Annex 3: Key features of expert oversight
bodies’ (excl. DPAs) annual reports
of selected EU Member States
Year of publication/reporting
period
Length (in pages)
Available in English and/
or partially in English
Publication of two versions:
one public and one classified
Description of existing/
new legislation
Expert body mandate
and powers
Surveillance measures
Statistics and reasons on
authorisations granted/refused
Statistics on ex post controls
Statistics on investigations
Statistics on breaches
of safeguards
Statistics on surveilled persons
Oversight methods
International cooperation/data
transfer to foreign services
Remedies and statistics
on complaints-handling
Internal functioning
Inter-institutional dialogue
International cooperation
among expert bodies
Recommendations
Implementation of past
recommendations
Separate publication on
specific investigations
Austria*
RSB
Belgium
Standing
Committee I
Bulgaria
NBKSRS
Croatia**
Council for
Civilian Oversight
Denmark***
Defence TET
2016/2015
2016/2015
2017/2016
2011/2010
2017/2016
13
131
27
6
44
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Notes:
N.A.
= not applicable.
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= Not done or not covered in the report.
* The report of the Legal Protection Commissioner (Rechtsschutzbeauftragter) is confidential, but a summary is
published every year in a specialised journal on police studies. See Burgstaller, M. and Kubarth, L. (2016).
** The report of the Council for Civilian of Oversight (Vijeće za građanski nadzor sigurnosno-obavještajnih agencija)
is submitted to the President of Parliament and is confidential, but a summary is published occasionally.
***
Defence TET (Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE))’s report is available on TET’s website.
**** The G 10 Commission does not issue any independent reports. Its annual report is prepared by the Parliament
Control Panel. See Germany, Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) (2017).
Source:
162
FRA, 2017