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Document:
17.8.2007
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 214/9
COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION
of 12 June 2007
concerning sharing of information on terrorist kidnappings
(2007/562/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Whereas:
(1)
Kidnappings by groups/individuals that can be placed within the spectrum of international terrorism pose a huge challenge to Member States.
(2)
To successfully resolve such situations, Member States must gather background information, establish contacts and initiate discussions in a confidential setting.
(3)
The capacities of the Member State concerned would be significantly strengthened if it were able to resort to experience which other Member States have gained in comparable situations.
(4)
To this end, each Member State should submit a data sheet containing key information on past kidnappings to the other Member States giving only unclassified information after the incident has been resolved and restricted to incidents related to international terrorism,
HEREBY RECOMMENDS,
1.
Member States:
(a)
to submit, after a kidnapping incident has been resolved, the following data 
(
1
)
:
—
country and region in which the kidnapping took place,
—
number and nationality of the hostage(s),
—
time and date of the kidnapping,
—
time and date of the end of the incident,
—
perpetrators/responsible terrorist group,
—
modus operandi
 of the kidnapping,
—
motivation for the kidnapping,
—
involvement of a mediator yes/no,
—
contact person in the Member State concerned.
This information should be submitted in accordance with the format set out in Annex 1.
(b)
to also submit the following additional information if appropriate:
—
hostages’ reason for being in the country, language skills, gender of the hostage,
—
ideology, nationality, language skills of the perpetrators,
—
means used by the perpetrators to address the public,
—
details on the perpetrators’ 
modus operandi
.
This optional information should be submitted in accordance with the format set out in Annex 2.
2.
If personal data are to be included, such data are to be submitted in accordance with national law.
3.
Member States to compile information on all incidents which have occurred since 1 January 2002 and submit this summary to the other Member States.
4.
Member States to share information on the basis of the abovementioned principles through the BdL network for EU-wide information sharing on terrorist incidents.
5.
Member States to share, as far as possible, the information also with Europol and on the basis of the amount and type of shared data, after one year, to examine whether it would be advisable to set up a database at Europol.
6.
Member States to draw up a list of contact details and exchange this list in order to facilitate direct communication between contact points.
(
1
)
  In case of a kidnapping this information could help to quickly identify whether another Member State already has experience with kidnappings of EU citizens in the same region, by the same terrorist group or under comparable circumstances. The Member State concerned can then contact the specified contact person. Further information and experience should be shared bilaterally in accordance with national law.
ANNEX 1
Notification of terrorist kidnap
(or suspected terrorist kidnap)
Please complete all fields in this box
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National single point of contact/competent authority:
Name:
Reporting Member State:
Rank/position:
Dept/section:
Telephone:
Fax:
Mobile:
E-mail:
Motivation for the kidnap:
Time/date of kidnap/hostage taking:
End of incident time/date:
Number/nationality of hostage(s):
Country/Region of the crime:
Perpetrators/responsible group:
Summary of modus operandi (more detail can be provided on the next page):
Involvement of interpreters/mediators:
ANNEX 2
Completion of the following information is optional in accordance with national law
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Hostage #1 (optional)
Name:
Date of birth:
Gender:
Reason for being in country?
First language:
Second language:
Telephone:
Nationality:
Hostage #2 (optional)
Name:
Date of birth:
Gender:
Reason for being in country?
First language:
Second language:
Telephone:
Nationality:
Hostage #3 (optional)
Name:
Date of birth:
Gender:
Reason for being in country?
First language:
Second language:
Telephone:
Nationality:
Perpetrators/responsible group #1 (if details known)
Name:
Ideology:
Nationality:
Is English spoken?
First language:
Second language:
Use of publicity:
Means of publicity:
Perpetrators/responsible group #2 (if details known)
Name:
Ideology:
Nationality:
Is English spoken?
