Article 21*
Article 21 – Restrictions
Commission Proposal
1. Union or Member State law may restrict by way of a legislative measure the scope of the obligations and rights provided for in points (a) to (e) of Article 5 and Articles 11 to 20 and Article 32, when such a restriction constitutes a necessary and proportionate measure in a democratic society to safeguard:
(a) public security; 2. In particular, any legislative measure referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain specific provisions at least as to the objectives to be pursued by the processing and the determination of the controller. |
EDRi’s proposed amendment
1. Union or Member State law may restrict by way of a legislative measure the scope of the obligations and rights provided for in points (a) to (e) of Article 5 and Articles 11 to 19 (a) public security; 2. In particular, any legislative measure referred to in paragraph 1 must comply with the standards of necessity and proportionality and shall contain specific provisions at least as to: (a) the objectives to be pursued by the processing; 3. Legislative measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall not impose obligations on private controllers to retain data additional to those strictly necessary for the original purpose. 4. Legislative measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the European Data Protection Board for opinion. If the European Data Protection Board considers that the notified measure does not comply with the requirements of paragraph 2, it shall inform the Commission. The Commission shall then consider launching the procedure established under Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. |
Justification
Point (e) of paragraph 1 is unduly wide; legitimate derogations are already covered by points (a) to (d). The other changes bring the possible restrictions more in line with the current restrictions permissible under Directive 95/46/EC. For the additional safeguards in paragraph 2 and the new paragraph 3 see also the EDPS opinion on the data protection reform package, points 159-165.
Paragraph 4 gives effect to the new procedure proposed in recital 59.
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