Introductory text

United Kingdom

Commission Decision

of 1 March 2011

amending Decision 2007/76/EC implementing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws as regards mutual assistance

(notified under document C(2011) 1165)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2011/141/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (the Regulation on consumer protection cooperation)^f1, and in particular Articles 6(4), 7(3), 8(7), 9(4), 10(3), 12(6), 13(5) and 15(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 22 December 2006^f2, the Commission adopted Decision 2007/76/EC implementing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws as regards mutual assistance.

(2)

Decision 2007/76/EC was amended by Commission Decision 2008/282/EC^f3 to establish the principles governing the notification of enforcement measures, the information to be supplied in notifications following the notification of an alert and the coordination of market surveillance and enforcement activities.

(3)

The requirements laid down by Decision 2007/76/EC in respect of deletions in the database provided for in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and in respect of regular notifications need to be reviewed on the basis of the experience gained with the operation of the enforcement cooperation network.

(4)

It is also appropriate to clarify rules governing the obligations of the coordinating competent authority, the participation in coordinated enforcement activities, and the minimum information to be supplied in the framework of such activities.

(5)

It is necessary to align Decision 2007/76/EC with opinion 6/2007^f4 of the Working Party on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data set up by Article 29 of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f5 and the opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor^f6.

(6)

Decision 2007/76/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ L 364, 9.12.2004, p. 1.
f2: OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 192.
f3: OJ L 89, 1.4.2008, p. 26.
f4: Opinion 6/2007/EC on data protection issues related to the Consumer Protection Cooperation System (CPCS) 01910/2007/EN, WP 139, adopted on 21 September 2007.
f5: OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
f6: EDPS Opinion Ref. 2010-0692.