REU, Alm.del - 2020-21 - Bilag 146: Invitation til 8. møde (virtuelt) i den fælles parlamentariske følgegruppe vedr. Europol (JPSG) den 1.

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REU Alm.del Bilag 146
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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.

REU, Alm.del - 2020-21 - Bilag 146: Invitation til 8. møde (virtuelt) i den fælles parlamentariske følgegruppe vedr. Europol (JPSG) den 1. - 2. februar 2021

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)