23-09-2019 14:00
Fifth meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group (JPSG) on Europol
European Parliament, József Antall building (JAN) 4Q2, Brussels, Belgium
The fifth meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG) took place on 23-24 September 2019 in Brussels. The JPSG brought together Members of national parliaments and the European Parliament to fulfill the scrutiny and oversight on the activities of Europol including on fundamental rights. The JPSG meets at least twice a year. It is Co-Chaired by the European Parliament and the country holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The agenda included interventions by Europol Executive Director, Ms Catherine De Bolle, Minister of Interior of Finland, Ms Maria Ohisalo, Chairperson of the Europol Management Board, Mr Andrei Linta, or assistant EDPS, Mr Wojciech Wiewiórowski. There were as well high profile discussions on topics such as the findings by the Europol Cooperation Board, the Europol's information management priorities in 2019, review of the Rules of Procedure, as well as a keynote speech by the Commissioner for the Security Union, Sir Julian KING.
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Draft agenda FR (DOCUMENT - 184 KB) | EN (DOCUMENT - 196 KB)
- Practical meaning and added value of the UMF3+ project for EU law enforcement (PDF - 143 KB)
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Documents received from Europol
- Joint Europol Frontex Action Plan (PDF - 575 KB)
- Europol-s-building-policy- 2018-onwards (PDF - 597 KB)
- Europol Draft Multiannual Programming Document 2020-2022 (PDF - 774 KB)
- Working arrangement with Japan (PDF - 171 KB)
- Working arrangement with EMCDDA (PDF - 79 KB)
- Working arrangement with EUNAVFORMED (PDF - 240 KB)
- EU Budget 2020 – Europol Position Paper (PDF - 568 KB)
- Multi-annual Financial Framework 2021-2027 - prospects for Europol (PDF - 323 KB)
- EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2019
- Consolidated Annual Activity Report (CAAR) 2018
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Other documents
- Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)
- Rules of Procedure of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol
- Summary Conclusions by the JPSG Co-Chairs from the 4th JPSG Meeting (PDF - 500 KB)
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Written contributions from Members
- Contribution of the Hungarian Delegation to the JPSG (PDF - 62 KB)
- Parliament of the Czech Republic: 81th Resolution of the Committee of EU Affairs (PDF - 761 KB)
- Letter of the Slovenian National Assembly's delegation (PDF - 103 KB)
- Position of the Irish - Houses of the Oireachtas (PDF - 116 KB)
- Letter by Ms Mittag and Mr Irmer - Members of the German Bundestag' s delegation to the JPSG (PDF - 84 KB)
- Developments during the Romanian Presidency (PDF - 387 KB)
- Report by former Co-Chair Ms FLOREA on the last Europol Management Board meeting (PDF - 181 KB)
- Consultation for the Draft Multiannual Programming by the Cypriot Delegation to the JPSG (PDF - 83 KB)
- Position of the Domestic Policy and National Security Committee of the Croatian Parliament regarding the participation of the Danish Parliament in the JPSG on Europol (PDF - 101 KB)
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Amendments
- Comparative table of proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (PDF - 124 KB)
- Amendments tabled by the Co-Chairs of the JPSG on the Danish participation in the JPSG (outcome of the Working Group) (PDF - 72 KB)
- Amendments from the Portuguese Delegation to the JPSG (PDF - 369 KB)
- Amendment from the Delegation of the European Parliament to the JPSG (PDF - 13 KB)
- Amendments from the Dutch delegation (PDF - 94 KB)
- Amendments from the delegation of the Czech Chamber of Deputies (PDF - 1 MB)
- Joint amendments tabled by the German delegation, Croatian delegation and Romanian delegation to the JPSG (PDF - 359 KB)
- Amendment by the German delegation (Bundestag & Bundesrat) to the JPSG (PDF - 80 KB)
- Letter and amendment from the Head of the Delegation of the Swedish Parliament (the Riksdag) to the JPSG (PDF - 149 KB)
- Amendments from the Cypriot Delegation to the JPSG (PDF - 47 KB)
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Presentations from the speakers
- Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director, Europol (PDF - 308 KB)
- Oana FLOREA, Head of the delegation of the Romanian Parliament to the JPSG, former JPSG Co-Chair (PDF - 259 KB)
- Andrei LINTA, Chairperson of the Management Board (MB) of Europol (PDF - 229 KB)
- François PELLEGRINI, Chair of the Europol Cooperation Board (PDF - 107 KB)
- Wojciech WIEWIOROWSKI, Assistant EDPS (PDF - 774 KB)
- Maria OHISALO, Minister of Interior of Finland - PowerPoint Presentation (PDF - 255 KB)
- Maria OHISALO, Minister of Interior of Finland - Speech (PDF - 552 KB)
- Luis DE EUSEBIO RAMOS, Deputy Executive Director of Europol for Capabilities (PDF - 733 KB)
- Anssi KANGAS, Chief Superintendent, the National Police Board of Finland of the UMF3+ Project (PDF - 318 KB)