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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13553
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration/home affairs

EDPS reprimands Frontex for automatically transferring migrant data to Europol without assessing need to do so

On Wednesday 8 January, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) “reprimanded” the European border guard agency, Frontex, for failing to comply with a provision of its regulation concerning the transmission of data on suspects of cross-border crime to Europol, according to a press release (Regulation 2019/1896 establishing a European border and coast guard).

Frontex has since decided to discontinue automatic data sharing with Europol, following an EDPS audit report in May 2023,...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Polish Presidency of EU Council presents compromise text on new genomic techniques
FOOD SAFETY: European Commission proposes further harmonisation of pesticide labelling
MIGRATION/HOME AFFAIRS: EDPS reprimands Frontex for automatically transferring migrant data to Europol without assessing need to do so
MIGRATION: ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ - 23 Member States have submitted their national implementation plans
DIGITAL: if Meta platform changes its content management policy in EU, it must send “prior risk assessment analysis” to European Commission
CLIMATE/RESEARCH: Green Deal Projects Support Office presents its progress on 17 European initiatives
ENERGY: ACER presents its recommendations for updating network code for gas capacity allocation mechanisms
ENERGY: sector calls for harnessing benefits of bioenergy for EU competitiveness
TRANSPORT: T&E recommends that EU Member States encourage installation of electric vehicle home chargers
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Donald Trump believes Allies should spend 5% of their GDP on defence
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE/DIGITAL: conference on future of Europe - European Commission found to have breached EU rules on personal data protection
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: a new report recommends increasing capacity of EU budget to prepare for responses to crises
EDUCATION - YOUTH - CULTURE - SPORT
YOUTH: European Youth Information and Counselling Agency publishes recommendations for greater fairness and reliability in a changing world
EDUCATION: European Commission assesses cooperation on quality assurance and proposes ways of recognising diplomas in EU
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: Romania to join US Visa Waiver Program for nationals of EU Member States
CULTURE: Chemnitz in Germany and Nova Gorica in Slovenia, European Capitals of Culture 2025
YOUTH: DiscoverEU, European Commission offers almost 36,000 young people chance to discover Europe with free travel pass
JUSTICE: European Public Prosecutor’s Office dismantles transnational VAT fraud network
CSDP: Gulf of Guinea, Francisco Javier López Fuster to become head of EU initiative’s military command and support cell