REPORT on the draft Council decision adopting the implementing rules governing Europol's relations with partners, including the exchange of personal data and classified information

13.11.2009 - (11944/2009 – C7‑0106/2009 – 2009/0808(CNS)) - *

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Sophia in 't Veld

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the draft Council decision adopting the implementing rules governing Europol's relations with partners, including the exchange of personal data and classified information

(11944/2009 – C7‑0106/2009 – 2009/0808(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the text of the Council (11944/2009),

–   having regard to the Council Decision 2009/371/JHA of 6 April 2009 establishing the European Police Office (Europol)[1] (the 'Europol Decision'), and in particular Article 26(1)(b) and Article 59(1)(c) thereof,

–   having regard to Article 39(1) and Article 34(2)(c) of the EU Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7‑0106/2009),

–   having regard to Rules 100 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A7‑0064/2009),

1.  Rejects the Council text;

2.  Considers that, without prejudice to the overall support for the European Police Office (Europol) and taking into account the imminent entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon and its effects on police cooperation, there should be no amendments to the measures implementing the Europol Decision until such measures can be adopted under the new legal framework provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon;

3.  Calls on the Council to withdraw its proposal;

4.  Calls on the Commission or the Council to make a declaration in Plenary on a proposal for a new Europol decision which shall be submitted six months following the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon;

5.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

• [1]       OJ L 121, 15.5.2009, p. 37.

PROCEDURE

Title	Implementing rules governing Europol’s relations with partners, including the exchange of personal data and classified information
References	11944/2009 – C7-0106/2009 – 2009/0808(CNS)
Date of consulting Parliament	24.7.2009
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	LIBE 14.9.2009
Rapporteur(s)        Date appointed	Sophia in ‘t Veld 2.9.2009
Discussed in committee	5.11.2009		12.11.2009
Date adopted	12.11.2009
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	39 2 0
Members present for the final vote	Jan Philipp Albrecht, Sonia Alfano, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Louis Bontes, Emine Bozkurt, Simon Busuttil, Carlos Coelho, Cornelis de Jong, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Cornelia Ernst, Kinga Gál, Kinga Göncz, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Salvatore Iacolino, Lívia Járóka, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Timothy Kirkhope, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Monica Luisa Macovei, Louis Michel, Claude Moraes, Georgios Papanikolaou, Jacek Protasiewicz, Carmen Romero López, Judith Sargentini, Csaba Sógor, Renate Sommer, Axel Voss, Manfred Weber, Tatjana Ždanoka
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Alexander Alvaro, Andrew Henry William Brons, Ioan Enciu, Ana Gomes, Nadja Hirsch, Monika Hohlmeier, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Franziska Keller, Petru Constantin Luhan, Cecilia Wikström
Substitute(s) under Rule 187(2) present for the final vote	Algirdas Saudargas