Text · Opinion parliamentary committee
On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union (Interoperable Europe Act)
Document LIBE-AD-746882 · COM(2022)0720 – C90387/2022 – 2022/0379(COD)
- Kind
- Opinion parliamentary committee LIBE-AD-746882
- Date
- 29 June 2023
- Committee
- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Cyrus Engerer
- Dossier
- 2022-0379
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- Reference
- COM(2022)0720 – C90387/2022 – 2022/0379(COD)
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The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs calls on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to take the following into account:
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| (4a) In the pursuit of cross-border interoperability and the digital public services infrastructure, it is crucial to safeguard the privacy and protection of personal data. The interoperability measures established under this Regulation should be designed and implemented in a manner that respects the principles of data protection rules. |
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| (27a) In order to enhance transparency on the processing of personal data within the scope of this Regulation, free and open source technologies are encouraged |
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| 2. Regulatory sandboxes shall be operated under the responsibility of the participating public sector bodies and, where the sandbox entails the processing of personal data by public sector bodies, under the supervision of other relevant national authorities, or where the sandbox entails the processing of personal data by institutions, bodies, and agencies of the Union, under the responsibility of the European Data Protection Supervisor. | 2. Innovative sandboxes shall be operated under the responsibility of the participating public sector bodies and, where the sandbox is authorised to process personal data by public sector bodies, under the supervision of other relevant national supervisory authorities, or where the sandbox is authorised to process personal data by institutions, bodies, and agencies of the Union, under the supervision of the European Data Protection Supervisor. |
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| 3. The establishment of a regulatory sandbox as set out in paragraph 1 shall aim to contribute to the following objectives: | 3. The establishment of an innovative sandbox as set out in paragraph 1 shall contribute to the following objectives: |
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| 5. The Commission, after consulting the Interoperable Europe Board and, where the regulatory sandbox would include the processing of personal data, the European Data Protection Supervisor, shall upon joint request from at least three participating public sector bodies authorise the establishment of a regulatory sandbox. This consultation should not replace the prior consultation referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and in Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. Where the sandbox is set up for interoperability solutions supporting the cross-border interoperability of network and information systems which are used to provide or manage public services to be delivered or managed electronically by one or more institutions, bodies or agencies of the Union, eventually with the participation of public sector bodies, no authorisation is needed. | 5. The Commission, after consulting the Interoperable Europe Board and, where the innovative sandbox would include the processing of personal data, following a thorough consultation with the European Data Protection Supervisor, shall upon joint request from at least three participating public sector bodies authorise the establishment of an innovative sandbox. The request shall specify the purpose of the processing of personal data, the actors involved and their roles, the categories of personal data concerned, and their source(s) and the envisaged retention period. This consultation should not replace the prior consultation referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and in Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. Where the sandbox is set up for interoperability solutions supporting the cross-border interoperability of network and information systems, which are used to provide or manage public services to be delivered or managed electronically by one or more institutions, bodies or agencies of the Union, eventually with the participation of public sector bodies, no authorisation is needed. |
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| 2. Participation in the regulatory sandbox shall be limited to a period that is appropriate to the complexity and scale of the project, and in any case not longer than 2 years from the establishment of the regulatory sandbox. The participation may be extended for up to one more year if necessary to achieve the purpose of the processing. | 2. Participation in the innovative sandbox shall be limited to a period that is appropriate to the complexity and scale of the project, and in any case not longer than one year from the establishment of the innovative sandbox. |
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| (b) the specific regulatory issues at stake and the guidance that is expected from the authorities supervising the regulatory sandbox; | (b) the specific issues at stake and the guidance that is expected from the authorities supervising the innovative sandbox; |
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| (c) the specific modalities of the collaboration between the participants and the authorities, as well as any other actor involved in the regulatory sandbox; | (c) the specific modalities of the collaboration between the participants and the supervisory authorities, as well as any other actor involved in the innovative sandbox; |
