2006/70/EC,Euratom: Commission Decision of  31 January 2006  amending Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom
Date: 2006-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, data protection, occupational safety, operation of the Institutions, rules of procedure

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 January 2006

amending Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom

(2006/70/EC, Euratom)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

1.

in Section 4.2(e) ‘President of the Commission’ is replaced by
‘Director of the Commission Security Directorate’;

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 218(2) thereof,

establishing the European

2. Section 13 is replaced by the following text:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 131 thereof,

‘13. THE COMMISSION SECURITY BOARD

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Articles 21(1) and 41(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Commission’s provisions on security are contained
in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/844/EC,
ECSC, Euratom of 29 November 2001 amending its
internal Rules of Procedure (1).

The Commission has decided on a number of changes in
the assignment of responsibilities and in the designation
of departments and services.

Definitions in the Annex to Decision 2001/844/EC,
ECSC, Euratom should be in line with the relevant
provisions in the text.

(4)

The text of the rules on security should be amended
accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Rules on security as set out in the Annex to Decision
2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom are amended as follows:

A Commission Security Board shall be set up. It shall consist
of the Director-General for Administration and Personnel,
who shall have the chair, a Member of the Cabinet of the
Commissioner responsible for security matters, a Member of
the Cabinet of the President, the Deputy Secretary-General
who chairs the Commission crisis management group, the
Directors-General of the Legal Service, External Relations,
Justice, Freedom and Security,
the Joint Research Centre,
Informatics and the Internal Audit Service and the Director
of the Commission Security Directorate, or their represen-
tatives. Other Commission officials may be invited. Its remit
is to assess security measures within the Commission and to
make recommendations in this domain to the Member of
the Commission responsible for security matters.’;

3.

‘President’
in Appendix 2,
Commission responsible for security matters’;

is replaced by ‘Member of the

4.

in point 10(c) of Appendix 4,
‘Director of the Commission Security Directorate’;

‘President’

is replaced by

5.

in point 7 of Appendix 5, ‘President’ is replaced by ‘Member
of the Commission responsible for security matters’;

6. throughout
Appendices:

the text of

the rules on security and its

(a)

‘Commission Security Office’ and ‘Commission Security
Service’ are replaced by:
‘Commission Security Direc-
torate’;

(1) OJ L 317, 3.12.2001, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/94/EC, Euratom (OJ L 31, 4.2.2005, p. 66).

(b) ‘Head of the Commission Security Office’ is replaced by
‘Director of the Commission Security Directorate’;

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7. a new recital is added after recital 7 of the Annex, reading: ‘These provisions are without prejudice to
Article 286 of the Treaty and to Regulation (EC) 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by
the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data.’

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2006.

For the Commission

Siim KALLAS
Vice-President