Commissioner MONTI stated that he could accept the first 7 amendments, which clarified the text of the common position. With regard to the committee procedure, and in particular the choice of committee, the Commission could agree to replace the advisory committee suggested in the initial proposal with a management committee, which was not too far removed from a regulatory committee, which had been the choice of the Council, in terms of the powers conferred upon the Commission. Amendment No 8 on a very specific situation could not be included in the framework directive, which was limited to providing the general criteria for identifying the data controller. Finally, the Commissioner reiterated the Commission’s commitment to ensuring the protection of individuals through the same guarantees that applied to the processing of personal data in all of the Union’s activities, at Community, intergovernmental and national level.