Commission Decision of 15 June 2001 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries, under Directive 95/46/EC (notified under document number C(2001) 1539) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/497/EC) (revoked)

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.The standard contractual clauses set out in the Annex are...

  3. Article 2.This Decision concerns only the adequacy of protection provided by...

  4. Article 3.For the purposes of this Decision: the definitions in Directive...

  5. Article 4.Whenever the competent authorities in Member States exercise their powers...

  6. Article 5.The Commission shall evaluate the operation of this Decision on...

  7. Article 6.This Decision shall apply from 3 September 2001.

  8. Article 7.This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

    1. ANNEX

      1. SET I

      2. Appendix 1 to the standard contractual clauses

      3. Appendix 2 to the standard contractual clauses

        1. 1. Purpose limitation: data must be processed and subsequently used or...

        2. 2. Data quality and proportionality: data must be accurate and, where...

        3. 3. Transparency: data subjects must be provided with information as to...

        4. 4. Security and confidentiality: technical and organisational security measures must be...

        5. 5. Rights of access, rectification, erasure and blocking of data: as...

        6. 6. Restrictions on onwards transfers: further transfers of personal data from...

        7. 7. Special categories of data: where data revealing racial or ehtnic...

        8. 8. Direct marketing: where data are processed for the purposes of...

        9. 9. Automated individual decisions: data subjects are entitled not to be...

      4. Appendix 3 to the standard contractual clauses

        1. 1. Purpose limitation: data must be processed and subsequently used or...

        2. 2. Rights of access, rectification, erasure and blocking of data: as...

        3. 3. Restrictions on onward transfers: further transfers of personal data from...

      5. SET II

        1. Standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data from the Community to third countries (controller to controller transfers) Data transfer agreement

          1. Definitions

          2. I. Obligations of the data exporter

          3. II. Obligations of the data importer

          4. III. Liability and third party rights

            1. (a) Each party shall be liable to the other parties for...

            2. (b) The parties agree that a data subject shall have the...

          5. IV. Law applicable to the clauses

          6. V. Resolution of disputes with data subjects or the authority

            1. (a) In the event of a dispute or claim brought by...

            2. (b) The parties agree to respond to any generally available non-binding...

            3. (c) Each party shall abide by a decision of a competent...

          7. VI. Termination

            1. (a) In the event that the data importer is in breach...

            2. (b) In the event that:

            3. (c) Either party may terminate these clauses if (i) any Commission...

            4. (d) The parties agree that the termination of these clauses at...

          8. VII. Variation of these clauses

          9. VIII. Description of the Transfer

      6. ANNEX A

        1. DATA PROCESSING PRINCIPLES

          1. 1. Purpose limitation: Personal data may be processed and subsequently used...

          2. 2. Data quality and proportionality: Personal data must be accurate and,...

          3. 3. Transparency: Data subjects must be provided with information necessary to...

          4. 4. Security and confidentiality: Technical and organisational security measures must be...

          5. 5. Rights of access, rectification, deletion and objection: As provided in...

          6. 6. Sensitive data: The data importer shall take such additional measures...

          7. 7. Data used for marketing purposes: Where data are processed for...

          8. 8. Automated decisions: For purposes hereof ‘automated decision’ shall mean a...

      7. ANNEX B

        1. DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSFER (To be completed by the parties)

        2. ILLUSTRATIVE COMMERCIAL CLAUSES (OPTIONAL)