Source: European Parliament
Priority question for written answer P-001768/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Alessandro Ciriani (ECR), Carlo Fidanza (ECR), Nicola Procaccini (ECR), Giuseppe Milazzo (ECR)
Having established, in an audit report published in May 2023[1], that there had been irregularities in Frontex-Europol data-sharing activities, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) reprimanded Frontex on 8 January 2025 for its failure to comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 when transmitting the personal data of cross-border crime suspects to Europol[2], but it did not offer any temporary or definitive solutions to the issue.
In its reply to a question on this subject, the Commission repeated that the existing rules do not preclude the competence of the two agencies to exchange data, including operational personal data[3].
Given the serious consequences of suspending data-sharing among EU agencies, as they need to be able to share data to combat organised crime and meet national and European security needs:
- 1.What steps will the Commission take, not least in the light of the lack of information provided by the EDPS in this regard, to make it possible for systematic and legal exchanges of data, which are an effective tool in combating irregular immigration, to be resumed promptly?
- 2.With a view to the resumption of data-sharing, can the Commission provide details on the working arrangement currently being discussed by Europol and Frontex and push for its swift adoption?
Submitted: 30.4.2025
- [1] https://www.edps.europa.eu/data-protection/our-work/publications/audits/2023-05-24-audit-report-frontex_en.
- [2] https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2025/edps-reprimands-frontex-non-compliance-regulation-eu-20191896_en.
- [3] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-000169-ASW_EN.html.