Article 1 
For the purposes of this Decision: (a) "the listed persons, groups or entities" means the persons, groups or entities listed in the Annex to Common Position 2001/931/CFSP; (b) "terrorist offences" means the offences referred to in Articles 1 to 3 of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism(4); (c) "Europol Convention" means the Convention of 26 July 1995 on the establishment of a European Police Office(5); (d) "Eurojust Decision" means Council Decision 2002/187/JHA of 28 February 2002 setting up Eurojust with a view to reinforcing the fight against serious crime(6); (e) "Joint investigation teams" shall be understood as in Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA of 13 June 2002 on joint investigation teams(7). Article 2 1. Each Member State shall designate a specialised service within its police services, which, in accordance with national law, will have access to and collect all relevant information concerning and resulting from criminal investigations conducted by its law enforcement authorities with respect to terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. 2. Each Member State shall take necessary measures to ensure that at least the following information collected by the specialised service, is communicated to Europol, through the national unit of that Member State, in accordance with national law and insofar as permitted by the provisions of the Europol Convention, with a view to its processing pursuant to Article 10, and particularly Article 10(6), of that Convention: (a) data which identify the person, group or entity; (b) acts under investigation and their specific circumstances; (c) links with other relevant cases of terrorist offences; (d) the use of communications technologies; (e) the threat posed by the possession of weapons of mass destruction. Article 3 1. Each Member State shall designate a Eurojust national correspondent for terrorism matters under Article 12 of the Eurojust Decision or a appropriate judicial or other competent authority or, where its legal system so provides, more than one authority, and shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that this correspondent or appropriate judicial or other competent authority has access to and can collect all relevant information concerning and resulting from criminal proceedings conducted under the responsibility of its judicial authorities, with regard to terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. 2. Each Member State shall take necessary measures to ensure that at least the following information, collected by the national correspondent or by the appropriate judicial or other competent authority, is communicated to Eurojust, in accordance with national law, and insofar as permitted by, the provisions of the Eurojust Decision, in order to enable it to carry out its tasks: (b) acts under investigation or prosecution and their specific circumstances; (d) the existence of mutual legal assistance requests, including letters rogatory, which may have been made by or to another Member State, as well as the results of these. Article 4 Member States shall, where appropriate, take the necessary measures to set up joint investigation teams in order to carry out criminal investigations into terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. Article 5 Member States shall ensure that all relevant data that they communicate to Europol and Eurojust, pursuant to Articles 2 and 3, and that relate to any of the listed persons, groups or entities or to offences that they are deemed to have committed or are about to commit, can be exchanged between Europol and Eurojust insofar as provided by the agreement on cooperation to be signed between these two bodies, in accordance with the Europol Convention and the Eurojust Decision. Article 6 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that requests from other Member States for mutual legal assistance and recognition and enforcement of judgements in connection with terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities, are dealt with as a matter of urgency and shall be given priority. Article 7 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any relevant information included in document, file, item of information, object or other means of evidence, seized or confiscated in the course of criminal investigations or criminal proceedings in connection with terrorist offences against any of the listed persons, groups or entities, can be made accessible or available immediately to the authorities of other interested Member States in accordance with national law and relevant international legal instruments where investigations against those listed persons, groups or entities are being carried out in connection with terrorist offences or might be initiated. Article 8 This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002. For the Council The President L. Espersen (1) OJ C 126, 28.5.2002, p. 22. (2) Opinion given on 24 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93. (4) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3. (5) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2. (6) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1. (7) OJ L 162, 20.6.2002, p. 1.
