European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the initiative by the Republic of Austria with a view to the adoption of a Council decision amending Decision 2002/348/JHA concerning security in connection with football matches with an international dimension (10543/2006 - C6-0240/2006 - 2006/0806(CNS))
Date: 2007-03-29
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: access to information, personal data, public safety, sporting event

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P6_TA(2007)0096

Security at football matches *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 March 2007 on the initiative by the Republic of
Austria with a view to the adoption of a Council decision amending Decision 2002/348/JHA
concerning security in connection with football matches with an international dimension
(10543/2006 — C6-0240/2006 — 2006/0806(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the initiative by the Republic of Austria (10543/2006) (1),

— having regard to Article 34(2)(c) of the EU Treaty,

— having regard to Article 39(1) of the EU Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament

(C6-0240/2006),

— having regard to Rules 93 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of

the Committee on Civil Liberties,

Justice and Home Affairs

(A6-0052/2007),

1.

2.

3.

Approves the initiative by the Republic of Austria as amended;

Calls on the Council to amend the text accordingly;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the initiative by the Republic of

4.
Austria;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the Government of

5.
the Republic of Austria.

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

ARTICLE 1, POINT 1, POINT (A)
Article 2, paragraph 2 (Decision 2002/348/JHA)

2.
National football information points shall, in accordance
with the domestic and international rules applicable, have
access to information involving personal data on high-risk sup-
porters.

2.
National football information points shall, in accordance
with the domestic and international laws applicable, have access
to information involving personal data on high-risk supporters.
Such data shall be handled exclusively in connection with
football matches and may not be used for any other activities.

(1) OJ C 164, 15.7.2006, p. 30.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Thursday 29 March 2007

Amendment 2

ARTICLE 1, POINT 1A (new)
Article 3, paragraph 3 (Decision 2002/348/JHA)

(1a) Article 3(3) shall be replaced by the following:

Personal data shall be exchanged in accordance with
3.
laws applicable, taking
the domestic and international
account of the principles of Convention No 108 of the
Council of Europe of 28 January 1981 for the Protection
of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of
Personal Data and — as appropriate — Recommendation
No R (87)15 of the Committee of Ministers of the Coun-
cil of Europe of 17 September 1987 regulating the use of
personal data in the police sector. Such exchanges shall be
with a view to preparing and taking the appropriate mea-
sures to maintain law and order when a football event
takes place. Such exchanges may in particular involve
details of individuals actually or potentially posing a
threat to law and order and security.

P6_TA(2007)0097

The future of Kosovo and the role of the EU

European Parliament resolution of 29 March 2007 on the future of Kosovo and the role of the EU
(2006/2267(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Resolution 1244 of the United Nations Security Council of 10 June 1999,

— having regard to the report by the UN Secretary-General's Standards Review Envoy on the Comprehen-
sive Review of the Implementation of Standards, submitted to the UN Security Council on 7 October
2005,

— having regard to the decision by the UN Security Council, in the Statement by its President of 24 Octo-

ber 2005, to endorse the Secretary-General's proposal to initiate the status talks on Kosovo,

— having regard to the appointment, on 14 November 2005, of Mr Martti Ahtisaari as Special Envoy of

the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the future status process for Kosovo,

— having regard to the Statement of the Contact Group (UK, France, Germany, Italy, United States and
Russia) of 31 January 2006 underscoring the specific nature of the Kosovo problem — shaped, accord-
ing to the Statement, by the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the resulting conflicts, ethnic cleansing
and the events of 1999, and by the lengthy period of international administration under UN Security
Council Resolution 1244 (1999) — and calling for an early negotiated settlement of the issue as the
best course to follow,