HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"L 118/8
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
3.5.2012
DECISIONS
COUNCIL DECISION
of 26 April 2012
on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in
Poland
(2012/236/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of
the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June
a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the
2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation,
prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data
particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (
category.

1 ),
in particular Article 25 thereof,
(5) Poland
has
completed
the
questionnaire
on
data
protection and the questionnaire on Vehicle Registration
Having regard to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June
Data (VRD).
2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the
stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in
(6)
A successful pilot run has been carried out by Poland
combating terrorism and cross-border crime ( 2 ), in particular
with the Netherlands.
Article 20 and Chapter 4 of the Annex thereto,
(7)
An evaluation visit has taken place in Poland and a
Whereas:
report on the evaluation visit has been produced by
the Belgian/Dutch evaluation team and forwarded to
the relevant Council Working Group.
(1) According
to
the
Protocol
on
Transitional
Provisions
annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the
(8) An
overall
evaluation
report,
summarising
the
results
of
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and
the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run
to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
concerning VRD has been presented to the Council,
Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institu
tions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are
preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or
Article 1
amended in implementation of the Treaties.
For the purposes of automated searching of vehicle registration
data (VRD), Poland has fully implemented the general
(2)
Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is
provisions on data protection of Chapter 6 of Decision
applicable and the Council must unanimously decide
2008/615/JHA and is entitled to receive and supply personal
whether the Member States have implemented the
data pursuant to Article 12 of that Decision as from the day of
provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision.
the entry into force of this Decision.
(3) Article
20
of
Decision
2008/616/JHA
provides
that
Article 2
decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision
2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With
respect to automated data exchange in accordance with
Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation
Done at Luxembourg, 26 April 2012.
report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot
run.
For the Council
(4) According
to
Chapter
4,
point
1.1,
of
the
Annex
to
The President
Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by
M. BDSKOV
( 1 ) OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12.

---

Document Outline

• �

---