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| (g) where personal data are processed, an indication of the categories of personal data concerned, the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended and the actors involved in the processing and their role. | (g) where it is strictly necessary and proportionate to process personal data, the reasons for such processing, an indication of the categories of personal data concerned, the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended, the controllers, processors and recipients involved in the processing and their role. |
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| 6. Personal data may be processed in the regulatory sandbox subject to the following cumulative conditions: | 6. Personal data may only be processed in the innovative sandbox subject to the following cumulative conditions: |
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| (d) any personal data to be processed are in a functionally separate, isolated and protected data processing environment under the control of the participants and only authorised persons have access to that data; | (d) any personal data to be processed are in a functionally separate, isolated and protected data processing environment under the control of the participants and only duly authorised persons have access to that data; |
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| (f) any processing of personal data does not affect the application of the rights of the data subjects as provided for under Union law on the protection of personal data, in particular in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725; | (f) any processing of personal data does not affect the application of the rights of the data subjects as provided for under Union law on the protection of personal data, and is fully ensured by participants in the innovative sandbox, including through appropriate technical and organisational arrangements; |
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| (fa) personal data are not processed for purposes other than those for which the personal data were initially collected; |
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| 10. Where a regulatory sandbox involves the use of artificial intelligence, the rules set out under Article 53 and 54 of the [proposal for a] Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts shall prevail in case of conflict with the rules set out by the Regulation. | deleted |
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Procedure – committee asked for opinion 1 block
| Title | Laying down measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union (Interoperable Europe Act) | |
| References | COM(2022)0720 – C9-0387/2022 – 2022/0379(COD) | |
| Committee responsible Date announced in plenary | ITRE 21.11.2022 | |
| Opinion by Date announced in plenary | LIBE 21.11.2022 | |
| Associated committees - date announced in plenary | 16.3.2023 | |
| Rapporteur for the opinion Date appointed | Cyrus Engerer 13.4.2023 | |
| Discussed in committee | 23.5.2023 | |
| Date adopted | 29.6.2023 | |
| Result of final vote | +: –: 0: | 37 8 4 |
| Members present for the final vote | Katarina Barley, Pietro Bartolo, Theresa Bielowski, Malin Björk, Vasile Blaga, Saskia Bricmont, Annika Bruna, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Damien Carême, Patricia Chagnon, Clare Daly, Anna Júlia Donáth, Lena Düpont, Cornelia Ernst, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Patryk Jaki, Assita Kanko, Fabienne Keller, Łukasz Kohut, Alice Kuhnke, Jeroen Lenaers, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Lukas Mandl, Erik Marquardt, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Pina Picierno, Karlo Ressler, Diana Riba i Giner, Isabel Santos, Birgit Sippel, Tineke Strik, Ramona Strugariu, Tomas Tobé, Yana Toom, Javier Zarzalejos | |
| Substitutes present for the final vote | José Gusmão, Matjaž Nemec, Bergur Løkke Rasmussen, Dragoş Tudorache, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Petar Vitanov | |
| Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote | Frances Fitzgerald, Martin Hojsík, Rasa Juknevičienė, Andrius Kubilius, Janina Ochojska |
Final vote by roll call in committee asked for opinion 3 blocks
37 · For
- ECR
- Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Patryk Jaki, Assita Kanko
- EPP
- Vasile Blaga, Lena Düpont, Frances Fitzgerald, Rasa Juknevičienė, Andrius Kubilius, Jeroen Lenaers, Lukas Mandl, Janina Ochojska, Karlo Ressler, Tomas Tobé, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Javier Zarzalejos
- Renew
- Anna Júlia Donáth, Martin Hojsík, Sophia in 't Veld, Fabienne Keller, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Bergur Løkke Rasmussen, Ramona Strugariu, Yana Toom, Dragoş Tudorache
- S&D
- Katarina Barley, Pietro Bartolo, Theresa Bielowski, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Łukasz Kohut, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Matjaž Nemec, Pina Picierno, Isabel Santos, Birgit Sippel, Petar Vitanov
8 · Against
- ID
- Annika Bruna, Patricia Chagnon
- Greens
- Saskia Bricmont, Damien Carême, Alice Kuhnke, Erik Marquardt, Diana Riba i Giner, Tineke Strik
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European Parliament (2023). “OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union (Interoperable Europe Act)”. Text, 29 June 2023. docId LIBE-AD-746882. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/LIBE-AD-746882 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/LIBE-AD-746882 (CC BY 4.0).
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union (Interoperable Europe Act)}},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-06-29},
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url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/LIBE-AD-746882},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
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