Article 2 
1. Each Member State shall designate a specialised service within its police services, which, in accordance with national law, will have access to and collect all relevant information concerning and resulting from criminal investigations conducted by its law enforcement authorities with respect to terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. 2. Each Member State shall take necessary measures to ensure that at least the following information collected by the specialised service, is communicated to Europol, through the national unit of that Member State, in accordance with national law and insofar as permitted by the provisions of the Europol Convention, with a view to its processing pursuant to Article 10, and particularly Article 10(6), of that Convention: (a) data which identify the person, group or entity; (b) acts under investigation and their specific circumstances; (c) links with other relevant cases of terrorist offences; (d) the use of communications technologies; (e) the threat posed by the possession of weapons of mass destruction. Article 3 1. Each Member State shall designate a Eurojust national correspondent for terrorism matters under Article 12 of the Eurojust Decision or a appropriate judicial or other competent authority or, where its legal system so provides, more than one authority, and shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that this correspondent or appropriate judicial or other competent authority has access to and can collect all relevant information concerning and resulting from criminal proceedings conducted under the responsibility of its judicial authorities, with regard to terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. 2. Each Member State shall take necessary measures to ensure that at least the following information, collected by the national correspondent or by the appropriate judicial or other competent authority, is communicated to Eurojust, in accordance with national law, and insofar as permitted by, the provisions of the Eurojust Decision, in order to enable it to carry out its tasks: (b) acts under investigation or prosecution and their specific circumstances; (d) the existence of mutual legal assistance requests, including letters rogatory, which may have been made by or to another Member State, as well as the results of these. Article 4 Member States shall, where appropriate, take the necessary measures to set up joint investigation teams in order to carry out criminal investigations into terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. Article 5 Member States shall ensure that all relevant data that they communicate to Europol and Eurojust, pursuant to Articles 2 and 3, and that relate to any of the listed persons, groups or entities or to offences that they are deemed to have committed or are about to commit, can be exchanged between Europol and Eurojust insofar as provided by the agreement on cooperation to be signed between these two bodies, in accordance with the Europol Convention and the Eurojust Decision. Article 6 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that requests from other Member States for mutual legal assistance and recognition and enforcement of judgements in connection with terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities, are dealt with as a matter of urgency and shall be given priority. Article 7 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any relevant information included in document, file, item of information, object or other means of evidence, seized or confiscated in the course of criminal investigations or criminal proceedings in connection with terrorist offences against any of the listed persons, groups or entities, can be made accessible or available immediately to the authorities of other interested Member States in accordance with national law and relevant international legal instruments where investigations against those listed persons, groups or entities are being carried out in connection with terrorist offences or might be initiated. Article 8 This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002. For the Council The President L. Espersen (1) OJ C 126, 28.5.2002, p. 22. (2) Opinion given on 24 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93. (4) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3. (5) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2. (6) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1. (7) OJ L 162, 20.6.2002, p. 1.
Article 3 
1. Each Member State shall designate a Eurojust national correspondent for terrorism matters under Article 12 of the Eurojust Decision or a appropriate judicial or other competent authority or, where its legal system so provides, more than one authority, and shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that this correspondent or appropriate judicial or other competent authority has access to and can collect all relevant information concerning and resulting from criminal proceedings conducted under the responsibility of its judicial authorities, with regard to terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. 2. Each Member State shall take necessary measures to ensure that at least the following information, collected by the national correspondent or by the appropriate judicial or other competent authority, is communicated to Eurojust, in accordance with national law, and insofar as permitted by, the provisions of the Eurojust Decision, in order to enable it to carry out its tasks: (a) data which identify the person, group or entity; (b) acts under investigation or prosecution and their specific circumstances; (c) links with other relevant cases of terrorist offences; (d) the existence of mutual legal assistance requests, including letters rogatory, which may have been made by or to another Member State, as well as the results of these. Article 4 Member States shall, where appropriate, take the necessary measures to set up joint investigation teams in order to carry out criminal investigations into terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. Article 5 Member States shall ensure that all relevant data that they communicate to Europol and Eurojust, pursuant to Articles 2 and 3, and that relate to any of the listed persons, groups or entities or to offences that they are deemed to have committed or are about to commit, can be exchanged between Europol and Eurojust insofar as provided by the agreement on cooperation to be signed between these two bodies, in accordance with the Europol Convention and the Eurojust Decision. Article 6 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that requests from other Member States for mutual legal assistance and recognition and enforcement of judgements in connection with terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities, are dealt with as a matter of urgency and shall be given priority. Article 7 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any relevant information included in document, file, item of information, object or other means of evidence, seized or confiscated in the course of criminal investigations or criminal proceedings in connection with terrorist offences against any of the listed persons, groups or entities, can be made accessible or available immediately to the authorities of other interested Member States in accordance with national law and relevant international legal instruments where investigations against those listed persons, groups or entities are being carried out in connection with terrorist offences or might be initiated. Article 8 This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002. For the Council The President L. Espersen (1) OJ C 126, 28.5.2002, p. 22. (2) Opinion given on 24 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93. (4) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3. (5) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2. (6) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1. (7) OJ L 162, 20.6.2002, p. 1.
