Updated rules for Europol
At a Glance
02-05-2016
In May, the European Parliament is due to vote on the compromise text for a revised regulation on the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation – Europol, aimed at boosting the agency's powers to fight terrorism and serious and organised crime, while increasing its accountability towards the European Parliament and national parliaments and formulating clear rules for data exchange and protection.
At a Glance
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- application of the law
- data protection
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- Europol
- exchange of information
- fight against crime
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- interinstitutional cooperation (EU)
- LAW
- organised crime
- parliament
- parliamentary scrutiny
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- proposal (EU)
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- sources and branches of the law
- terrorism