Council Decision 2006/…/JHA of… amending Decision 2002/348/JHA concerning security in connection with football matches with an international dimension
Date: 2006-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: exchange of information, police cooperation, public safety, sporting event

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Preparatory Acts pursuant to Title VI of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL DECISION 2006/…/JHA

of…

amending Decision 2002/348/JHA concerning security in connection with football matches with
an international dimension

(2006/C 164/05)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in par-
ticular Article 30(1)(a) and (b) and Article 34(2)(c) thereof,

Having regard to the initiative of the Republic of Austria,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

The amendments are without prejudice to existing
national provisions,
the divisions and
in particular
responsibilities among the different authorities and
services in the Member States concerned, and to the
exercise by the Commission of its powers under the
Treaty establishing the European Community,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The European Union's objective is, inter alia, to provide
citizens with a high level of safety within an area of
freedom, security and justice by developing common
action among the Member States in the field of police
cooperation.

the Council adopted Decision
On 25 April 2002,
2002/348/JHA (2) which established national
football
information points in each Member State as the desig-
nated point for sharing police information in respect of
football matches with international dimension. That
Decision sets out the tasks and procedures to be adopted
by each national football information point.

it

In recent years,

In the light of experience in recent years, such as the
European Championships in 2004 and the experts'
assessment of
international police cooperation in the
framework of that championship and extensive police
cooperation in respect of international and club matches
in Europe generally, the Decision should be revised and
updated.
the number of supporters
travelling to matches abroad continues to grow. There-
to
fore,
strengthen their cooperation and to professionalize the
exchange of
information in order to prevent public
order disturbances and to allow every Member State to
make an efficient risk assessment. The proposed amend-
ments are the results of gathered experiences from
several national football information points in their daily
work and should enable them to work in a more struc-
tured and professional way, ensuring the exchange of
high quality information.

the competent bodies

is necessary for

(1) Opinion delivered on … (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ L 121, 8.5.2002, p. 1.

Article 1

Council Decision 2002/348/JHA is hereby amended as follows:

1) Article 2 shall be amended as follows:

(a) paragraph (2) shall be replaced by the following:

football

National

‘2.
in
accordance with the domestic and international rules
to information involving
applicable, have
personal data on risk supporters’.

information points

access

shall,

(b) the following paragraph shall be added:

‘6.
National football information points shall produce
and circulate for the benefit of other national football
information points
thematic
national football disorder assessments.’.

regular generic and/or

2) The following paragraph shall be added to Article 3:

Information shall be exchanged using the appropriate
‘4.
forms contained in the appendix to the handbook with
recommendations for international police cooperation and
measures to prevent and control violence and disturbances
in connection with football matches with an international
dimension, in which at least one Member State is involved.
National football information points shall ensure that the
information they send is complete and in conformity with
those forms.’.

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The Council shall evaluate the implementation of this Decision by … (*).

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

(*) OJ: Three years of the adoption of this Decision.