2005. évi XCIX. törvény
az Európai Unióról szóló szerződés K.3 cikke alapján létrehozott, az informatika vámügyi alkalmazásáról szóló, Brüsszelben, 1995. július 26-án kelt Egyezmény és annak szerves részét képező Jegyzőkönyvek, valamint az Egyezmény ideiglenes alkalmazásáról szóló 1995. július 26-án aláírt Megállapodás kihirdetéséről1
(A Magyar Köztársaságnak az Egyezményhez, a Megállapodáshoz és a Jegyzőkönyvekhez történő csatlakozásáról szóló diplomáciai jegyzék átadása a letéteményesnek 2004. augusztus 31-én megtörtént. Az Egyezmény, a Megállapodás és a Jegyzőkönyvek rendelkezéseit 2004. november 1-jétől kell a Magyar Köztársaságban alkalmazni.)
1. § Az Országgyűlés e törvénnyel kihirdeti:
a) az Európai Unióról szóló szerződés K.3 cikke alapján létrehozott, az informatika vámügyi alkalmazásáról szóló, Brüsszelben, 1995. július 26-án kelt Egyezményt,
b) a Brüsszelben, 1995. július 26-án kelt Megállapodást az Európai Unióról szóló szerződés K.3 cikke alapján létrehozott, az informatika vámügyi alkalmazásáról szóló Egyezménynek az Európai Unió egyes tagállamai közötti ideiglenes alkalmazásáról,
c) a Brüsszelben, 1996. november 29-én kelt Jegyzőkönyvet az Európai Unióról szóló szerződés K.3 cikke alapján létrehozott, az informatika vámügyi alkalmazásáról szóló Egyezménynek az Európai Közösségek Bírósága általi előzetes döntéshozatal révén történő értelmezéséről,
d) a Brüsszelben, 1999. március 12-én kelt Jegyzőkönyvet az Európai Unióról szóló szerződés K.3 cikke alapján létrehozott, az informatika vámügyi alkalmazásáról szóló Egyezményben a jövedelmek tisztára mosásának fogalmáról és a szállítóeszközök rendszámának az Egyezménybe foglalásáról,
e) a Brüsszelben, 2003. május 8-án kelt Jegyzőkönyvet, az informatika vámügyi alkalmazásáról szóló Egyezménynek vámügyirat-azonosítási adatbázis létrehozása tekintetében történő módosításáról:
2. § Az Egyezmény, a Megállapodás és a Jegyzőkönyvek angol nyelvű szövege és hivatalos magyar nyelvű fordítása a következő:
„Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the use of information technology for customs purposes
The High Contracting Parties to this Convention, Member States of the European Union,
referring to the Act of the Council of the European Union of 23 July 1995;
recalling the commitments contained in the Convention on Mutual Assistance between Customs Administrations, signed in Rome on 7 September 1967;
considering that customs administrations are responsible, together with other competent authorities, at the external frontiers of the Community and within the territorial limit thereof, for the prevention, investigation and suppression of offences against not only Community rules, but also against national laws, in particular those laws covered by Articles 36 and 223 of the Treaty establishing the European Community;
considering that a serious threat to public health, morality and security is constituted by the developing trend towards illicit trafficking of all kinds;
convinced that it is necessary to reinforce cooperation between customs administrations, by laying down procedures under which customs administrations may act jointly and exchange personal and other data concerned with illicit trafficking activities, using new technology for the management and transmission of such information, subject to the provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, done at Strasbourg on 28 January 1981;
bearing in mind that the customs administrations in their day-to-day work have to implement both Community and non-Community provisions, and that there is consequently an obvious need to ensure that the provisions of mutual assistance and administrative cooperation in both sectors evolve as far as possible in parallel,
have agreed on the following provisions:
Chapter I
DEFINITIONS
Article 1
For the purposes of this Convention,
1. The term ’national laws’ means laws or regulations of a Member State, in the application of which the customs administration of that Member State has total or partial competence, concerning:
- the movement of goods subject to measures of prohibition, restriction or control, in particular those measures covered by Articles 36 and 223 of the Treaty establishing the European Community,
- the transfer, conversion, concealment, or disguise of property or proceeds derived from, obtained directly or indirectly through or used in, illicit international drug trafficking.
2. The term ’personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.
3. The term ’supplying Member State’ means a State which includes an item of data in the Customs Information System.
Chapter II
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CUSTOMS INFORMATION SYSTEM
Article 2
1. The customs administrations of the Member States shall set up and maintain a joint automated information system for customs purposes, hereinafter referred to as the ’Customs Information System’.
2. The aim of the Customs Information System, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, shall be to assist in preventing, investigating and prosecuting serious contraventions of national laws by increasing, through the rapid dissemination of information, the effectiveness of the cooperation and control procedures of the customs administrations of the Member States.
Chapter III
OPERATION AND USE OF THE CUSTOMS INFORMATION
Article 3
1. The Customs Information System shall consist of a central data-base facility and it shall be accessible via terminals in each Member State. It shall comprise exclusively data necessary to achieve its aim as stated in Article 2 (2), including personal data, in the following categories:
(i) commodities;
(ii) means of transport;
(iii) businesses;
(iv) persons;
(v) fraud trends;
(vi) availability of expertise.
2. The Commission shall ensure the technical management of the infrastructure of the Customs Information System in accordance with the rules provided for by the implementing measures adopted within the Council.
The Commission shall report on the management to the committee referred to in Article 16.
