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Executive Summary of Opinion of the EDPS on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC
Executive Summary of Opinion of the EDPS on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC
Executive Summary of Opinion of the EDPS on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC
OJ C 38, 8.2.2014, p. 4–6
(HR)
OJ C 38, 8.2.2014, p. 8–10
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
8.2.2014 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 38/8 |
Executive Summary of Opinion of the EDPS on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC
(The full text of this Opinion can be found in English, French and German on the EDPS website (http://www.edps.europa.eu))
(2014/C 38/04)
1. Introduction
1.1. Consultation of the EDPS
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On 13 June 2013, the Commission adopted the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall system and amending Directive 2007/46/EC (the Proposal) (1) announced in the Commission Communication of 21 August 2009 on ‘eCall: Time for Deployment’ (the 2009 Communication) (2). |
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The EDPS welcomes the fact that he is consulted by the Commission and that a reference to the consultation is included in the preambles of the Proposal. |
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Before the adoption of the Proposal, the EDPS was given the possibility to provide informal comments to the Commission. He highly appreciates that most of his comments have been taken into account. |
1.2. Objective and scope of the Proposal
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This Proposal complements other regulatory measures which have been implemented to support the deployment of eCall, such as the ITS Directive 2010/40/EU (3), the Commission Recommendation of 8 September 2011 on the support to the EU-wide eCall service (4), and the adoption of specifications for the upgrade of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) (5), on which the EDPS was consulted and provided comments (6). |
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The Proposal provides for the mandatory introduction of an eCall in-vehicle system in new type-approved vehicles in Europe. Contrary to the current system where eCall is installed by car manufacturers on a voluntary basis, the Proposal provides for the mandatory fitting of eCall devices in all new vehicles starting with new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles by 1 October 2015 (7). It therefore contains several obligations addressed to vehicle/equipment manufacturers. |
4. Conclusions
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The EDPS emphasises that the processing of personal data is one of the core obligations created by the Proposal and welcomes that many recommendations he made in relation to 112 eCall's data protection implications were taken into account. |
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Regarding 112 eCall, the EDPS recommends that the following issues are further specified in the Proposal:
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Regarding private eCall and added value services, the EDPS reminds that they are regulated by the Proposal so that they comply with similar or stricter data protection requirements than those foreseen for the 112 eCall system. He also reminds that:
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The EDPS further recommends that:
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Done at Brussels, 29 October 2013.
Giovanni BUTTARELLI
Assistant European Data Protection Supervisor
(1) COM(2013) 316 final.
(2) COM(2009) 434 final.
(3) Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (OJ L 207, 6.8.2010, p. 1).
(4) Commission Recommendation 2011/750/EU of 8 September 2011 on support for an EU-wide eCall service in electronic communication networks for the transmission of in-vehicle emergency calls based on 112 (eCalls) (OJ L 303, 22.11.2011, p. 46).
(5) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 305/2013 of 26 November 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 91, 3.4.2013, p. 1).
(6) See in particular Opinion of 22 July 2009 on the ITS Directive, formal comments of 12 December 2011 on the Commission Recommendation on the implementation of the harmonised EU-wide eCall, and the letter of 19 December 2012 on the Commission Delegated Regulation with regard to the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall, all published on the EDPS website (http://www.edps.europa.eu) (under ‘Consultation’).
(7) See Article 4 and Article 5(1) of the Proposal.