Individuals can also go to their national Data Protection Authorities, who will work with the Federal Trade Commission to ensure that complaints by EU citizens are investigated and resolved.

AO. whereas on 28-31 October 2013 a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE Committee) met in Washington D.C. with the US Department of Commerce and the US Federal Trade Commission; whereas the Department of Commerce acknowledged the existence of organisations having self-certified adherence to Safe Harbour Principles but clearly showing a ‘not-current status’, meaning that the company does not fulfil Safe Harbour requirements although continuing to receive personal data fr ...[+++]om the EU; whereas the Federal Trade Commission admitted that the Safe Harbour should be reviewed in order to improve it, particularly with regard to complaints and alternative dispute resolution systems;

AN. whereas on 28-31 October 2013 a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE Committee) met in Washington D.C. with the US Department of Commerce and the US Federal Trade Commission; whereas the Department of Commerce acknowledged the existence of organisations having self-certified adherence to Safe Harbour Principles but clearly showing a ‘not-current status’, meaning that the company does not fulfil Safe Harbour requirements although continuing to receive personal data fr ...[+++]om the EU; whereas the Federal Trade Commission admitted that the Safe Harbour should be reviewed in order to improve it, particularly with regard to complaints and alternative dispute resolution systems;

71. Deeply regrets that the commission is sending a message of rejection to the refugees by substantially increasing appropriations for the External Border Fund and the European Return Fund; reiterates that the EU must reinforce the support and adopt a welcoming stance towards the mobility of the people on the south of the Mediterranean, especially in light of the popular uprising, the hope of revolution and modernity in the Arab world , namely through a substantial increase of the support for the Refugee Integration Fund and for the Cooperation and Development Fund;

The close co-operation between the European Commission and the DoJ and FTC in the United States is a model of transatlantic regulatory co-operation, which other regulators should consider emulating.

10. Supports the approach outlined in Regulation (EC) No 1569/2007 and the letter of 26 September 2007 from the Commission to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Proposed Rules on acceptance from foreign private issuers of financial statements prepared in accordance with international financial reporting standards without reconciliation to US GAAP, as well as its resolution of 14 November 2007 on application of the international accounting standards, which emphasised in particular that "[a] decision by the Commission will imply, in all cases, the right for EU issuers to use in any third country, IFRS [International Financi ...[+++]al Reporting Standards] as endorsed by the European Union";