3. The Commission shall communicate to that committee the practical arrangements adopted for the technical management.
Article 4
The Member States shall determine the items to be included in the Customs Information System relating to each of the categories (i) to (vi) in Article 3 to the extent that this is necessary to achieve the aim of the system. No items of personal data shall be included in any event within categories (v) and (vi) of Article 3. The items of information included in respect of persons shall comprise no more than:
(i) name, maiden name, forenames and aliases;
(ii) date and place of birth;
(iii) nationality;
(iv) sex;
(v) any particular objective and permanent physical characteristics;
(vi) reason for inclusion of data;
(vii) suggested action;
(viii) a warning code indicating any history of being armed, violent or escaping.
In any case personal data listed in Article 6, first sentence of the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, done at Strasbourg on 28 January 1981, hereinafter referred to as the ’1981 Strasbourg Convention’, shall not be included.
Article 5
1. Data in categories (i) to (iv) of Article 3 shall be included in the Customs Information System only for the purpose of sighting and reporting, discreet surveillance or specific checks.
2. For the purpose of the suggested actions referred to in paragraph 1, personal data within any of the categories (i) to (iv) of Article 3 may be included in the Customs Information System only if, especially on the basis of prior illegal activities, there are real indications to suggest that the person concerned has committed, is in the act of committing, or will commit serious contraventions of national laws.
Article 6
1. If the suggested actions referred to in Article 5 (1) are carried out, the following information may in whole, or in part, be collected and transmitted to the supplying Member State:
(i) the fact that the commodity, means of transport, business or person reported has been found;
(ii) the place, time and reason for the check;
(iii) the route and destination of the journey;
(iv) persons accompanying the person concerned or occupants of the means of transport;
(v) the means of transport used;
(vi) objects carried;
(vii) the circumstances under which the commodity, means of transport, business or person was found.
When such information is collected in the course of discreet surveillance steps must be taken to ensure that the discreet nature of the surveillance is not jeopardized.
2. In the context of a specific check referred to in Article 5 (1) persons, means of transport and objects may be searched to the extent permissible and in accordance with the laws, regulations, and procedures of the Member State in which the search takes place. If the specific check is not permitted by the law of a Member State, it shall automatically be converted by that Member State into sighting and reporting.
Article 7
1. Direct access to data included in the Customs Information System shall be reserved exclusively for the national authorities designated by each Member State. These national authorities shall be customs administrations, but may also include other authorities competent, according to the laws, regulations and procedures of the Member State in question, to act in order to achieve the aim stated in Article 2 (2).
2. Each Member State shall send the other Member States and the committee referred to in Article 16 a list of its competent authorities which have been designated in accordance with paragraph 1 to have direct access to the Customs Information System stating, for each authority which data it may have access to and for what purposes.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, Member State may, by unanimous agreement, permit access to the Customs Information System by international or regional organizations. Such agreement shall „take the form of a protocol to this Convention. In reaching their decision the Member States shall take account of any reciprocal arrangements and any opinion of the Joint Supervisory Authority referred to in Article 18 on the adequacy of data protection measures.
Article 8
1. The Member States may only use data obtained from the Customs Information System in order to achieve the aim stated in Article 2 (2); however they may use it for administrative or other purposes with the prior authorization of and subject to any conditions imposed by the Member State which included it in the system. Such other use shall be in accordance with the laws, regulations and procedures of the Member State which seeks to use it and should take into account Principle 5.5 of the Recommendation R (87) 15 of 17 September 1987 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
2. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article and Article 7 (3), data obtained from the Customs Information System shall only be used by national authorities in each Member State designated by the Member State in question, which are competent, in accordance with the laws, regulations and procedures of that Member State, to act in order to achieve the aim stated in Article 2 (2).
3. Each Member State shall send the other Member States and the committee referred to in Article 16 a list of the competent authorities it has designated in accordance with paragraph 2.
4. Data obtained from the Customs Information System may, with the prior authorization of, and subject to any conditions imposed by, the Member State which included it in the System, be communicated for use by national authorities other than those designated under paragraph 2. non-Member States, and international or regional organizations wishing to make use of them. Each Member State shall take special measures to ensure the security of such data when it is being transmitted or supplied to services located outside its territory. Details of such measures must be communicated to the Joint Supervisory Authority referred to in Article 18.
Article 9
1. The inclusion of data in the Customs Information System shall be governed by the laws, regulations and procedures of the supplying Member State unless this Convention lays down more stringent provisions.
2. The use of data obtained from the Customs Information System, including performance of any action under Article 5 suggested by the supplying Member State, shall be governed by the laws, regulations and procedures of the Member State using such data, unless this Convention lays down more stringent provisions.
Article 10
1. Each of the Member States shall designate a competent customs administration which shall have national responsibility for the Customs Information System.
2. This administration shall be responsible for the correct operation of the Customs Information System within the Member State and shall take the measures necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Convention.
3. The Member States shall inform one another of the competent administration referred to in paragraph 1.
Chapter IV
AMENDMENT OF DATA
Article 11
1. Only the supplying Member State shall have the right to amend, supplement, correct, or delete data which it has included in the Customs Information System.
2. Should a supplying Member State note, or have drawn to its attention, that the data it included are factually inaccurate or were included, or are stored contrary to this Convention, it shall amend, supplement, correct or delete the data, as appropriate, and shall advise the other Member States accordingly.
3. If one of the Member States has evidence to suggest that an item of data is factually inaccurate, or was included or is stored on the Customs Information System, contrary to this Convention, it shall advise the supplying Member State as soon as possible. The latter shall check the data concerned and, if necessary, correct or delete the item without delay. The supplying Member State shall advise the other Member States of any correction or deletion effected.