Examination of Witnesses (Questions 340
- 342)
WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE 2008
Mr Robert Crepinko and Mr Alfredo Nunzi
Q340 Lord Mawson:
How would you describe the relationship between the Management
Board and the Police Chiefs Task Force?
Mr Crepinko: It is a very interesting
relationship. Because the members of the Management Board are
very high ranking police officers or officials in the Member States
there is an overlap and some of them are also members of the Police
Chiefs Task Force, and I remember that at the last meeting we
had a discussion on a matter that was being handled in the Police
Chiefs Task Force. I think that in the future, and it was also
the result of this discussion, these two should be connected better
because when the Police Chiefs Task Force was established that
was the aim, and now both are developed we see that there are
overlaps and we have to make sure that in the future there is
a better exchange of things, that there is not duplication of
work being done in either Analysis Work Files or the COSPOL projects.
It is an area that will certainly be very interesting in the future.
Q341 Lord Mawson:
How is the work of Europol co-ordinated with the work of Eurojust?
The 2009 Work Programme sets the minimum frequency of the Europol/Eurojust
steering committee meetings at three months. Is this sufficient?
Mr Crepinko: I think it is the same thing
that we discussed before about the amount or the quality of the
information put into the system. I do not see a problem that these
meetings are not often enough. I think it comes down to the quality
of the co-operation between the two of them, but I can only say
what I hear from the oral reports from the Director at every Management
Board meeting and his views on this co-operation were very positive
and none of the Member States objected to those statements. I
can only assume that it means that the co-operation is good.
Q342 Chairman:
Thank you very much for coming and thank you for giving us your
impressions. I think we can understand the problems that the Chairman
of the Management Board has in having a very short term of office,
in being able, particularly having other responsibilities as you
clearly do, to get around all the problems of Europol. We are
very grateful to you for coming, thank you, and carry on the good
work.
Mr Crepinko: Thank you for having me
here.
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