EUU, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 407: Invitation til 6. møde i den fælles parlamentariske følgegruppe vedr. Europol den 22.-23. marts 2020 i Zagreb

Europaudvalget 2019-20
EUU Alm.del Bilag 407
Offentligt

23 January 2020

To the Chair(s) of the committee(s) concerned

Dear Chair,

In the framework provided by Article 51 of the Regulation

(EU)

2016/794 on Europol, we are

pleased to invite you to the

Meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group (JPSG) on

the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol),

which will take

place on

22 - 23 March 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia.

The Meeting will have on its agenda a number of specific issues directly arising from the JPSG

prerogatives according to Article 51 of the Europol Regulation, including a presentation by

Catherine DE BOLLE, Executive Director of Europol. Keynote interventions will be delivered by

Ylva JOHANSSON, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, and Davor

BO�½INOVIĆ,

Deputy Prime

Minister of the Republic of Croatia and Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, focusing

on the future EU Internal Security Strategy and the future role of Europol. The thematic debate is

dedicated to innovation and research at Europol.

Please find attached the draft programme of the Meeting as agreed with the Presidential Troika.

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. Please find attached the Guide for Members on

JPSG Written and Oral Questions, as agreed by the Co-Chairs, explaining the procedure of

submitting questions.

In line with the Guide, we would like to ask you to

submit your written questions

to the JPSG

Secretariat by

4 February 2020 at the latest.

Documents by delegations

If delegations wish to send us their documents relating to any item on the agenda in line with Article

4.6.2 of the JPSG Rules of Procedure, we invite them to do so

by 21 February 2020 at the latest.

EUU, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 407: Invitation til 6. møde i den fælles parlamentariske følgegruppe vedr. Europol den 22.-23. marts 2020 i Zagreb

General aspects

According to Article 4.3 of the JPSG 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

and documents in one of these two languages. The e-mail addresses are the following:

[email protected]

and

[email protected].

All documents submitted by Europol for the Meeting in line with Article 51.3 of the Europol

Regulation, as well as all written questions, received replies, documents submitted by the

delegations to the JPSG and other relevant documents will be published on the

IPEX JPSG website

ahead of the Meeting.

In addition, please find attached Practical Information for the Meeting. Further practical details

will be forwarded in due course to your Parliament's services and published on

IPEX JPSG website

and the

Croatian Parliament’s

presidency website.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Ranko

OSTOJIĆ

JPSG Co-Chair

Head of the Croatian Parliament Delegation

to the JPSG

Mr Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR

JPSG Co-chair

Chair of the Committee on Civil

Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

European Parliament

Annex 1:

Draft programme of the 6

Meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group

(JPSG)

Guide for Members on JPSG Written and Oral Questions

Practical Information for the Meeting