28-09-2020 10:00
Seventh meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group (JPSG) on Europol
The seventh meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG) took on 28-29 September 2020 in Brussels and via remote participation due to the pandemic. The JPSG brings together Members of national parliaments and the European Parliament to fulfil 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 and keynote speeches by Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ms Ylva Johansson and Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community of Germany, Mr Horst Seehofer. JPSG also heard a presentation by the European Data Protection Supervisor, Mr Wojciech Wiewiórowski. High profile discussions included topics such as the Europol activities with a special focus on Covid-19 crisis, the Fight against right-wing extremism and terrorism and the future role of the Europol and the Brexit related challenges.
The agenda included interventions by Europol Executive Director, Ms Catherine De Bolle and keynote speeches by Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ms Ylva Johansson and Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community of Germany, Mr Horst Seehofer. JPSG also heard a presentation by the European Data Protection Supervisor, Mr Wojciech Wiewiórowski. High profile discussions included topics such as the Europol activities with a special focus on Covid-19 crisis, the Fight against right-wing extremism and terrorism and the future role of the Europol and the Brexit related challenges.
-
General
- Connection and speaker guidlines all languages versions (PDF - 330 KB)
-
Draft agenda 7th JPSG FR (PDF - 26 KB) | EN (PDF - 26 KB) | DE (PDF - 27 KB)
-
Remote connection guidelines EN (PDF - 3 MB) | FR (PDF - 3 MB)
-
Remote connection speakers EN (PDF - 354 KB) | FR (PDF - 356 KB)
- List of participants JPSG (PDF - 7 MB)
-
Written contributions to agenda points
- Contribution from EDPS (PDF - 364 KB)
- Europol Cooperation Board written contribution to the Seventh JPSG meeting of 28-29 September 2020 (PDF - 94 KB)
- Management Board (MB) on the occasion of the 7th meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG) (PDF - 360 KB)
- Written contribution to JPSG: Reporting on Multiannual Programming Document 2021-2023 (PDF - 164 KB)
- Written contribution to JPSG: Reporting on the fight against right-wing extremism and terrorism (RWE) (PDF - 107 KB)
- Written contribution to JPSG: Reporting on Europol Activities March- September 2020 with special focus on Covid-19 crisis (PDF - 382 KB)
- Presentation by Mr Bernhard WITTHAUT, President of the Domestic Intelligence Service of Lower Saxony (PDF - 1 MB)
-
Documents received from Europol
- Beyond the pandemic: how COVID-19 will shape the serious and organised crime landscape in the EU
- Catching the virus cybercrime, disinformation and the COVID-19 pandemic
- Exploiting isolation: Offenders and victims of online child sexual abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Pandemic profiteering: how criminals exploit the COVID-19 crisis
- Viral marketing Counterfeits, substandard goods and intellectual property crime in the COVID-19 pandemic
- Enterprising criminals: Europe’s fight against the global networks of financial and economic crime
- Consolidated Annual Activity Report 2019 (CAAR 2019)
- Letter from the MB Chairperson to the JPSG (PDF - 323 KB)
- Letter from the MB Secretary to the JPSG on the election of Mr Oliver Rüß as Chairperson of the Board (PDF - 353 KB)
- European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend report (TE-SAT) 2020
- Working Arrangement between The United Mexican States and Europol (PDF - 705 KB)
- Working Arrangement establishing cooperative relations between Kosovo and Europol (PDF - 581 KB)
-
Basic 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) (PDF - 813 KB)
-
Rules of procedure of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol EN (PDF - 77 KB) | FR (PDF - 767 KB)
-
JPSG Written and Oral Questions - Guide for Members EN (PDF - 82 KB) | FR (PDF - 82 KB)
-
Written questions and replies