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Council Common Position 2005/69/JHA of 24 January 2005 on exchanging certain data with InterpolLegal instrument | Joint position (JHA/CFSP) |
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Number legal act | Common position 2005/69 |
Original proposal | COM(2004)427 |
CELEX number i | 32005E0069 |
Document | 24-01-2005 |
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Publication in Official Journal | 13-06-2006; OJ L 27, 29.1.2005,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 18 Volume 003,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 18 Volume 003,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 18 Volume 001,OJ L 159M , 13.6.2006 |
Effect | 24-01-2005; Takes effect See Art 5 |
Deadline | 31-12-2005; At the latest See Art 4 |
End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
29.1.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 27/61 |
COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2005/69/JHA
of 24 January 2005
on exchanging certain data with Interpol
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 30(1)(b) and 34(2)(a) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
One of the Union’s objectives is to provide citizens with a high level of safety within an area of freedom, security and justice. Closer cooperation between Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities is essential for the achievement of that objective. |
(2) |
The protection of the Union against threats posed by international and organised crime, including terrorism, requires that common action includes the exchange of information between Member States’ law enforcement authorities competent in criminal matters, as well as with international partners. |
(3) |
Issued and blank stolen, lost or misappropriated passports are used to elude law enforcement with the object of carrying out illicit activities capable of jeopardising the security of the Union and of each one of the Member States. Meaningful action can only be taken at Union level by reason of the very nature of the threat. Action by the Member States individually could not achieve the abovementioned objective. This Common Position does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective. |
(4) |
All Member States are affiliated to the International Criminal Police Organisation — Interpol. To fulfil its mission, Interpol receives, stores, and circulates data to assist competent law enforcement authorities to prevent and combat international crime. The Interpol database on Stolen Travel Documents permits Interpol’s members to share between themselves the data on lost and stolen passports. |
(5) |
The European Council of 25 March 2004, in its Declaration on combating terrorism, instructed the Council to take forward work on the creation by end 2005 of an integrated system for the exchange of information on stolen and lost passports having recourse to the Schengen Information System (SIS) and the Interpol database. This Common Position is a first response to that request that should be followed-up by the setting up of the technical functionality in the SIS to achieve that aim. |
(6) |
The exchange of Member States’ data on stolen, lost or misappropriated passports with the Interpol database on Stolen Travel Documents as well as the processing of these data, should respect applicable data protection rules both of the individual Member States and of Interpol. |
(7) |
This Common Position obliges Member States to ensure that their competent authorities will exchange the aforementioned data with the Interpol database on Stolen Travel Documents, in parallel to entering them in the relevant national database, and the SIS, as regards the Member States participating in it. The obligation arises from the moment the national authorities become aware of the theft, loss or misappropriation. A further requirement to set up the necessary infrastructure to facilitate the consultation of the Interpol database acknowledges the law enforcement relevance of the latter. |
(8) |
The conditions of the exchange shall be agreed with Interpol in order to ensure that the data exchanged will respect the data protection principles that lie at the heart of data exchange within the Union, in particular with regard to the exchange and automatic processing of such data. |
(9) |
This Common Position respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union and reflected in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union... |
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