Regulation (EC) No 45/2001

Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 - Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 regulates the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by Community institutions and bodies.

The Regulation implements Article 286 of the Treaty establishing the European Communities which requires the application of data protection rules to Community institutions and bodies, as well as the establishment of an independent supervisory authority.

The data protection rules in the Regulation are based on the existing Community rules on data protection which apply to the Member States, in particular the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and the E-privacy Directive 2002/58/EC. The Regulation regroups the rights of the data subjects and the obligations of those responsible for the processing into one legal instrument.

It also establishes the European Data Protection Supervisor as an independent supervisory authority with the responsibility of monitoring the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies.

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European Data Protection Supervisor, 31 July 2011 09:48:49,  http://www.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/edps/cache/off/EDPS/Dataprotection/Glossary