First language:
Second language:
Use of publicity:
Means of publicity:
Modus operandi
Summary of the circumstances of the kidnap. You should consider the following:
The nature of the hostage taking, i.e. environment
The nature of the demand, i.e. monetary gain, political aim or concession
To whom the demand was made, including how the demand was made
Language/interpreter
Hostage profile (victimological aspects, e.g. residence permit status, professional background)
Negotiation strategy
Delaying tactics
Telephone tactics
Technical issues
Violence used
The outcome of the incident, including details of resolution, was the hostage released, was the hostage rescued, were suspects detained/killed?
Any other issues of note
Are there any issues that you feel should be considered as ‘good practice’?

Summary:
Terrorist kidnappings — sharing information
SUMMARY OF:
Council recommendation on sharing of information on terrorist kidnappings
WHAT DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION DO?
It sets out a procedure for the sharing of experiences between EU countries to help resolve terrorist kidnapping situations.
KEY POINTS
Terrorist kidnappings pose a huge challenge to EU countries. To successfully resolve such situations, countries need background information, to establish contacts and initiate confidential discussions. Sharing information can quickly identify whether another EU country already has helpful experience with kidnappings in the same region, by the same terrorist group or in similar circumstances.
To achieve this, each EU country is recommended to circulate data sheets to other EU countries on any terrorist kidnapping, after the incident has been resolved.
This information should include:
country and region in which the kidnapping took place;
number and nationalities of the hostages;
time and date of the kidnapping and its conclusion;
responsible terrorist group or perpetrator;
kidnapping method;
motivation for the kidnapping;
any mediator involvement;
contact person in the EU country concerned.
The following additional information should also be supplied where appropriate:
the hostages’ reason for being in the country, their language skills and gender;
the ideology, nationality and language skills of the perpetrators;
means used by the perpetrators to address the public;
details on the perpetrators’ method of operation.
Annexes to the recommendation propose a standard format for this information, as well as suggestions for additional information to be supplied, such as negotiating strategy, delaying tactics and whether ransoms or political demands were involved.
Further information and experience should be shared bilaterally in accordance with national law. Handling of personal data should also be in accordance with national law.
Each EU country should compile information on any incidents occurring since 
1 January 2002
 and supply a summary to other EU countries. A list of contact persons should also circulate in order to facilitate direct communication.
Information should be shared through the bi-directional link network for EU-wide information sharing on terrorist incidents (see 
Council Decision 2005/671/JHA
). Information should also be shared with 
Europol
, with a review after 12 months to determine whether the amount and type of data requires a database.
BACKGROUND
For more information, see:
‘Crisis and Terrorism’
 on the European Commission's website
‘Fight against terrorism’
 on the website of the Council of the European Union
 ACT
Council Recommendation
 of 
12 June 2007
 concerning sharing of information on terrorist kidnappings (OJ L 214, 
17.8.2007
, 
pp. 9-12
)
RELATED ACTS
Council Decision 
2005/671/JHA
 of 
20 September 2005
 on the exchange of information and cooperation concerning terrorist offences (OJ L 253, 
29.9.2005
, 
pp. 22-24
).
last update 
3.5.2016

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Document:
17.8.2007
DA
Den Europæiske Unions Tidende
L 214/9
RÅDETS HENSTILLING
af 12. juni 2007
vedrørende informationsudveksling om kidnapninger foretaget af terrorister
(2007/562/EF)
RÅDET FOR DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION,
som tager følgende i betragtning:
(1)
Kidnapninger foretaget af grupper/enkeltpersoner, der indgår i en forgrening af international terrorisme, stiller medlemsstaterne over for en enorm udfordring.
(2)
For at kunne finde en løsning på sådanne situationer er medlemsstaterne nødt til at indsamle baggrundsinformation, etablere kontakter og indlede drøftelser i et fortroligt forum.
(3)
Den berørte medlemsstats kapaciteter vil blive styrket væsentligt, hvis den kan drage nytte af andre medlemsstaters erfaringer fra lignende situationer.
