Europol and the fight against terrorism

European Foreign Affairs Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-275

  Lavranos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85050418475     PISSN: 13846299     EISSN: 18758223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.54648/eerr2003016     Document Type: Review

References (47)

1. D. Dubois, 'The Attacks of 11 September: EU-US Cooperation against Terrorism in the Field of Justice and Home Affairs', (2002) 3 EFA Rev, pp. 317-335.
2. Ibid., pp. 324 ff. See also T-L. Margue, 'Les initiatives menées par l'Union dans la lutte antiterroriste dans le cadre du troisième pilier (Justice et affaires intérieures)' (2002) Revue du Droit de l'Union Européenne, pp. 261-281.
3. For a detailed analysis see Ch. Hausen, Verfassungs- und voelkerrechtliche Probleme der Rechtsgrundlagen von EUROPOL (Pro Universitate Verlag, Sinzheim, 2000).
4. Europol Convention, OJ, C 316, 27 November 1995, pp. 2-32.
5. See S. Hoelscheidt and Th. Schotten, 'Immunität für Europol-Bedienstete - Normalfall oder Sündenfall?' (1999) Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, pp. 2851-2855;
6. S. Gleß, 'Kontrolle über Europol und seine Bedienstete' (1998) Europarecht, pp. 748-766.
7. Most EU Member States have chosen to grant the right to request a preliminary ruling to all courts; see Dutch Tractatenblad, 2000, Nr. 28.
8. First draft of a Council decision replacing the Europol Convention, 8452/02, 30 April 2002 and Explanatory note, 8452/02 ADD 1, 16 May 2002.
9. Council Decision of 6 December 2001 extending Europol's mandate to deal with serious forms of international crime listed in the Annex to the Europol Convention, OJ, C 362, 18 December 2001, p.1.
10. Conclusions adopted by the Council (JHA), Brussels, 20 September 2001, 12156/01.
11. Schalken and Pronk, n. 12 above, pp. 74-75; see generally Th. Petri, Europol - Grenzueberschreitende polizeiliche Taetigkeit in Europa (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 2001).
12. See generally C. Rijken, 'Legal and technical aspects of co-operation between Europol, third states and Interpol' in Kronenberger (ed.), The EU and the International Legal Order: Discord or Harmony? (Aspen Publishers, The Hague, 2001), pp. 577-603.
13. See for example N. Neuwahl, 'A Partner with a Troubled Personality: EU Treaty-making in Matters of CFSP and JHA after Amsterdam' (1998) 2 EFA Rev, pp. 177-195;
14. Koenig and Pechstein, Die EU (Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 1998), p. 169.
15. Final Report of Working Group III on Legal Personality, 1 October 2002, CONV 305/02.
16. Preliminary Draft Constitutional Treaty, 28 October 2002, CONV 369/02.
17. Draft agreement between Europol and USA, 13359/01, 31 October 2001, signed on 6 December, 2001.
18. Lord Grenfell, Chairman of the Select Committee on the EU, letter dated 11 December 2002.
19. Permanente Commissie van deskundigen in internationaal vreemdelingen-, vluchtelingenen strafrecht (Commissie Meijers), letter sent to the First and Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament, dated 16 December 2002.
20. Exchange of Letters related to the Supplemental Agreement between the USA and Europol on the exchange of personal data and related information, 13996/02, 11 November 2002.
21. See for the corrected text: Exchange of Letters, 13996/02 COR 1, 14 November 2002.
22. See for example N. Lavranos, 'DNA-Profiling and information technology - A new weapon for crime detection and prevention?' (1994) European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, pp. 359-378.
23. See for the details Council Act of 12 March 1999 adopting rules governing the transmission of personal data by Europol to third states and third bodies, OJ, C 88, 30 March 1999, pp. 1-3, amended by Council Act of 28 February 2002, OJ, C 76, 27 March 2002, pp.1-2.
24. See for example N. Lavranos, 'Datenschutz in Europa - Am Beispiel der Datenschutzrichtlinie, SIS and Europol' (1996) Datenschutz und Datensicherheit, pp. 400-408.
25. See generally S. Sule, Europol und Europäischer Datenschutz (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 1999).
26. See Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the jurisprudence of the ECHR on data protection, e.g. judgement in the case M.S. v. Sweden, 27 August 1997.
27. See generally J. Monar, 'The dynamics of Justice and Home Affairs: Laboratories, driving factors and costs' (2001) JCMS, pp. 747-764.
28. Schalken and Pronk, n. 12 above, p. 81;
29. see also E. von Bubnoff, 'Institutionelle Kriminalitätsbekämpfung in der EU - Schritte auf dem Weg zu einem europäischen Ermittlungs-und Strafverfolgungsraum' (2002) Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien, pp. 185-237, at p. 195.
30. S. Skinner, 'The third pillar Treaty provisions on Police co-operation: Has the EU bitten off more than it can chew?' (2002) Columbia Journal of European Law, pp. 203-220.
31. COM (2002) 95 final, 26 February 2002.
32. Initiative of Denmark, 10307/02, 2 July 2002 and Explanatory note concerning the Danish proposal, 10810/02, 10 July 2002.
33. See for details E. von Bubnoff, n. 44 above, pp. 185-237.
34. See also Schalken and Pronk, n. 12 above, p. 80.
35. See for example M. Delmas-Marty, Corpus Juris: portant dispositions pénales pour la protection des intérêts financiers de l'Union européenne (Economica, Paris, 1997);
36. M. Delmas-Marty and J. Vervaele, The implementation of the Corpus Juris in the member states, Vol. 1-3 (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2000).
37. Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European Arrest Warrant, OJ, L 190, 18 July 2002, pp. 1-20.
38. See for example Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism, OJ, L 164, 22 June 2002, pp. 3-7;
39. Council Framework Decision on combating trafficking in human beings, OJ, L 203, 1 August 2002, p. 1;
40. M. Veldt Foglia, '(Nog) geen strafrecht in de Eerste Pijler?'(2002) Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch Recht, pp. 162-169;
41. D. Comijs, 'Communautair strafrecht?' (2001) Nederlandse Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht, pp. 267-271.
42. See W. van Gerven, 'Constitutional conditions for a Public Prosecutor's office at the European level' (2002) European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, pp. 296-318;
43. E. von Bubnoff, n. 44 above, pp. 213-217.
44. See for details W. Schomberg, 'Justistielle Zusammenarbeit im Bereich des Strafrechts in Europa: Eurojust neben Europol!' (1999) Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik, pp. 237-240;
45. Y. Buruma, Federaal Europa en het strafrecht' (2002) Delikt en Delinkwent, pp. 657-671;
46. J. Schutte, 'De rechtsinstrumenten van de EU voor de ontwikkeling van gezamelijk optreden van de lidstaten op het gebied van politiële en justitiële samenwerking in strakzaken' (2002) Delikt en Delinkwent, pp. 672-688.
47. See for some interesting proposals the Final Report of Working Group X on 'Freedom, Security and Justice', 2 December 2002, CONV 426/02.