Commission Decision of 26 January 2012 on setting up the eGovernment Expert Group

27.1.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 22/7
COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 January 2012
on setting up the eGovernment Expert Group
2012/C 22/04
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
(1) As indicated in the Communication from the Commission entitled ‘The European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015’ (hereafter eGovernment Action Plan (1)), ‘Member States are fully committed to the political priorities of the Malmö Declaration’ (2). They also invited the European Commission to organise the joint governance of this Action Plan allowing the active participation of the Member States in its implementation. In May 2011 the Council Conclusions (3) endorsed the eGovernment Action Plan and the actions foreseen therein.
(2) It is therefore necessary for the Commission to set up a group of experts composed of the competent Member States' authorities, which are responsible for the eGovernment area, and to define its tasks and its structure.
(3) Personal data should be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 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 (4).