On 7 and 8 October 2013, the Council discussed data protection (the "one-stop-shop" principle) and migration issues, in particular the situation of refugees in Syria and the tragedy at sea near Lampedusa.
Refugees and migration
The Council had an in–depth discussion on Syria, in particular the protection of refugees. It recalled that the EU is committed to stepping up assistance to the populations concerned in Syria and neighbouring countries.
The Council invited the Commission to continue work on the creation of a Regional Protection Programme, which is intended to improve the protection of refugees in the area and support socio-economic development in host countries.
Concerning the tragedy at Lampedusa, ministers discussed what the EU can do to prevent similar events in future. As proposed by Italy, the Commission will set up a task-force to identify the tools that the EU has at its disposal and that could be used in a more effective way.
Data protection
In connection with the data protection package, ministers discussed the key issue of the "one-stop-shop" principle.
According to this principle, when the processing of personal data takes place in more than one member state,one single supervisory authority should be competent for monitoring the activities of the controller or processor throughout the EU, and the supervisory authority of the member state in which the controller or processor has its main establishment should act as the "one-stop-shop".
Ministers provided guidance for further work on the mechanism at expert level.
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