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**Council of the**
**European Union**

**Interinstitutional File:**

**2021/0371(NLE)**

**'I/A' ITEM NOTE**

**Brussels, 24 January 2022**
**(OR. en)**

**5508/22**

**SCH-EVAL 5**
**DATAPROTECT 10**
**COMIX 31**

From: General Secretariat of the Council

To: Permanent Representatives Committee (Part 2)/Council

No. prev. doc.: 5507/21

Subject: Draft Council Implementing Decision setting out a recommendation on
addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2021 evaluation of
**Liechtenstein** on the application of the Schengen acquis in the field of
**data protection**

1. Following the Council's adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 establishing an

evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis, a

team of experts from the Member States and the Commission carried out an evaluation of

Liechtenstein on the application of the Schengen acquis in the field of data protection in 2021.

2. In accordance with that Regulation, the Commission submitted to the Council a proposal for a

Council Implementing Decision setting out a Recommendation designed to address the

deficiencies identified in the course of the evaluation and ensure that Liechtenstein applies all

Schengen rules related to data protection correctly and effectively.

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3. The Working Party for Schengen Matters, including the Mixed Committee partners Norway,

Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, approved the proposal for the Council Implementing

Decision setting out a Recommendation on 12 January 2022.

4. The Permanent Representatives Committee is therefore asked to recommend that the Council

adopt the draft Council Implementing Decision, as set out in 5507/22, as an 'A' item at a

forthcoming meeting.

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