Proposal to open negotiations on the Commission recommendation for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for an agreement between the EU and Egypt on the exchange of personal data between Europol and the Egyptian competent authorities for fighting serious crime and terrorism

This report concerns opening negotiations on an EU-Egypt agreement on the exchange of personal data between Europol and the Egyptian competent authorities for fighting serious crime and terrorism. Amendments demand consistency with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, purpose limitation, data-retention limits, an independent supervisory authority, suspension or termination clauses, and an impact assessment. They raise human-rights violations, torture and freedom of expression in Egypt, and reference Frontex and the EDPS.