European Police Office , Europol (Abkürzung)

However, creating a European police office which increases central powers will not solve the problems that have arisen in local communities around Britain.

To summarise very briefly, what is the European Police Office, the new Office?

Irish police forces are making their contribution through the European Police Office - Europol.

I should also at this point mention the role played by the European Police Office, Europol, in combating terrorism.

Some of this cooperation will be achieved through the development of a Union-wide system for information exchange within a European police office, known as Europol.

The establishment of a European police Office (Europol) has been condemned by Interpol as unnecessary and likely to lead to confusion.

Europol (short for European Police Office) the European Union's criminal intelligence agency became fully operational.

Mr President, I would like to express my deep respect for the European Police Office, which I certainly support.

European Police Office, (Europol)

One of the main tasks entrusted to the European Police Office is the job of collecting, storing, processing, analysing and exchanging information and data.

The European Police Office (Europol) assists EU Member States in their fight against serious and organized crime.

Council Decision of 6 April 2009 establishing the European Police Office (Europol) (governing council decision)

It tabled a surprise proposal to establish a European Police Office to the European Council meeting in Luxembourg in June 1991.

In fact, the measure will be in force for a limited period, as all previous legislation will be repealed when the Council Decision establishing a European Police Office enters into force.

I do understand Parliament's concerns and I, too, am looking forward to seeing the next institutional framework in place, since it will pave the way for greater democratic control over the European Police Office.

It is Austria's national central bureau for the European Police Office (Europol), Schengen Information System and International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Police Office having functioned for ten years as an intergovernmental institution of control, European policing is now to be put on a Community-wide basis.

(FR) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this report proposes nothing more and nothing less than to give the European Police Office, Europol, a new status by modifying its existing legal bases.

Without forgetting the importance of the European Police Office (Europol) and notwithstanding the general support which it should have, as the third pillar, this is an extremely pertinent matter for the security of the European area.

I also support the proposal to create a coordinator of the fight against trafficking in the EU, although any duplication of roles with the other already existing bodies, such as the European Police Office, should be avoided.

- (PL) The main task that the European Police Office faces is that of improving efficiency of action and cooperation between the authorities in Member States as regards preventing and combating international organised crime.

Furthermore, on 25 May, the European Investment Fund was established by the EIB and the European Police Office was created on 26 July 1995 with the signing of the Europol convention.

The European Council agreed on the creation of a European police office (Europol), the initial function of which would be to organize the exchange of information on narcotic drugs at the level of the Community's 12 member states.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europol will finally begin its work on 1 July, by which time approximately four years will have passed since the legal basis for a European Police Office was laid down in the Maastricht Treaty.

I therefore urge my esteemed fellow Members to join in rejecting the proposed instruments, without lessening our support for the European Police Office - which we do indeed support - until the Council allows Parliament to be part of the decision-making process.