Changes from plenary report to adopted text

RemovedArticle 73 – paragraph 4 – point b: (b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of the connection, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities and eu-LISA.

RemovedArticle 73 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. The implementing acts referred to in this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

RemovedArticle 77 – paragraph 1: The Commission shall, in close cooperation with the Member States, Europol, eu-LISA, the European Data Protection Board, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights make available a practical handbook for the implementation and management of this Regulation. The practical handbook shall provide technical and operational guidelines, recommendations and best practices. The Commission shall adopt the practical handbook in the form of a recommendation by ... [six months after entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall regularly and where necessary update the practical handbook.

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 1: 1. eu-LISA and Europol shall, respectively, ensure that procedures are in place to monitor the development of the router and of EPRIS in light of objectives relating to planning and costs and to monitor their functioning in light of objectives relating to the technical output, cost-effectiveness, security and quality of service.

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: By [one year after entry into force of this Regulation] and every year thereafter during the development phase of the router, eu-LISA shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the state of play of the development of the router. That report shall contain detailed information about the costs incurred and information as to any risks which may impact the overall costs to be borne by the general budget of the Union in accordance with Article 71.

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1: By [one year after entry into force of this Regulation] and every year thereafter during the development phase of EPRIS, Europol shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the state of play of the development of EPRIS including detailed information about the costs incurred and information as to any risks which may impact the overall costs to be borne by the general budget of the Union in accordance with Article 71.

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 4: 4. For the purposes of technical maintenance, eu-LISA and Europol shall have access to the necessary information relating to the data processing operations performed in the router and EPRIS respectively. That access shall exclude access to any personal data.

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: Two years after the start of operations of the router and EPRIS as referred to in Article 73 and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall produce an overall evaluation of Prüm II, including:

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) an assessment of the application of this Regulation for each Member State and Europol;

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 a (new): The Commission shall pay due attention to any Member State subject to a procedure referred to in Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 8: 8. The Member States and Europol shall provide eu-LISA and the Commission with the information necessary to draft the reports referred to in paragraphs 2 and 5. This information shall not jeopardise working methods or include information that reveals sources, staff members or investigations of the competent law enforcement authorities.

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 9: 9. The Member States shall provide Europol and the Commission with the information necessary to draft the reports referred to in paragraphs 3 and 6. This information shall not jeopardise working methods or include information that reveals sources, staff members or investigations of the competent law enforcement authorities.

RemovedArticle 78 – paragraph 10: 10. Without prejudice to confidentiality requirements and the protection of ongoing investigations, Member States, eu-LISA and Europol shall provide the Commission with the information necessary to produce the evaluations referred to in paragraph 7. Member States shall also provide the Commission with the number of confirmed matches against each Member State’s database per category of data.