Compendium on law enforcement liaison officers - Main contents

Document date	17-07-2009
Publication date	12-08-2009
Reference	10504/2/09 REV 2
From	Presidency
To	Police Cooperation Working Party (Mixed Committee EU/Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
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COUNCIL OF PUBLIC Brussels, 17 July 2009

THE EUROPEAN UNION

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DOCUMENT PARTIALLY JAIEX 37 ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC COMIX 464

NOTE from : Presidency to : Police Cooperation Working Party (Mixed Committee EU/Iceland, Norway and

Switzerland, Liechtenstein) No prev. doc.: 8698/08 ENFOPOL 81 COMIX 330 ADD 3 Subject : Compendium on law enforcement liaison officers

Content

The current document is to replace the addendum to the Schengen police cooperation handbook which set out the lists of Member States' and Europol liaison officers as well as practical information on the liaison bureaux at Europol. (8698/08 ENFOPOL 81 COMIX 330 ADD 3).

It therefore contains these same lists but also the list of contact points for the common use of liaison officers posted abroad (previously included in document 8698/08 ADD 2), and an introduction about the use and cooperation of liaison officers.

10504/2/09 REV 2 EB/hm 1 Drafting process

As the Schengen police cooperation handbook (doc. 10694/07) will be replaced by a manual on cross-border operations and a manual on information exchange, it was considered more practical to have a separate document on liaison officers rather than adding it to either of these two manuals.

Next to the lists set out in the addendum, an introductory part has been included briefly explaining the available legal texts and highlighting some good practices already identified (cf. doc. 14893/08 JAI 581 RELEX 821).

The list of sending authorities of liaison officers at the Europol Liaison Bureaux has been included along with the list with contact details of these Bureaux.

The list of "Member States that have been given responsibility for the coordination of the EU

cooperation in a particular country or region" 1 has been completed following the discussion by the

Police Chiefs on this subject (cf. document ENFOPOL 134 JAIEX 33).

The highlighting in the text indicates where hyperlinks will be included.

Delegations are invited to transmit the document to their relevant authorities for their information. Any further updates can be sent to pcwp@consilium.europa.eu and will be taken into account in the 2010 update.

1 Cf. Article 1(4) of Council Decision 2006/560 i/JHA of 24 July 2006 amending Decision

2003/170/JHA on the common use of liaison officers posted abroad by the law enforcement agencies of the Member States.

CONTENTS

• 1. 

  Introduction

  1.1 Available legal texts 1.2 Good practices to foster cooperation between liaison officers

• 2. 

  Contact points for the common use of liaison officers posted abroad

• 3. 

  List of liaison officers

  3.1 List of Member States liaison officers, sorted by region European Union

  Central and Eastern Europe Africa Asia Pacific South Asia Middle East Americas

  3.2 List of Member States liaison officers, sorted by sending country 3.3 List of liaison officers of Europol 3.4 Europol Liaison Bureaux - Member States 3.5 Europol Liaison Bureaux - Non Member States and International Organisations

• 1. 

  INTRODUCTION

1.1 Available legal texts

Secondment of liaison officers

Article 47 of the Schengen Convention 2 provides that Member States “may conclude bilateral

agreements providing for the secondment, for a specified or unspecified period, of liaison officers from one [Member] State to the police authorities of another [Member] State”.

The secondment of liaison officers described in the current manual is the secondment not related to a specific event.

It does not concern the posting of liaison officers to another Member States for assistance during a specific event or period pursuant to Article 46 of the Schengen Convention, Article 18 of the “Prüm

Council Decision” 3 and bilateral agreements further developing these provisions. More details about such secondments can be found in the “Football Handbook” 4 and in the Council Recommendation

of 6 December 2007 concerning a Handbook for police and security authorities concerning

cooperation at major events with an international dimension 5 .

The task of liaison officers shall be to advise and assist. Article 47 of the Schengen Convention specifies that such secondments are “intended to further and accelerate cooperation, particularly by providing assistance

(a) in the form of the exchange of information for the purposes of combating crime by means of both prevention and law enforcement

(b) in executing requests for mutual police and judicial assistance in criminal matters

(c) with the tasks carried and by the authorities responsible for external border surveillance.”

2 Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 19 June 1990 (CISA). The text of the CISA

is published in OJ L 239 of 22.9.2000, p. 19.

