Europaudvalget 2020-21
EUU Alm.del Bilag 216
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[ IPOL-COM-LIBE D (2020) 36415 ]
To the Chairperson(s) of the committee(s) concerned
D 100010 04.01.2021
Subject: JPSG - Invitation for the Eighth Europol JPSG meeting on 1-2 February 2021
Dear Chair,
In the framework provided by Article 51 of the Europol Regulation EU 2016/794, we are
pleased to invite you to the
Eighth Meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on
Europol (JPSG),
which will take place on
1 and 2 February 2021.
Due to the measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic, exceptionally the meeting will take
place by remote participation.
The remote character of the meeting and the ensuing
limitations are reflected as well in the draft agenda of the meeting.
The meeting shall tackle a number of concrete issues directly arising from the JPSG
prerogatives according to Article 51 of the Europol Regulation, including a presentation by Ms
Catherine DE BOLLE, Europol Executive Director, as well as a keynote speech by Mr Eduardo
CABRITA, Minister for Home Affairs of the Portuguese Government, President-in-Office of
Home Affairs Council of the EU, and Ms Ylva JOHANSSON, EU Commissioner for Home
Affairs, on the revision and strengthening of the Europol mandate. The thematic debates will
focus on
Cybercrime and digital resilience and on the impact of COVID-19 in the EU’s
internal security - the role of police cooperation.
Please find attached the draft agenda of the meeting as agreed by the Presidential Troika of this
meeting.
Written questions
According to Article 4.2 of the JPSG Rules of Procedure, we kindly draw your attention to the
right to address oral and written questions to Europol. Europol usually needs six weeks in order
to prepare replies to written questions.
EUU, Alm.del - 2020-21 - Bilag 216: Invitation til virtuelt JPSG-møde om kontrol med Europol 1-2/2-21
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General aspects
We would like to recall that your Parliament/Chamber can be represented by up to four
Members in the JPSG (in the case of bicameral Parliaments each Chamber with up to two
Members each). Members and their delegations will be asked to register for the meeting.
The remote character of the meeting will allow only for a limited interpretation regime. The
languages for which interpretation will be provided will be specified ahead of the meeting.
According to Article 4.3 of the JSPG Rules of Procedure, the working languages of the JPSG
are English and French, therefore we would like to ask the delegations to submit all written
questions, written comments or contributions in one of these two languages. Please send them
to the JPSG Secretariat
[email protected]
and a copy to the Portuguese
Presidency Parliament ([email protected]).
All documents submitted by Europol for the meeting in line with Article 51.3 of the Europol
Regulation, as well as all contributions by the delegations to the JPSG and other relevant
documents will be published on the
IPEX JPSG website
ahead of the meeting and distributed
to delegations by e-mail.
Further practical details, including registration and connection information, will be forwarded
in due course to your Parliament's services.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR
Co-Chair of the JPSG
Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice
and Home Affairs
European Parliament
Mrs. Isabel ONETO
Co-Chair of the JPSG
Head of the Portuguese Assembleia da República Delegation to the JPSG
Annex 1: Draft agenda of the eight meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on the
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)