Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2005-129 (Year: 2005, Number: 129)
Era: 2004-2010
Section: 
Paragraph Index: 262

2. The de po si ta ry shall pub lish in the Of fi ci al Jo ur nal of the Eu ro pe an Com mu ni ti es the no ti fi ca ti ons, inst ru ments or com mu ni ca ti ons con cer ning this Pro to col. Done at Brus sels on the twelfth day of March in the year one tho u sand nine hund red and ni nety-ni ne. Protocol established in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, amending, as regards the creation of a customs files identification database, the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes The High Cont rac ting Par ti es to this Pro to col, Mem ber Sta tes of the Eu ro pe an Un ion, 2005/129. szám re fer ring to the Act of the Co un cil of the Eu ro pe an Un ion of 8 May 2003, whe re as cus toms co o pe ra ti on in the Eu ro pe an Un ion is an im por tant com po nent of the area of fre e dom, se cu rity and jus ti ce, whe re as the ex chan ge of in for mat ion bet we en cus toms ser vi ces of the va ri o us Mem ber Sta tes is cent ral to such co o pe ra ti on, imp le men ting the conc lu si ons of the Tam pe re Eu ro pe an Co un cil of 15 and 16 Oc to ber 1999, ac cor ding to which – ma xi mum be ne fit sho uld be de ri ved from co o pe ra ti on bet we en the Mem ber Sta tes’ com pe tent aut ho ri ti es when in ves ti ga ting cross-bor der cri me (po int 43 of the conc lu si ons), – a ba lan ced de ve lop ment sho uld be achi e ved of Un ion-wi de me a su res to fight cri me whi le at the same time pro tec ting the fre e dom and the cons ti tu ti o nal rights of in di vi du als as well as of eco no mic ope ra tors (po int 40 of the conc lu si ons), and – se ri o us eco no mic cri me inc re a singly inc lu des as pects of tax and cus toms law (po int 49 of the conc lu si ons), ha ving re gard to the fact that in its Re so lu ti on of 30 May 2001 on a stra tegy for the cus toms un ion1 the Co un cil: – exp res sed its ag re e ment that a main ob jec ti ve must be to imp ro ve co o pe ra ti on to com bat fra ud and ot her acts thre a te ning the se cu rity of per sons and go ods ef fi ci ently, – emp ha si sed that cus toms play a sig ni fi cant role in the fight aga inst cross-bor der cri me thro ugh the pre ven ti on, de tec ti on and, wit hin the na ti o nal com pe ten ces of the cus toms ser vi ces, thro ugh in ves ti ga ti on and pro se cu ti on of cri mi nal ac ti vi ti es in the are as of fis cal fra ud, mo ney la un de ring as well as traf fic king in drugs and ot her il li cit go ods, and, – emp ha si sed that, by vir tue of the va ri ety of tasks as sig ned to them, the cus toms aut ho ri ti es are re qu i red to work both in a Com mu nity con text and in the con text of co o pe ra ti on in the fra me work of Tit le VI of the Tre aty on Eu ro pe an Un ion, con si de ring that the Cus toms In for mat ion Sys tem cre a ted by vir tue of the Con ven ti on on the use of in for mat ion tech no logy for cus toms pur po ses per mits the ent ry of per so nal data exc lu si vely for the pur po se of sigh ting and re port ing, disc re et sur ve il lan ce or spe ci fic checks (Ar tic le 5 of the Con ven ti on), and that for any ad di ti o nal pur po ses a supp le men ta ry le gal ba sis must be es tab lis hed, mind ful of the fact that at the mo ment no pos si bi lity exists of ex chan ging in for mat ion con cer ning the exis ten ce of in ves ti ga ti on fi les abo ut on go ing or comp le ted in ves ti ga ti ons bet we en all com pe tent aut ho ri ti es elect ro ni cally and sys te ma ti cally and thus of co or di na ting the ir in ves ti ga ti ons app rop ri a tely, and that the Cus toms In for mat ion Sys tem sho uld be used for that pur po se, 1 OJ C 171, 15.6.2001., p.1. mind ful of the fact that the fin dings of an eva lu a ti on of EU third pil lar da ta ba ses may iden ti fy the need for comp le men ta rity bet we en the se sys tems, whe re as, in con nec ti on with the sto ra ge, pro ces sing and use of per so nal data in the cus toms sphe re, due ac co unt sho uld be ta ken of the prin cip les laid down in the Co un cil of Eu ro pe Con ven ti on of 28 Ja nu a ry 1981 for the pro tec ti on of in di vi du als with re gard to au to ma tic pro ces sing of per so nal data and of po int 5.5 of Re com men da ti on R (87)15 of the Com mit tee of Mi nis ters of the Co un cil of Eu ro pe of 17 Sep tem ber 1987 re gu lat ing the use of per so nal data in the po li ce sec tor, re a li sing that ac cor ding to po int 48 of the Ac ti on plan of the Co un cil and the Com mis si on of 3 De cem ber 1998 on how best to imp le ment the pro vi si ons of the Tre aty of Ams ter dam on an area of fre e dom, se cu rity and jus ti ce2, the re is a need to exa mi ne whet her and how the Eu ro pe an Po li ce Of fi ce (Eu ro pol) co uld have ac cess to the Cus toms In for mat ion Sys tem, have ag re ed on the fol lo wing pro vi si ons: Article 1 The Con ven ti on on the use of in for mat ion tech no logy for cus toms pur po ses(4), shall be amen ded as fol lows:

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