RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA

2.5.2016 - (14957/2/2015 – C8‑0130/2016 – 2013/0091(COD)) - ***II

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA

(14957/2/2015 – C8‑0130/2016 – 2013/0091(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Council position at first reading (14957/2/2015 – C8‑0130/2016),

–  having regard to its position at first reading[1] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0173),

–  having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–  having regard to Rule 76 of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0164/2016),

1.  Approves the Council position at first reading;

2.  Approves the joint statement by Parliament and the Council annexed to this resolution;

3.  Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

4.  Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

5.  Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

6.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Joint Statement by the Council and the European Parliament on Article 44

Creating a harmonised, high level of data protection covering police and judicial activities in the Union is crucial as a means of respecting and safeguarding the fundamental rights of Union citizens. Given the shared responsibilities of the Union and Member States in the area of freedom, security and justice, it is essential that there be close and effective cooperation among supervisory authorities at national and Union level. The European Parliament and the Council consider that, following the adoption of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Directive for data processing in the police and justice sector, including the new, soon to be created European Data Protection Board, and in light of the announced review of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, the different mechanisms for cooperation between the European Data Protection Supervisor and the national supervisory authorities in this field, including the Cooperation Board set up in this Regulation, should in the future be reorganised in such a way as to ensure effectiveness and consistency and avoid unnecessary duplication, without prejudice to the Commission's right of initiative.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title	European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training (Europol) and repeal of Decisions 2009/371/JHA and 2005/681/JHA
References	14957/2/2015 – C8-0130/2016 – 2013/0091(COD)
Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number	25.2.2014                     T7-0121/2014
Commission proposal	COM(2013)0173 - C7-0094/2013
Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary	11.4.2016
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	LIBE 11.4.2016
Rapporteurs        Date appointed	Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra 26.11.2012
Discussed in committee	30.11.2015	20.4.2016
Date adopted	28.4.2016
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	40 3 2
Members present for the final vote	Jan Philipp Albrecht, Martina Anderson, Malin Björk, Michał Boni, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Lorenzo Fontana, Kinga Gál, Ana Gomes, Sylvie Guillaume, Jussi Halla-aho, Filiz Hyusmenova, Iliana Iotova, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Barbara Kudrycka, Monica Macovei, Roberta Metsola, Claude Moraes, József Nagy, Soraya Post, Judith Sargentini, Birgit Sippel, Branislav Škripek, Traian Ungureanu, Bodil Valero, Beatrix von Storch, Tomáš Zdechovský
Substitutes present for the final vote	Hugues Bayet, Andrea Bocskor, Carlos Coelho, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Iratxe García Pérez, Anna Hedh, Marek Jurek, Ska Keller, Jeroen Lenaers, Angelika Mlinar, Morten Helveg Petersen, Salvatore Domenico Pogliese, Barbara Spinelli, Axel Voss
Substitutes under Rule 200(2) present for the final vote	Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Eugen Freund, Jean-François Jalkh, Peter Lundgren
Date tabled	2.5.2016

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

40	+
ALDE	Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Filiz Hyusmenova, Angelika Mlinar, Morten Helveg Petersen
ECR	Jussi Halla-aho, Marek Jurek, Monica Macovei, Branislav Škripek
EFDD	Peter Lundgren, Beatrix von Storch
PPE	Andrea Bocskor, Michał Boni, Carlos Coelho, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Kinga Gál, Barbara Kudrycka, Jeroen Lenaers, Roberta Metsola, József Nagy, Salvatore Domenico Pogliese, Traian Ungureanu, Axel Voss, Tomáš Zdechovský
S&D	Hugues Bayet, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Eugen Freund, Iratxe García Pérez, Ana Gomes, Sylvie Guillaume, Anna Hedh, Iliana Iotova, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Claude Moraes, Soraya Post, Birgit Sippel
VERTS/ALE	Jan Philipp Albrecht, Ska Keller, Judith Sargentini, Bodil Valero

3	-
GUE/NGL	Martina Anderson, Malin Björk, Barbara Spinelli

2	0
ENF	Lorenzo Fontana, Jean-François Jalkh

Key to symbols:

+  :  in favour

-  :  against

0  :  abstention

• [1]  Texts adopted of 25.2.2014, P7_TA(2014)0121.