Commission Decision of 31 May 2012 on the creation of an Expert Group on Land Transport Security (2012/286/EU)

Commission Decision

of 31 May 2012

on the creation of an Expert Group on Land Transport Security

(2012/286/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Whereas:

(1) Article 90 of the Treaty establishes that the objectives of the Treaties concerning transport shall be pursued within the framework of a common transport policy and transport security is an important part of it.

(2) The White Paper ‘Roadmap to a single European transport area — Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system’(1) establishes in its Annex I point 1(3) an initiative relating to the setting up of a permanent expert group on land transport security.

(3) It is therefore necessary to set up a group of experts in the field of land transport security and to define its tasks and its structure.

(4) The group should assist the Commission in formulating and implementing the Union’s activities aimed at developing policy on security relating to land transport, and shall foster ongoing exchanges of relevant experience, policies and practices between the Member States and the various parties involved.

(5) The group should be composed of Member States, competent authorities. They should nominate experts from the government departments in charge of transport and security or policing issues.

(6) Rules on disclosure of information by members of the group should be laid down.

(7) Personal data relating to members of the group should be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data(2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

COM(2011) 144 final.

(2)

OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.