PURPOSE: to authorise the Czech Republic to receive and supply personal data for the purpose of automated searching of vehicle registration data (VRD).
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1866 on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in the Czech Republic.
CONTENT: this Council Implementing Decision authorises the Czech Republic to receive and supply personal data in accordance with Decision 2008/615/JHA for the purpose of automated searching of vehicle registration data, as of 18 October, 2017.
As a reminder, Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, in particular with a view to combating terrorism and cross-border crime, provides that the supply of personal data may not take place until the general provisions on data protection have been implemented in the national law of the territories of the Member States involved in such supply.
An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning VRD exchange, has been presented to the Council.
On 18 May 2017, the Council concluded that the Czech Republic had fully implemented the general provisions on data protection set out in Decision 2008/615/JHA.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18.10.2017.