3 Council Decision 2008/615 i/JHA of 23 June 2008, published in OJ L 210 of 6.8.2008, p. 1.

4 Council Resolution concerning an updated handbook with recommendations for international

police cooperation and measures to prevent and control violence and disturbances in connection with football matches with an international dimension, in which at least one Member State is involved, published in OJ C 322 of 29.12.2006, p. 1.

5 OJ C 314 of 22.12.2007, p. 4.

According to Article 47, liaison officers shall not be empowered to execute autonomously any police measures. They shall supply information and shall discharge their duties on the instructions issued to them by the Member State which they come from and by the Member State to which they are seconded.

Cooperation between liaison officers

The provision of the Schengen Convention that liaison officers from one Member State may also represent the interests of one or more other Member States has been further developed by the Council Decision on the common use of liaison officers posted abroad by the law enforcement

agencies of the Member States 6 (amended in 2006 7 ).

The above-mentioned Decisions also provide for the improvement of cooperation between liaison officers of different Member States in their place of secondment. Such cooperation is already in place in different formats, ranging from informal meetings to more regular and formally convened meetings (e.g. in Moscow and Zagreb). At different instances, it has been stressed that this cooperation should be encouraged and should not only depend on the initiative of the Member States holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU.

1.2 Good practices to foster cooperation between liaison officers

Based on past and on-going experiences in different host countries and with a view to achieving greater pooling of Member States' activities vis-à vis third countries in terms of both the work of the liaison officers and technical cooperation, some good practices have been identified which are set out below.

It is suggested that the Member States' liaison officers and their relevant authorities apply these whenever appropriate.

With a view to improving the cooperation among liaison officers and assisting Member States in requesting or offering representation by a liaison officer of another Member State, Member States are to inform each other of their secondments of liaison officers.

6 Council Decision 2003/170 i/JHA of 27 February 2003, published in OJ L 67 of 12.3.2003, p. 27. 7 Council Decision 2006/560 i/JHA of 24 July 2006, published in OJ L 219 of 10.8.2006, p. 31.

To that end, the current document sets out a list of Member States’ postings of liaison officers as well as the list of national contact points referred to in Article 7 of the 2003 Council Decision. Member States should send the appropriate information to keep these lists up-to-date (via pcwp@consilium.europa.eu).

Organisation of meetings of liaison officers:

Member States' liaison officers stationed in a third country/a specific region or posted to the same international organisation should meet regularly or when necessary to exchange relevant information.

These meetings shall be convened either at the initiative of the EU Presidency (liaison officer) or of the Member State that has agreed to take on responsibility for coordination of EU cooperation in a particular country or region or of any other Member State.

Currently, the following Member States have agreed to take such a "lead role":

Region/Third country Lead MS Assisted by China (in the fight against IT organised crime) Central Asia region (in the IT fight against drug trafficking) Western African countries FR IT Republic of Moldova AT Turkey HU Kosovo IT

The meetings should be organised on a regular and flexible basis, ideally in accordance with agendas focusing on thematic priorities shared by Member States present in the country/region concerned or on purely operational subject areas. The advice of the Police Chiefs might be asked prior to such meetings.

Participation in the liaison officers meetings

Next to the liaison officers posted in the country/region, it is suggested to open such meetings to observers of Member States which do not have any liaison officers in the region in question.

It can also be useful to allow the partners of the host State to comment at the beginning of each meeting regarding the items on the agenda. The liaison officers can then use those comments as a basis for discussing possible solution.

Where appropriate, the Commission and Europol must be invited to these meetings but it is encouraged to consider the participation of Frontex and Interpol as well.

Pooling of technical and training cooperation activities:

The pooling of technical and training cooperation activities is an extension of the pooling of liaison officers. It should prevent superfluous activities while maintaining Member States' entitlement to develop bilateral activities.

In order to avoid "cooperation shopping" on the part of the beneficiary countries, liaison officers should timely be consulted on the definition and programming of bilateral technical and training cooperation. Such prior consultation would achieve economy, increased efficiency and greater overall consistency. The final discussion on granting of training and equipment assistance is up to the competent body of the Member States.

The programming of such activities, inter alia in the field of training, may also support the operational priorities defined either at the meeting of liaison officers or by the JHA Council.

The pooling of technical and training cooperation activities will also facilitate large-scale activities, which could benefit from assistance from European funds.

