Europol Regulation
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training (Europol) and repealing Decisions 2009/371/JHA and 2005/681/JHA
- Stage
- In force, reached 24 May 2016
- In force
- In force since 13 Jun 2016 · CELEX 32016R0794
- Procedure
- Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Last activity
- 13 Jun 2016
Documents
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- Text adopted · OJ L 135 24.05.2016, p. 0053Commission · 24 May 2016
- Text adopted · Regulation 2016/0794Commission · 11 May 2016
- Text adopted · T8-0215/2016Parliament · 11 May 2016
- Report · A8-0164/2016Parliament · 2 May 2016
- Proposal · COM(2016)0209Commission · 8 Apr 2016
- OJ C 038 08.02.2014, p. 0003Commission · 8 Feb 2014
- Report · A7-0096/2014Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE510.878Parliament
- Report · PE513.116Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE513.290Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE514.840Parliament
- Amendments · PE519.786Parliament
- Amendments · PE519.813Parliament
- Report · PE578.698Parliament
- Amendments · PE582.089Parliament
- Text adopted · SP(2014)446Parliament
- Text adopted · T7-0121/2014Parliament
Summary
GeneratedRegulation (EU) 2016/794 replaced the Council Decisions governing Europol, making the agency the EU hub for information exchange among Member States' law enforcement authorities. It applies from 1 May 2017, when the prior Decisions were repealed. It sets Europol's tasks, governance, data protection and parliamentary scrutiny rules. The Commission reviews it every five years, first by 1 May 2022.
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