Updated rules for Europol

In May 2016, the European Parliament was 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.

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training (Europol) and repealing Decisions 2009/371/JHA and 2005/681/JHA http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-the-european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation-and-training-europol-and-repealing-decisions-2009-371-jha-and-200/

ESO: Background information: Meeting: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 10-11 March 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-justice-and-home-affairs-council-10-11-march-2016/

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