Question 10517 — consular chambers

Summary

Mr. Benoît Biteau draws the attention of the Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce, Crafts, Tourism and Purchasing Power to the difficulties encountered by elected representatives of the Chambers of Trades and Crafts (CMA) in the exercise of their missions of supporting craft businesses. Indeed, in the name of compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), they are currently refused access to the lists of nationals in their rooms. This situation prevents elected consular officials, legitimate representatives of artisans, from fully exercising their role of proximity and support, particularly to businesses in difficulty. In a context of continued reduction in public funding, CMA employees are forced to concentrate their efforts on structures with sufficient resources, to the detriment of the most fragile companies, yet those that require the most support. However, supervised, secure and proportionate access to nationals' data would allow consular officials to more effectively detect situations of fragility, strengthen their mission of general interest and actively support the economic vitality of territories. It would not be a question of deviating from the principles of the GDPR, but of establishing a clear legal framework recognizing the institutional role of elected consular officials and giving them the means to act in the collective interest of the craft industry. He therefore asks whether the Government plans to put in place legislative or regulatory provisions allowing elected representatives of chambers of trade and crafts - and more broadly of consular chambers - to access, in secure conditions and in accordance with the law European, with the information necessary for the exercise of their missions of support and representation of craft businesses.

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