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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11390
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha

Parliament wants legal opinion on data protection before endorsing transatlantic deal

Brussels, 16/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 15 September, the European Parliament's civil liberties committee gave a cautious welcome to the recent finalising of the talks on a transatlantic data protection agreement.

The agreement stipulates in 29 articles the data protection standards that will apply to transatlantic penal instruments (trade is covered by the 'Safe Harbour' system, see EUROPE 11385). In negotiation since 2011 and initialled in Luxembourg on 8 September, it now...

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