Annex
TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION
ARTICLE 30
1. Common action in the field of police
cooperation shall include:
(a) operational cooperation between the competent
authorities, including the police, customs and other specialised
law enforcement services of the Member States in relation to the
prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences;
(b) the collection, storage, processing,
analysis and exchange of relevant information, including information
held by law enforcement services on reports on suspicious financial
transactions, in particular through Europol, subject to appropriate
provisions on the protection of personal data.
ARTICLE 31(14)
1. Common action on judicial cooperation
in criminal matters shall include:
(a) facilitating and accelerating cooperation
between competent ministries and judicial or equivalent authorities
of the Member States, including, where appropriate, cooperation
through Eurojust, in relation to proceedings and the enforcement
of decisions.
ARTICLE 34
2. The Council shall take measures and promote
cooperation, using the appropriate form and procedures as set
out in this title, contributing to the pursuit of the objectives
of the Union. To that end, acting unanimously on the initiative
of any Member State or of the Commission, the Council may:
(c) adopt decisions for any other purpose
consistent with the objectives of this title, excluding any approximation
of the laws and regulations of the Member States. These decisions
shall be binding and shall not entail direct effect; the Council,
acting by a qualified majority, shall adopt measures necessary
to implement those decisions at the level of the Union.
Thierry Balszaq, Didier Bigo, Sergio Carrera and
Elspeth Guild, CEPS, Brussels, 2006.
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