Council Decision of 6 December 2001 amending the Council Decision of 27 March 2000 authorising the Director of Europol to enter into negotiations on agreements with third States and non-EU-related bodies
Date: 2001-12-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Europol, Monaco, UNO, fight against crime, international negotiations, third country

15.12.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 358/1

(Acts adopted under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 December 2001

amending the Council Decision of 27 March 2000 authorising the Director of Europol to enter
into negotiations on agreements with third States and non-EU-related bodies

(2001/C 358/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4) The Decision of 27 March 2000 should therefore be

Having regard to Article 42(2), Article 10(4) and Article 18 of
the Convention on the establishment of a European Police
Office (Europol Convention) (1),

Having regard to the Coucil Act of 3 November 1998 laying
down rules governing Europol’s external relations with third
States and non-European union related bodies (2), and in
particular Article 2 of that Act,

Having regard to the Council Act of 3 November 1998 laying
down rules governing the receipt of information by Europol
from third parties (3), and in particular Article 2 of that Act,

Having regard to the Council Act of March 1999 adopting the
rules governing the transmission of personal data by Europol
to third States and third bodies (4), and in particular Articles 2
and 3 of that Act,

Whereas:

(1) Operational requirements and the need to combat in an
effective way organised forms of criminality through
Europol require that Monaco be added to the list of third
States with whom the Director of Europol is authorised to
start negotiations.

(2) In Council Decision of 27 March 2000 authorising the
Director of Europol
into negotiations on
to enter
agreements with third States and non-EU-related bodies (5)
the UNDCP (United Nations Drugs Control Programme) has
been listed as one of
the non-European Union-related
bodies with whom the Director of Europol is authorised
to start negotiations.

(3) Operational requirements and the need to combat in an
effective way organised forms of criminality through
Europol
replaced by the
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime
Prevention (ODCCP).

the UNDCP is

require that

amended,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Council Decision of 27 March 2000 is hereby amended as
follows:

In Article 2(1):

a) under the heading (cid:145)Third States(cid:146), the following indent shall

be added, between Malta and Morocco:

(cid:145)(cid:151) Monaco(cid:146);

b) under the heading (cid:145)Non-European Union-related bodies(cid:146), the

indent

(cid:151) (cid:145)UNDCP (United Nations Drugs Programme)(cid:146) shall be

replaced by the following:

(cid:151) (cid:145)ODCCP (United Nations Office for Drug Control and

Crime Prevention)(cid:146).

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of
its adoption.

Done at, Brussels, 6 December 2001.

For the Council

The President

M. VERWILGHEN

(1) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2.
(2) OJ C 26, 30.1.1999, p. 19.
(3) OJ C 26, 30.1.1999, p. 17.
(4) OJ C 88, 30.3.1999, p. 1.
(5) OJ C 106, 13.4.2000, p. 1.