Accreditation

Rules and Procedures of the Conference in Relation to Accreditation

1. Member’s Accreditation. Pursuant to the Rules and Procedures of the Conference of European Data Protection Authorities adopted in Limassol on 28 April 2017, and its revision: Resolution of the Conference of European Data Protection Authorities adopted in Budapest, Hungary, 10-12 May 2023, entities that wish to be accredited as Members or Observers of the conference must submit their application to the Accreditation Committee of the Conference.
   Applications will be assessed on basis of the eligibility criteria as provided for in the Resolution on the revision of the Rules and Procedures of the Conference (Resolution of the Conference of European Data Protection Authorities Budapest, Hungary, 10-12 May 2023).
2. Eligibility criteria. Entities who meet all the following criteria can be accredited as Members of the Conference.

   The applicant must:

   a. be a public body in Europe established on an appropriate legal basis,

   b. be competent to supervise and enforce, in their respective jurisdictions, the implementation of legislation on the protection of personal data or privacy, specifically at least one of the of following:

   ·   Council of Europe Convention 108/108+

   ·   Council of Europe Regulations on the Protection of Personal data

   ·   EU Regulation 2016/679

   ·   EU Regulation 2018/1725

   ·   EU Directive 2016/680

   c. have an established degree of independence and autonomy; and

   d. have an appropriate array of functions combined with the power to perform these functions.

3. Subsidiary criteria. When assessing the application, the Accreditation Committee may take into account the participation of the applicant as an accredited Member of the Global Privacy Assembly.
4. Accreditation of Observers. The following entities and organisations, that fulfil one of the following criteria, can be accredited as permanent observers:

   a.    Public entities or DPAs in Europe that meet some but not all of the criteria of section 11.1.1. and are involved in dealing with the protection of personal data.

   b.    International organisations whose activity is related to the protection of personal data or privacy.

   Public entities, DPAs, or International organisations wishing to be accredited for participation in the Conference with Observer status must submit to the Steering Group an application to become Observer to the Conference.

   The application for accreditation of Observers may take the form of a questionnaire similar to the one applying for Members.

   The applications must be submitted at least three months before the annual Conference the applicant wishes to attend.

   The admission of Observers will be decided by the Plenary upon the recommendation of the Steering Group, based on the recommendation of the Accreditation Committee.

   Observers are admitted as a permanent observer until they undergo changes which would affect their status at the Conference. Observers may be admitted for a fixed period, based on the recommendation of the Accreditation Committee or the Steering Group to the Plenary of the Conference.

   Non-European DPAs, which belong to a State Party to Convention 108/108+, may, on request, participate as one-time observers or for a period of time as otherwise agreed by the Plenary of the Conference, upon the recommendation of the Steering Group.

5. Application forms for: MembershipObservers

If you wish to submit an application kindly contact the Personal Data Protection Service of Georgia springconference2025@pdps.ge