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Of course, as you know, several of the provisions in the Protocol to the Europol Convention of November 2003, which has so far been ratified by 16 Member States, aim to improve Parliament’s involvement in the work of Europol: forwarding the reports on the activities of Europol and of the joint supervisory body and the five-year financing plan, consultation on any initiative by a Member State or by the Commission regarding Europol, and the possible appearance before Parliament of the Presidency of the Council, possibly accompanied by the director of Europol. That is why the Commission urges the Member States to ratify the Protocol as soon as possible.
Europol’s participation in a supporting role in joint investigation teams is expressly provided for by the Protocol to the Europol Convention of 28 November 2002, which has not entered into force. At the moment, it still needs to be ratified by five Member States. Indeed, that Protocol cannot result in Europol being given operational powers until the Member States themselves have implemented the framework decision of 13 June 2002 on joint investigation teams. On this point, the Commission shares Parliament’s opinion regarding the disappointing outcome of the instruments transposing the framework decision. As it is a field that falls outside Community competence, unfortunately may I say the Commission does not have the right to institute infringement proceedings against the Member States that have not implemented this framework decision. Nevertheless, Europol has participated in a number of cross-border investigations that do not fall within the precise framework of the joint investigation team and, at times, has coordinated some of them, such as Operation Ice–Breaker on 13 June 2005 targeting Internet child pornography, during which 153 searches were carried out simultaneously in 13 different countries. Involvement in this investigation enabled it to strengthen its position.
Finally, in its 2002 communication on democratic control over Europol, the Commission supported the idea of a joint committee of national parliaments and the European Parliament responsible for discussing matters related to Europol. It would be worth relaunching this idea. In this regard, the Commission is quite willing to participate in this type of parliamentary meeting. As you may know, two half-day meetings have been scheduled in Brussels in October, between the European Parliament and the national parliaments, specifically regarding parliamentary control of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. Four sub-topics are on the agenda: the European arrest warrant, Eurojust, Europol and the exchange of sensitive information."@en1
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