Article 4 
Member States shall, where appropriate, take the necessary measures to set up joint investigation teams in order to carry out criminal investigations into terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities. Article 5 Member States shall ensure that all relevant data that they communicate to Europol and Eurojust, pursuant to Articles 2 and 3, and that relate to any of the listed persons, groups or entities or to offences that they are deemed to have committed or are about to commit, can be exchanged between Europol and Eurojust insofar as provided by the agreement on cooperation to be signed between these two bodies, in accordance with the Europol Convention and the Eurojust Decision. Article 6 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that requests from other Member States for mutual legal assistance and recognition and enforcement of judgements in connection with terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities, are dealt with as a matter of urgency and shall be given priority. Article 7 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any relevant information included in document, file, item of information, object or other means of evidence, seized or confiscated in the course of criminal investigations or criminal proceedings in connection with terrorist offences against any of the listed persons, groups or entities, can be made accessible or available immediately to the authorities of other interested Member States in accordance with national law and relevant international legal instruments where investigations against those listed persons, groups or entities are being carried out in connection with terrorist offences or might be initiated. Article 8 This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002. For the Council The President L. Espersen (1) OJ C 126, 28.5.2002, p. 22. (2) Opinion given on 24 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93. (4) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3. (5) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2. (6) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1. (7) OJ L 162, 20.6.2002, p. 1.
Article 5 
Member States shall ensure that all relevant data that they communicate to Europol and Eurojust, pursuant to Articles 2 and 3, and that relate to any of the listed persons, groups or entities or to offences that they are deemed to have committed or are about to commit, can be exchanged between Europol and Eurojust insofar as provided by the agreement on cooperation to be signed between these two bodies, in accordance with the Europol Convention and the Eurojust Decision. Article 6 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that requests from other Member States for mutual legal assistance and recognition and enforcement of judgements in connection with terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities, are dealt with as a matter of urgency and shall be given priority. Article 7 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any relevant information included in document, file, item of information, object or other means of evidence, seized or confiscated in the course of criminal investigations or criminal proceedings in connection with terrorist offences against any of the listed persons, groups or entities, can be made accessible or available immediately to the authorities of other interested Member States in accordance with national law and relevant international legal instruments where investigations against those listed persons, groups or entities are being carried out in connection with terrorist offences or might be initiated. Article 8 This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002. For the Council The President L. Espersen (1) OJ C 126, 28.5.2002, p. 22. (2) Opinion given on 24 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93. (4) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3. (5) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2. (6) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1. (7) OJ L 162, 20.6.2002, p. 1.
Article 6 
Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that requests from other Member States for mutual legal assistance and recognition and enforcement of judgements in connection with terrorist offences involving any of the listed persons, groups or entities, are dealt with as a matter of urgency and shall be given priority. Article 7 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any relevant information included in document, file, item of information, object or other means of evidence, seized or confiscated in the course of criminal investigations or criminal proceedings in connection with terrorist offences against any of the listed persons, groups or entities, can be made accessible or available immediately to the authorities of other interested Member States in accordance with national law and relevant international legal instruments where investigations against those listed persons, groups or entities are being carried out in connection with terrorist offences or might be initiated. Article 8 This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002. For the Council The President L. Espersen (1) OJ C 126, 28.5.2002, p. 22. (2) Opinion given on 24 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93. (4) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3. (5) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2. (6) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1. (7) OJ L 162, 20.6.2002, p. 1.
Article 7 
Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any relevant information included in document, file, item of information, object or other means of evidence, seized or confiscated in the course of criminal investigations or criminal proceedings in connection with terrorist offences against any of the listed persons, groups or entities, can be made accessible or available immediately to the authorities of other interested Member States in accordance with national law and relevant international legal instruments where investigations against those listed persons, groups or entities are being carried out in connection with terrorist offences or might be initiated. Article 8 This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002. For the Council The President L. Espersen (1) OJ C 126, 28.5.2002, p. 22. (2) Opinion given on 24 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93. (4) OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3. (5) OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2. (6) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1. (7) OJ L 162, 20.6.2002, p. 1.
Article 8 
This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002