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Interinstitutional agreement on reform of Europol

Brussels, 01/02/2022 (Agence Europe)

Representatives of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the European Commission reached, late on Tuesday 1 February, a trilogue agreement on the proposal for a revised mandate for Europol that was presented at the end of 2020 (see EUROPE B12859A17, B12810A14).

The new mandate provides for Europol to cooperate effectively with private parties, with Europol becoming able to receive personal data directly from private parties and to analyse this data...