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Con el fin de modernizar el marco de Prüm, la Comisión presentó en 2021 una propuesta de Reglamento relativo al intercambio automatizado de datos para la cooperación policial, que forma parte del paquete «Código de cooperación policial de la Unión». Durante el período parcial de sesiones de febrero I, está previsto que el Parlamento Europeo vote el texto definitivo de este Reglamento.

This study examines the management of Contract Agents in seven decentralised Agencies of the European Union: ECHA, EEA, EIGE, ENISA, ESMA, Eurofound and Europol. It evaluates the evolution of Contract Agents as part of the workforce, and presents findings on processes related to personnel budgeting, recruitment and retention, salary and remuneration, and advancement prospects for contract staff. This document was prepared by the Policy Department at the request of the Committee on Budgetary Control ...

The EU has made substantial progress in terms of protecting its citizens since the early 1990s. This has often been in response to dramatic incidents, such as murders committed by the mafia or other organised crime groups or big money-laundering scandals, or to negative trends, such as the steep increase in migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings following the 2015 migration crisis. More recently, it was necessary to respond to the sharp rise in cybercrime, fraud and counterfeiting during ...

On 9 December 2020, along with its counter-terrorism agenda, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation to reinforce the mandate of Europol, the EU law enforcement cooperation agency. The proposed regulation aims principally at rendering Europol's cooperation with private parties more effective; responding to the agency's 'big data challenge', by providing a legal basis for processing large and complex datasets, including personal data of data subjects not related to a crime; and ...

En diciembre de 2020, la Comisión propuso modificar el Reglamento Europol con el fin de mejorar la cooperación de la agencia con las entidades privadas, reforzar su papel en la investigación e innovación para la acción coercitiva y subsanar las lagunas jurídicas en el tratamiento de datos personales. Durante el período parcial de sesiones de mayo I, el Parlamento Europeo tiene previsto someter a votación el acuerdo provisional fruto de las negociaciones interinstitucionales.

Serious and organised crime inflict huge costs on both the EU economy and society. Organised crime is an increasingly dynamic and complex phenomenon, as it has become more interconnected, transnational and digital. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in cybercrime, fraud and counterfeiting. Police and judicial actions and the effective implementation of existing EU instruments are critical in tackling this challenge. New strategies to disrupt the business models and structures of criminal ...

En la cumbre UE-Balcanes Occidentales celebrada en Brdo el 6 de octubre de 2021 los participantes reiteraron su apoyo inequívoco a la perspectiva europea de los países de los Balcanes Occidentales, de igual modo que se hace en los informes de la Comisión Europea de octubre de 2021 sobre el paquete de ampliación. No obstante, la Comisión insiste en que todos los países de la región deben seguir acelerando y profundizando las reformas sobre la independencia del poder judicial, la lucha contra la corrupción ...

On 1 May 2021, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) entered into force, having been provisionally applied since 1 January 2021. One of the areas covered by the TCA, in its Part Three, is security cooperation between EU and UK law enforcement and judicial authorities in criminal matters. The 13 titles under Part Three contain extensive provisions aimed at enabling the continuation of information exchange, including personal data, between ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, aims to provide background information on the current legal framework of Europol and a legal assessment of the European Commission’s proposal of 9 December 2020 to strengthen Europol’s mandate, divided in thematic blocks. The legal assessment is accompanied by policy recommendations.

Eurodac is a biometric database in which Member States are required to enter the fingerprint data of asylum-seekers in order to identify where they entered the European Union (EU). Established in 2000 and reviewed in 2013, its main purpose is to facilitate the application of the Dublin Regulation. The 2013 revision broadened the scope to provide law enforcement authorities with access to the Eurodac database. As part of the reform of the common European asylum system in 2016, the European Commission ...