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Decision (EU) 2022/480 of the European Parliament of 10 March 2022 on setting up a committee of inquiry to investigate the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware, and defining the subject of the inquiry, as well as the responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office of the committee
Decision (EU) 2022/480 of the European Parliament of 10 March 2022 on setting up a committee of inquiry to investigate the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware, and defining the subject of the inquiry, as well as the responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office of the committee
Decision (EU) 2022/480 of the European Parliament of 10 March 2022 on setting up a committee of inquiry to investigate the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware, and defining the subject of the inquiry, as well as the responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office of the committee
OJ L 98, 25.3.2022, p. 72–75
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 98/72 |
DECISION (EU) 2022/480 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 10 March 2022
on setting up a committee of inquiry to investigate the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware, and defining the subject of the inquiry, as well as the responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office of the committee
The European Parliament,
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having regard to the request presented by 290 Members for a committee of inquiry to be set up to look into and investigate alleged contraventions, or maladministration in implementation of Union law as regards the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware that is installed on mobile devices by exploiting IT vulnerabilities (‘equivalent surveillance spyware’), |
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having regard to the proposal from the Conference of Presidents, |
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having regard to Article 226 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), |
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having regard to Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 19 April 1995 on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament’s right of inquiry (1), |
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having regard to the European Union’s attachment to the values and principles of liberty, democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and of the rule of law as outlined in the preamble to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and notably in Articles 2, 6 and 21 of that Treaty, |
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having regard to Article 4(2) TEU, which reaffirms Member States’ exclusive competence in maintaining law and order and safeguarding national security, |
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having regard to Articles 16 and 223 TFEU, |
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having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’), and in particular Articles 7, 8, 11, 21 and 47 thereof, that recognise the specific rights, freedoms and principles set out in it, such as respect for private and family life and the protection of personal data, freedom of expression and information, right to non-discrimination, as well as the right to effective remedy and fair trial, and which fully apply to Member States when they are implementing Union law, and Article 52(1) thereof that allows for certain limitation on the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms, |
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having regard to Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (2), |
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having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (3), |
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having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA (4), |
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having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 of 17 May 2019 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States (5) as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/796 of 17 May 2021 (6), |
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having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items (7), |
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having regard to the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (8), |
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having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and in particular Articles 8, 9, 13 and 17 thereof, and the Protocols to that Convention, |
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having regard to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (9), |
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having regard to its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs (10) and to its recommendations regarding the strengthening of IT security in the EU’s institutions, bodies and agencies, |
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having regard to Rule 208 of its Rules of Procedure,
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(1) OJ L 113, 19.5.1995, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37.
(4) OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 89.
(5) OJ L 129 I, 17.5.2019, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 174 I, 18.5.2021, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 206, 11.6.2021, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 278, 8.10.1976, p. 5.
(9) https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR_EN.pdf