Transfers of Operational Personal Data by Eurojust to Third States and International Organisations

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Year: 2024

Speaker

Dr. Xavier Tracol, currently serving as a Senior Legal Officer at EUROJUST since September 2008, specializes in EU privacy and personal data protection law within the Data Protection Office in The Hague. He concentrates on legal aspects of serious crime investigations and prosecutions. Additionally, Xavier is an active member of EUROJUST's Security Committee.

Prior to EUROJUST, from April 2000 to September 2008, Xavier was an Appeals Counsel at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He also practiced law in Paris as an attorney.

Xavier shares his expertise by lecturing on EU law at the University of Grenoble Alpes' LLM programme and frequently speaks at international conferences on privacy and data protection. He contributes to EU projects like the European Informatics Data Exchange Framework for Courts and Evidence.

Educationally, Xavier holds multiple degrees, including a PhD in Public Law with top honors, and is certified as a Data Protection Officer. He's an esteemed member of various professional boards and has authored numerous publications in both English and French, focusing on international criminal appeal proceedings, privacy rights, and EU law. His interests span EU Court of Justice case law, fundamental rights, mass surveillance, data retention, and legal risk management.

Topic

Xavier Tracol, Senior Legal Officer, delivered a comprehensive e-presentation focusing on the legal frameworks and procedures for transferring operational personal data from Eurojust to third states and international organisations.

The presentation identified five primary legal grounds for these transfers: Co-operation agreements, International agreements, Adequacy decisions, Appropriate safeguards, and Derogations for specific situations.

Eurojust's adherence to Article 56(1) of its regulation is pivotal, ensuring the necessity of data transfer, the competence of the receiving authority in law enforcement, and obtaining prior authorisation from relevant Member States.

The presentation highlighted Eurojust's inability to sign new co-operation agreements post-2019 but emphasized its existing agreements with countries like Norway, the...