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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transfer of personal data by airlines to the US immigration service2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030312.5.3-173"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-12-Speech-3-1742
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexandros Alavanos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-04-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-04-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2002-02-07--2004-04-14)3 unknown; Synaspismos tis Aristeras kai tis Proodou (1999-07-20--2004-04-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-04-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish to tell the House that, 10 days ago, Professor Venios Angelopoulos of the Athens Polytechnic travelled to JFK airport in the United States and disappeared. He disappeared for five hours because he was being interrogated by the FBI. They grabbed him with no explanation whatsoever and they let him go with no explanation whatsoever. There was an outcry in Greece about the how, why and wherefore until the citizens of the European Union, the Member States of the European Union and parliamentarians gradually found out that the European Commission and the United States had already come to an agreement on the transfer of personal data on people travelling to the United States. And that is not all. The United States are allowed to access data systems, passenger files recording the date the seat was booked, the travel agency, ticketing information, credit card number and expiry date, itinerary, previous files on the passenger containing details of previous trips, religious or ethnic information based on their choice of meal etc., who they accompanied, where they stayed, how they communicated with other people and their medical data, as well as frequent flyer programmes, which also contain a wealth of data. How can this be? Who do the United States think they are? The international police? And where does this leave the European Union? Why does the European Union have data protection laws? How can we stand by while the United States imposes fines on airlines for wanting to apply the laws of the European Union? How humiliating is that? The European Parliament calls on the Commission in its motions – and the Commissioner said nothing about this – to put an end to this, pending harmonisation with the laws of the European Union. I think we should apply Rule 91 of the Rules of Procedure, as we have had no response from the Commission, and institute proceedings before the Court of Justice."@en1

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