Article 1 
A formation shall be established known as the Provisional Judicial Cooperation Unit, located in Brussels and supported by the infrastructure of the Council. Article 2 1. The objectives of the Provisional Unit are as follows: (a) to improve cooperation between the competent national authorities with regard to investigations and prosecutions in relation to serious crime, particularly when it is organised, involving two or more Member States; (b) in the same framework, to stimulate and improve the coordination of investigations and prosecutions in the Member States, taking into account any request emanating from a competent national authority and any information provided by any body competent by virtue of provisions adopted within the framework of the Treaties. 2. The Provisional Unit shall provide its expertise to the Member States and to the Council, where necessary, with a view to the negotiation and the adoption by the Council of the instrument establishing Eurojust. Article 3 1. Each Member State shall assign to the formation referred to in Article 1 a prosecutor, judge or police officer of equivalent competence, to perform the liaison duties necessary to accomplish the objectives referred to in Article 2 and tasks referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. These members may, for the purposes of fulfilling their tasks, organise missions in a Member State whose authorities are involved in a specific investigation or prosecution and may meet as necessary in any other place. 2. Within the scope of each Member State's national legislation, in cooperation with any body competent by virtue of provisions adopted within the framework of the Treaties and within the limit of their respective powers, the members of the Provisional Unit shall contribute to the proper coordination and facilitation of judicial cooperation between competent national authorities, in actions relating to the investigation and prosecution of serious crime, particularly when it is organised, insofar as two or more Member States are concerned. The coordination may, in particular, contribute to the consideration of arrangements for the opening and development of investigations and prosecutions. In particular, the members of the Provisional Unit should, where possible, provide support for the coordination and operation of joint investigative teams. Article 4 The Commission shall be fully associated with the work of the Provisional Unit, in accordance with Article 36(2) of the Treaty. Article 5 This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption. It shall cease to apply on the date on which the instrument establishing Eurojust takes effect. That instrument is to be adopted before the end of 2001. Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000. For the Council The President D. Gillot (1) OJ C 243, 24.8.2000, p. 21. (2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 14 November 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 4.
Article 2 
1. The objectives of the Provisional Unit are as follows: (a) to improve cooperation between the competent national authorities with regard to investigations and prosecutions in relation to serious crime, particularly when it is organised, involving two or more Member States; (b) in the same framework, to stimulate and improve the coordination of investigations and prosecutions in the Member States, taking into account any request emanating from a competent national authority and any information provided by any body competent by virtue of provisions adopted within the framework of the Treaties. 2. The Provisional Unit shall provide its expertise to the Member States and to the Council, where necessary, with a view to the negotiation and the adoption by the Council of the instrument establishing Eurojust. Article 3 1. Each Member State shall assign to the formation referred to in Article 1 a prosecutor, judge or police officer of equivalent competence, to perform the liaison duties necessary to accomplish the objectives referred to in Article 2 and tasks referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. These members may, for the purposes of fulfilling their tasks, organise missions in a Member State whose authorities are involved in a specific investigation or prosecution and may meet as necessary in any other place. 2. Within the scope of each Member State's national legislation, in cooperation with any body competent by virtue of provisions adopted within the framework of the Treaties and within the limit of their respective powers, the members of the Provisional Unit shall contribute to the proper coordination and facilitation of judicial cooperation between competent national authorities, in actions relating to the investigation and prosecution of serious crime, particularly when it is organised, insofar as two or more Member States are concerned. The coordination may, in particular, contribute to the consideration of arrangements for the opening and development of investigations and prosecutions. In particular, the members of the Provisional Unit should, where possible, provide support for the coordination and operation of joint investigative teams. Article 4 The Commission shall be fully associated with the work of the Provisional Unit, in accordance with Article 36(2) of the Treaty. Article 5 This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption. It shall cease to apply on the date on which the instrument establishing Eurojust takes effect. That instrument is to be adopted before the end of 2001. Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000. For the Council The President D. Gillot (1) OJ C 243, 24.8.2000, p. 21. (2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 14 November 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 4.
Article 3 
1. Each Member State shall assign to the formation referred to in Article 1 a prosecutor, judge or police officer of equivalent competence, to perform the liaison duties necessary to accomplish the objectives referred to in Article 2 and tasks referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. These members may, for the purposes of fulfilling their tasks, organise missions in a Member State whose authorities are involved in a specific investigation or prosecution and may meet as necessary in any other place. 2. Within the scope of each Member State's national legislation, in cooperation with any body competent by virtue of provisions adopted within the framework of the Treaties and within the limit of their respective powers, the members of the Provisional Unit shall contribute to the proper coordination and facilitation of judicial cooperation between competent national authorities, in actions relating to the investigation and prosecution of serious crime, particularly when it is organised, insofar as two or more Member States are concerned. The coordination may, in particular, contribute to the consideration of arrangements for the opening and development of investigations and prosecutions. In particular, the members of the Provisional Unit should, where possible, provide support for the coordination and operation of joint investigative teams. Article 4 The Commission shall be fully associated with the work of the Provisional Unit, in accordance with Article 36(2) of the Treaty. Article 5 This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption. It shall cease to apply on the date on which the instrument establishing Eurojust takes effect. That instrument is to be adopted before the end of 2001. Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000. For the Council The President D. Gillot (1) OJ C 243, 24.8.2000, p. 21. (2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 14 November 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 4.
Article 4 
The Commission shall be fully associated with the work of the Provisional Unit, in accordance with Article 36(2) of the Treaty. Article 5 This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption. It shall cease to apply on the date on which the instrument establishing Eurojust takes effect. That instrument is to be adopted before the end of 2001. Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000. For the Council The President D. Gillot (1) OJ C 243, 24.8.2000, p. 21. (2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 14 November 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 4.
Article 5 
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption. It shall cease to apply on the date on which the instrument establishing Eurojust takes effect. That instrument is to be adopted before the end of 2001. Done at Brussels, 14 December 2000