(4)
Medlemsstaterne bør derfor indsende et datablad med centrale oplysninger om tidligere kidnapninger til de andre medlemsstater; databladet skal udelukkende indeholde uklassificerede oplysninger, efter at situationen er blevet løst, og kun om kidnapninger med tilknytning til international terrorisme,
HENSTILLER FØLGENDE:
1)
at medlemsstaterne
a)
indsender følgende data, efter at en kidnapningssituation er blevet løst 
(
1
)
:
—
land og region, hvor kidnapningen fandt sted
—
gidslernes antal og nationalitet
—
tidspunkt og dato for kidnapningen
—
tidspunkt og dato for afslutningen af forløbet
—
gerningsmænd/ansvarlig terrorgruppe
—
modus operandi for kidnapningen
—
begrundelse for kidnapningen
—
var der en mægler involveret, ja eller nej?
—
kontaktperson i den berørte medlemsstat.
Disse oplysninger bør indsendes i overensstemmelse med formatet i bilag 1
b)
at de også indsender følgende supplerende oplysninger, hvis det er relevant:
—
årsagen til, at gidslerne opholdt sig i landet, deres sprogkundskaber og køn
—
gerningsmændenes ideologi, nationalitet og sprogkundskaber
—
hvilke metoder gerningsmændene benyttede ved henvendelse til offentligheden
—
nærmere enkeltheder om gerningsmændenes modus operandi.
Disse fakultative oplysninger bør indsendes i overensstemmelse med formatet i bilag 2.
2)
at persondata, hvis der skal indgå sådanne, indsendes i overensstemmelse med national lovgivning
3)
at medlemsstaterne indsamler oplysninger om alle de kidnapninger, der er foretaget siden den 1. januar 2002, og sender oversigten til de andre medlemsstater
4)
at medlemsstaterne udveksler oplysninger på grundlag af ovenstående principper ved hjælp af BdL-nettet til informationsudveksling om terrorhandlinger i hele EU
5)
at medlemsstaterne så vidt muligt også udveksler oplysninger med Europol, og at de efter et år på grundlag af de udvekslede oplysningers art og omfang undersøger, om det vil være hensigtsmæssigt at oprette en database i Europol-regi
6)
at medlemsstaterne udarbejder en liste over kontaktoplysninger og udveksler denne liste for at lette den direkte kommunikation mellem kontaktpunkterne.
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1
)
  I tilfælde af kidnapning kan disse oplysninger bidrage til hurtigt at finde ud af, om en anden medlemsstat allerede har erfaringer med kidnapninger af EU-borgere i samme region, foretaget af samme terrorgruppe eller under lignende omstændigheder. Den berørte medlemsstat kan herefter tage kontakt til den angivne kontaktperson. Yderligere oplysninger og erfaringer udveksles bilateralt i overensstemmelse med national lovgivning.
BILAG 1
Notification of terrorist kidnap
(or suspected terrorist kidnap)
Please complete all fields in this box
Tekst af billedet
National single point of contact/competent authority:
Name:
Reporting Member State:
Rank/position:
Dept/section:
Telephone:
Fax:
Mobile:
E-mail:
Motivation for the kidnap:
Time/date of kidnap/hostage taking:
End of incident time/date:
Number/nationality of hostage(s):
Country/Region of the crime:
Perpetrators/responsible group:
Summary of modus operandi (more detail can be provided on the next page):
Involvement of interpreters/mediators:
BILAG 2
Completion of the following information is optional in accordance with national law
Tekst af billedet
Hostage #1 (optional)
Name:
Date of birth:
Gender:
Reason for being in country?
First language:
Second language:
Telephone:
Nationality:
Hostage #2 (optional)
Name:
Date of birth:
Gender:
Reason for being in country?
First language:
Second language:
Telephone:
Nationality:
Hostage #3 (optional)
Name:
Date of birth:
Gender:
Reason for being in country?
First language:
Second language:
Telephone:
Nationality:
Perpetrators/responsible group #1 (if details known)
Name:
Ideology:
Nationality:
Is English spoken?
First language:
Second language:
Use of publicity:
Means of publicity:
Perpetrators/responsible group #2 (if details known)
Name:
Ideology:
Nationality:
Is English spoken?
