, Director General of Internal Market & Services, regarding US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)(26 kB) - Annex(24 kB)
- 27.02.2012 Letter from CNIL addressed to Google Inc., regarding Google's new privacy policy(705 kB)
- 07.02.2012 Letter to Commissioner Vassiliou regarding data protection issues with the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA)(72 kB)
- 03.02.2012 Reply from Google addressed to the Article 29 Working Party regarding the upcoming changes in their privacy policy(2 MB)
- 02.02.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Google regarding the upcoming change in their privacy policy(23 kB)
- 06.01.2012 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to LIBE Committee of the European Parliament regarding the new draft agreement on the transfer and use of Passenger Name Records, known as PNR data(40 kB)
2011
- 15.12.2011 Accompanying letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) Industry regarding the opinion on the EASA/IAB Code(26 kB)
- 14.12.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to IATA regarding the IATA “Checkpoint of the future” project(42 kB)
- 13.12.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed Commissioner M. Barnier regarding the proposal for a Regulation on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (IMI Regulation)(50 kB)
- 13.12.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to DG MARKT regarding the application of Directive 95/46 in relation to the international transfer of personal data to the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the application of Directive 2006/43 and the Commission Decision 2010/485/EU of 1 September 2010 (the Commission Decision)(94 kB)
- 22.09.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Commissioner Cecilia Malmström regarding Terrorist Finance Tracking System (TFTS) – European Commission Communication COM (2011) 429(59 kB)
- 23.08.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) Industry regarding the self-regulatory Framework (643 kB)
- 07.06.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to U.S. Department of the Treasury (UST) related to the interpretation of the TFTP Agreement by UST(36 kB)
- 20.04.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Ms Le Bail to deliver input to the Commission on the current practices at national level, the problems encountered in implementing the Directive as well as some suggestions for improvements or changes in relation to special categories of data (“sensitive data”), notification and the practical implementation of the Article 28(6) of the Directive 95/46/EC(36 kB)
- 15.04.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to ATOS Origin regarding the STORK Project(27 kB)
- 19.01.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Commissioner Malmström regarding the EU PNR Agreements with the US, Canada and Australia(49 kB)
- 14.01.2011 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Vice-President Reding regarding the Article 29 WP's reaction to the Commission Communication "A comprehensive approach to personal data protection in the EU"(44 kB)
2010
- 09.12.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Vice-President Kroes regarding the transposition of the amended Directive concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector(27 kB)
- 19.11.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Vice-President Reding regarding the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the protection of personal data when transferred and processed for law enforcement purposes(63 kB)
- 29.10.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to the Ad Network Providers(292 kB)
- 29.10.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to the Browser Providers(260 kB)
- 05.08.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Commissioner Malmström regarding the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program(98 kB)
- 15.07.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Commissioner, Mr. Karel de Gucht, regarding the data protection and privacy implications of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)(40 kB)
- 25.06.2010 letter from Mr. Jacob Kohnstamm, Chairman of the Art. 29 Working Party and Mr. Francesco Pizzetti, Chairman of the Working Party on Police and Justice addressed to Mr. Juan Fernando LPEZ AGUILAR, Chairman of the LIBE Committee regarding EU-US Terrorist Finance Tracking Program Agreement (TFTP II Agreement)(86 kB)
- 26.05.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to search engine operators (Google(59 kB), Microsoft(62 kB), Yahoo!)(76 kB)
- Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Federal Trade Commission related to search engine operators (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!)(53 kB)
- Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Viviane Reding, European Commission Vice-President in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship related to search engine operators (Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!)(29 kB)
- 12.05.2010 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to Signatories of the "Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU(252 kB) " and to facebook(293 kB)
2009
- 23.10.2009 Letter from the Article 29 Working Party addressed to search engine operators:
- 11.02.2009 Letter dated 11 February 2009 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Daniel CALLEJA CRESPO, Director in DG TREN on body scanners(212 kB)
2008
- 24.07.2008 Letter dated 24 July 2008 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Jonathan Faull, Director General of DG JLS on the introduction of US Electronic System of Travel Authorisation (ESTA)(253 kB)
- 27.05.2008 Letter dated 27 May 2008 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Baroness Sarah Ludford, regarding outsourcing the collection of biometric data within the framework of visa applications(222 kB)
- 10.03.2008 Letter from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Jacques Barrot, Vice-President, regarding the PNR agreement with Australia(140 kB)
2007
- 10.12.2007 Letter dated 10 December 2007 from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Jean-Marie CAVADA, Chairman of the LIBE Committee, on EU passports(382 kB)
- 18.06.2007 Letter to Vice President Frattini enclosing the Comments by the Article 29 Working Party on the Modified Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1030/2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals (COM(2006)110)(664 kB)
- 29.05.2007 Letter from the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party to Mr. Franco Frattini, Vice-President, regarding the draft multiannual programme of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights(173 kB)
- 16.05.2007 Letter from Article 29 Working Party to Google regarding their new privacy practices(748 kB)
- 26.03.2007 Workshop on EU approach towards a new passenger data agreement. This Workshop brought together national data protection authorities and other interested parties and was not a meeting of the Article 29 Working Party: Agenda(17 kB)
- 31.01.2007 A common EU approach to the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for law enforcement purposes(188 kB)
2006
- 29.09.2006 Letter addressed on 29 September 2006 to the Chairman of the Working Party by the Director of the Office of International Affairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)(92 kB)
- 24.07.2006 Visa Information System: Letter addressed on 24 July 2006 to Mr. Pentti Visanen, Chairman of Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA), regarding a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short stay-visas (in reply to Letter of M. Widerman of 2 June 2006)(790 kB)
- 03.07.2006 VADEMECUM ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS(13 MB)
- Whistleblowing schemes in the fields of accounting, account auditing, financial reporting and fight against bribery, financial corruption, banking and financial crime accounting:
- 03.07.2006 Letter addressed on 3 July 2006 to the Director of the Office of International Affairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the Chairman of the Working Party(2 MB)
- 08.06.2006 Letter addressed on 8 June 2006 to the Chairman of the Working Party by the Director of the Office of International Affairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)(422 kB)
- 16.02.2006 Letter addressed on 16 February 2006 to the Chairman of the SEC by the Chairman of the Working Party(364 kB)
2004
- 30.11.2004 Standards for security features and biometrics in EU citizens' passports : The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has sent a letter concerning the Proposal for a Council Regulation on standards for security features and biometrics in EU citizens' passports to Mr Jan Peter BALKENENDE, President of the Council of the European Union, to Mr Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, President of the European Parliament, and Mr. Jean-Louis BOURLANGES, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice of the European Parliament(29 kB)