The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) is to be strengthened in its capacity as the EU’s central body for law enforcement information in support of the activities of the Member States’ law enforcement authorities. The Commission has announced a legislative proposal in connection with this.

1. What consequences does the Commission draw from the decision of the European Data Protection Supervisor (C 2018-0548, 20 December 2019) calling into question the legitimacy of Europol’s capacity to process big data?

2. In the Commission’s view, is Europol authorised to store and process the data of people who are not suspected of committing a crime or who do not correspond to any of the categories set out in Article 18(5) and Annex II of the Europol Regulation?

3. What big data does Europol receive via its Large File-Exchange Server (LFE)? How much is this used by the Member States?