Strasbourg, 14/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament approved the Commission's proposal on the statute and the general conditions for carrying out the function of European data protection inspector. Rapporteur Ornella Paciotti (Democratici di sinistra, Italy) recalled that the regulation adopted in 2001 already contains specific guarantees to ensure the independence of the European inspectors, while the proposal on which the Parliament is now taking a stance only concerns the...