Press Release: EDPS opinion on EU Financial Regulation: EU budget needs clear rules on transparency, also to protect individuals’ personal data

On 15 April 2011, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an opinion on the Commission's proposal aimed at revising the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the European Union ("EU Financial Regulation"). The proposal covers several matters which involve the processing of personal data by the EU institutions and by entities at Member State level.

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European Commission: COM(2010)815: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the Union http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0815:FIN:EN:HTML

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