Strasbourg, 06 October 2025 T-PD49(2025)OJ_EN
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CONVENTION
FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH REGARD TO
AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
(Convention 108)
49th Plenary Meeting
Palais de l’Europe, Room 2
Strasbourg, 03-05 November 2025
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DRAFT ANNOTATED AGENDA
Order of business
Provisional and subject to change in light of the work pace
All times indicated CET |
03 November |
04 November |
05 November |
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Start |
09:30 |
Items |
Joint Event “Transparency and privacy in democratic societies” |
Items Adoption of the abridged report |
Break |
13:00 |
Break |
Break |
END OF MEETING |
Start |
14:30 |
Items |
Items |
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End |
18:00 |
End |
End |
ANNOTATED AGENDA
1. Opening of the meeting |
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Statement by the Chair Statement by the Secretariat
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Abridged report of the 48th Plenary meeting (17-19 June 2025) |
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Pro memoria |
Abridged report of the 64th Bureau meeting (29-30 September 2025) |
Pro memoria |
Work Programme of the Committee 2022-2025 |
Pro memoria |
Rules of procedure |
2. Adoption of the agenda |
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3. Convention 108+ State of play |
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Information provided by the Secretariat: Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat and will hold a tour de table inviting those Parties who have signed but not yet ratified Convention 108+, as well as those who have neither signed, nor ratified to present the state of play of their domestic processes. |
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· Consolidated text of the modernised Convention ETS No. 108 · Amending protocol CETS No.223 · |
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Costa-Rica Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat, will hold an exchange of views on the latest developments and decide on the necessary follow up. |
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4. Transborder flows of personal data (MCC, Interoperability, other possible tools) |
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NEW Note from the Secretariat (rev2) Compendium of the Model Contractual Clauses and list of countries where they have been approved |
Presentation by the Secretariat Required action: The Committee will hold a tour de table on the use of the approved MCC. The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat and will hold an exchange of views and decide on the necessary follow-up. |
5. Data protection in the context of Large Language Models |
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NEW Draft Guidelines on data protection in the context of Large Language Models Expert Report on “Privacy and Data Protection Risks in Large Language Models (LLMs)” |
Presentation by the rapporteur Anamarija Mladinić, the experts Isabel Barberá (independent expert) and Murielle Popa Fabre (Responsible AI) and the Secretariat Required action: The Committee will take note of the presentation by the rapporteur and the experts, will hold an exchange of views and decide on the necessary follow-up. |
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6. Work Programme 2026-2029 |
Presentation by the Secretariat Required action: The Committee will hold an exchange of views and adopt the Work Programme 2026 – 2029 and decide on the necessary follow up. |
7. Draft Guidelines on Data Protection in the context of neurosciences |
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Draft Guidelines on Data Protection in the context of neurosciences CDBIO report on Neurotechnologies and human rights framework: do we need new rights? |
Information and the presentation provided by the rapporteur, Alessandra Pierucci and Dr Eduardo Bertoni (American University Washington College of Law) and Prof Marcello Ienca (Technical University of Munich) Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the rapporteur and the experts, will hold an exchange of views on the draft guidelines presented and decide on the necessary follow-up |
8. Cooperation with other Council of Europe bodies and entities |
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Information provided by the Secretariat Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat. |
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9. Developments and activities in the field of data protection |
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Information provided by the Secretariat Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the participants and the secretariat and decide on the necessary follow-up. |
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10. Cooperation |
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The Secretariat will provide information on on-going cooperation projects. Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the secretariat |
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11. Data Protection Commissioner |
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Activity Report of the Data Protection Commissioner (June 2024 – May 2025) CM Resolution on the new Regulations on the Protection of Personal Data |
Information provided by the Data Protection Commissioner Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Data Protection Commissioner |
12. Observers |
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T-PD(2018)04Rev3 - State of play and admission criteria Pro memoria |
Information provided by the observers and the Secretariat Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by observers and the Secretariat, hold an exchange of views and decide on the observer status requests received. |
13. Next meetings |
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Plenary meetings: 49th Plenary: 3-5 November 2025 Bureau meetings: 64th Bureau: 29-30 September 2025, Paris Required action: The Committee will take note of the dates of the forthcoming meetings. |
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14. Stefano Rodotà Award |
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Information provided by the Secretariat Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat on the on-going preparation for the next edition of the award. |
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15. Any Other Business |