First language:
Second language:
Use of publicity:
Means of publicity:
Modus operandi
Summary of the circumstances of the kidnap. You should consider the following:
The nature of the hostage taking, i.e. environment
The nature of the demand, i.e. monetary gain, political aim or concession
To whom the demand was made, including how the demand was made
Language/interpreter
Hostage profile (victimological aspects, e.g. residence permit status, professional background)
Negotiation strategy
Delaying tactics
Telephone tactics
Technical issues
Violence used
The outcome of the incident, including details of resolution, was the hostage released, was the hostage rescued, were suspects detained/killed?
Any other issues of note
Are there any issues that you feel should be considered as ‘good practice’?

Summary:
Kidnapninger foretaget af terrorister — informationsudveksling
RESUMÉ AF:
Rådets henstilling om informationsudveksling om kidnapninger foretaget af terrorister
HVAD ER FORMÅLET MED DENNE HENSTILLING?
Den fastsætter en procedure til informationsudveksling mellem EU-landene, som skal hjælpe med at løse situationer med kidnapninger foretaget af terrorister.
HOVEDPUNKTER
Kidnapninger foretaget af terrorister stiller EU-landene over for en enorm udfordring. For at kunne finde en løsning på sådanne situationer har landene behov for baggrundsinformation for at etablere kontakter og indlede fortrolige drøftelser. Informationsudveksling kan bidrage til hurtigt at finde ud af, om et andet EU-land allerede har brugbare erfaringer med kidnapninger i samme region, foretaget af samme terrorgruppe eller under lignende omstændigheder.
For at opnå dette anbefales det, at hvert EU-land giver andre EU-lande adgang til datablade om kidnapninger foretaget af terrorister, efter at situationen er blevet løst.
Disse oplysninger bør omfatte:
land og region, hvor kidnapningen fandt sted
gidslernes antal og nationalitet
tidspunkt og dato for kidnapningen og dens afslutning
ansvarlig terrorgruppe eller gerningsmand
kidnapningsmetode
begrundelse for kidnapningen
eventuel involvering af mægler
kontaktperson i det berørte EU-land.
Følgende supplerende oplysninger bør også indsendes, hvis det er relevant:
årsagen til, at gidslerne opholdt sig i landet, deres sprogkundskaber og køn
gerningsmændenes ideologi, nationalitet og sprogkundskaber
hvilke metoder gerningsmændene benyttede ved henvendelse til offentligheden
nærmere enkeltheder om gerningsmændenes metoder.
Bilagene til henstillingen foreslår et standardformat til disse oplysninger samt forslag til yderligere oplysninger, der kan indsendes, såsom forhandlingsstrategi, forhandlingsmanøvrer, og hvorvidt der var tale om løsepenge eller politiske krav.
Yderligere oplysninger og erfaringer udveksles bilateralt i overensstemmelse med national lovgivning. Håndtering af persondata sker også i overensstemmelse med national lovgivning.
Hvert EU-land indsamler oplysninger om alle de kidnapninger, der er foretaget siden den 
1. januar 2002
, og sender oversigten til de andre EU-lande. En liste over kontaktpersoner videregives også med henblik på at lette den direkte kommunikation.
Oplysningerne skal deles via BdL-nettet til informationsudveksling om terrorhandlinger i hele EU (se 
Rådets afgørelse 2005/671/RIA
). Oplysningerne deles også med 
Europol
 med en undersøgelse efter 12 måneder, der skal afgøre, hvorvidt mængden og typen af data kræver en database.
BAGGRUND
For yderligere oplysninger henvises til:
»Krise og terrorisme«
 på Europa-Kommissionens websted
»Bekæmpelse af terrorisme«
 på Rådets for Den Europæiske Unions websted.
 DOKUMENT
Rådets henstilling
 af 
12. juni 2007
 vedrørende informationsudveksling om kidnapninger foretaget af terrorister (EUT L 214 af 
17.8.2007
, 
s. 9-12
)
TILHØRENDE DOKUMENTER
Rådets afgørelse 
2005/671/RIA
 af 
20. september 2005
 om udveksling af oplysninger og samarbejde vedrørende terrorhandlinger (EUT L 253 af 
29.9.2005
, 
s. 22-24
)
seneste ajourføring 
3.5.2016