3. Statement by the Secretariat

Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General

New Organisation Chart DG I – Human Rights and Rule of Law

4. Modernisation of Convention 108

Required action: The T-PD will consider the proposals of modernisation of Convention 108 and will decide on the orientations to be taken in order to finalise these proposals during the 28th Plenary meeting of the Committee.

• Ms Cécile de Terwangne, Professor Law Faculty, Namur University (FUNDP), CRID Research Director: the proposals for modification of the Convention.
• Mr Jean-Philippe Moiny, CRID Researcher, Namur University (FUNDP)
• Ms Marie Georges, Scientific Expert: modalities and mechanisms for assessing implementation of Convention 108
• Ibero-American Network
• Treaty Office

5. Data protection used for employment purposes

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided on the revision work of the 1989 Recommendation.

6. Data Protection and Police

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Scientific Expert and will decide on the appropriate follow-up.

• Recommendation No. R (87)15 of the Committee of Ministers to the member States on regulating the use of personal data in the police sector
• “Recommendation No. R (87)15 – Twenty-five years down the line: Preliminary Report “ (restricted)
  • Mr Joseph Cannataci, Professor, Faculty of Law – University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
  • Ms Mireille Caruana, Research Associate, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences, University of Malta
• Interpol – The new Interpol Code on the processing of information facing the challenges of international police cooperation
  • Mr Joël Sollier, General Counsel of INTERPOL and Director of the Office of Legal Affairs

7. Overview of data protection activities since the last plenary meeting

Required action: the T-PD members will take note of the participation of the T-PD members in various events and of the information provided.

Events and Conferences 2011

• Vienna – Conference on Council of Europe strategy on Internet Governance 2012- 2015 – from 24 to 25 November
• Monaco – Council of Europe Conférence « Construire une Europe adaptee aux enfants : changer une vision en realite » - from 20 to 21 November
• Mexico City – 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and privacy Commissioners, from 2 to 3 November
  • Ms Jacqueline Peschard, President Commissionner
• IGF, Nairobi from 27 to 30 September
• Warsaw – International Conference on Data Protection, 21 September
• Budapest – International Conference on Data protection, from 16 to 17 June
• EuroDIG, Belgrade from 30 to 31 May

8. Data Protection Day

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided concerning the events of 2011 and 2012.

9. Major developments in the data protection field since the 26th meeting of the T-PD (1-4 June 2010)

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided and will have an exchange of views on those issues.

Addendum

• Major developments in the data protection field since the 26th meeting of the T-PD - Malta (21.11.2011)
• Major Developments in the Data Protection Field since the 26th meeting of the T-PD - Portugal (23.11.2011)
• Major Developments in the Data Protection Field since the 26th meeting of the T-PD - Liechtenstein (24.11.2011)
• Major Developments in the Data Protection Field since the 26th meeting of the T-PD - Spain (25.11.2011)

11. Cooperation with other Council of Europe Bodies

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided and will have an exchange of views with the CDMC.

• Terms of reference of the CDMSI
• Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
  • Resolution 1833 (2011) on the activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2010-2011
  • Resolution 1836 (2011) on the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the Council of Europe
  • Resolution 1843 (2011) on the protection of privacy and personal data on the Internet and online media

12. Opinions

Required action: The Committee will take note of the finalised opinions and will consider the draft opinion submitted.

13. State of signatures and ratifications

Required action: The Committee will take note of the state of signatures and ratifications.

• Overview Convention 108
• Overview additional Protocol

14. Observers

Required action: The Committee will decide on the admission criteria to apply and will decide on AEDH Request.

Letter from Mr Pierre Barge, President of AEDH

• AEDH Request (available only in french)

15. Data Protection Commissioner

Required action: The Committee will elect the Council of Europe Data Protection Commissioner, in accordance with Article 1 of the Secretary General’s Regulation. Outlining a data protection system for personal data fils in the Council of Europe.

• Secretary General’s Regulation of 17 April 1989 instituting a system of data protection for personal data files at the Council of EuropeSecretary General’s from 17 April 1989

17. Amendments to the rules of procedure

Required action: The T-PD will consider the proposals on amendments to the rules of procedure with a view to their adoption.

18. Next meetings

Required action: The Committee will take note of the proposed dates for the next meetings of the Bureau of the T-PD and of the next Plenary meeting in 2012.