CONTACT POINTS FOR COMMON USE OF LO

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MS SERVICE ADDRESS TELEPHONE FAX MAIL BE Police fédérale - service CGO rue Fritz Toussaint 8 32 2 644 86 41 32 2 508 76 50 dsoliaqua@skynet.be Direction de la collaboration policière 1050 Brussels

opérationnelle BG Directorate International Operative Police Co 29 “6-th septemvri” str. 359 2 982 43 51 359 2 980 40 47 ncb@mvr.bg

operation – SIRENE department 1000 Sofia CZ Police Presidium of the Czech Republic Strojnicka 27 420 9748 34213 420 9748 34723 omv.pp@mvcr.cz

International Relations Division P.O.Box 62/MPS 170 89 Praha 7

General Directorate of Customs / National Budejovicka 7 420 2214 12389 420 2613 33800 operacni@cs.mfcr.cz Coordination Unit (for customs) 140 96 Praha 4

DK Danish National Police, National Communications Polititorvet 14, 1780 Copenhagen V 45 4515 4200 45 3332 2771 NEC@politi.dk Centre

DE Bundeskriminalamt – IK13 Postfach 440660 49 30 5361 26759 49 30 5361 27600 ik13@bka.bund.de (Federal Criminal Police Office) 12006 Berlin

Bundespolizeipräsidium Heinrich-Mann-Allee 103 49 331 97997 0 49 331 97997 1010 bpolp@polizei.bund.de

14473 Potsdam

Zollkriminalamt – Referat III6 Bergisch Gladbacher Strasse 837 49 221 672 4090 49 221 672 4810 III6@zka.bfinv.de

(for customs) 51069 Köln

EE Central Criminal Police, Criminal Intelligence Tööstuse 52 372 612 3810 372 612 3812 interpol@kkp.pol.ee ;

Department 10416 Tallinn europol@kkp.pol.ee

EL Ministry of Interior 4, P. Kanellopoulou ave. 30 210 6977 562 30 210 692 4006 registry@ipcd.gr

Hellenic Police Headquarters 10177 Athens 30 210 6977 563

International Police Cooperation Division

1 st Section European Union – International

Relationships and Police Missions ES Ministry of Home Affairs: Secretary of State for C/ Amador de los Ríos, 2 34 91 537 20 92 34 91 537 20 64 cpi@mir.es

Security 28071 Madrid 34 91 537 20 93 Deputy Directorate for International Police Cooperation

FR Service de Coopération Technique International de 101, rue des Trois Fontanot 33 1 4097 8675 33 1 4097 8212 h24.sctip@interieur.gouv.fr Police, Permanence H24 92000 Nanterre

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MS SERVICE ADDRESS TELEPHONE FAX MAIL IE International Coordination Unit, Liaison & Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park, 353 1 6662 704 353 1 6662 734 gicu@iol.ie

Protection Dublin 8 353 1 6662 705 353 1 6662 706 353 1 6662 707

IT Servizio per la via Torre di Mezzavia 9/121 39 06 4654 2151 39 06 4654 2526 sdeangelis@dcpc.interno.it Cooperazione Internazionale di Polizia 01173 Rome

CY Ministry of Justice and Public Order, 1478 Nicosia 357 2280 8369 357 22808605 cyinterpol@police.gov.cy

Cyprus Police Headquarters, cypcb@police.gov.cy

European Union and International Police

Cooperation Directorate

Interpol National Bureau

LV International Cooperation Department of Central Ciekurkalna 1.linija 1 K-4, 371 67829535 371 67829532 ssp@vp.gov.lv

Criminal Police Department of State Police of 1026 Riga 371 67829407

Latvia

LT Police Department under the MoI International Saltoniskiu 19 370 5 271 9944 370 5 271 9963 tbv@policija.lt

Cooperation Board 08105 Vilnius

LU Direction Générale de la Police G.-D. 2957 Luxembourg 352 49 9720 73 352 49 9720 79 bdljai@police.etat.lu

Service des Relations Internationales

HU Hungarian National Police – Criminal Directorate, Teve utca 4-6 36 1 443 5557 36 1443 5815 europol@nebek.police.hu

International Law Enforcement Cooperation 1139 Budapest

Centre

MT The International Relations Unit Police General Headquarters 356 2294 2113 356 2122 3376 sirene.police@gov.mt

Malta Police Force St. Calcidonio Square

2000 Floriana VLT

NL National Police Agency, International Police P.O. Box 3016 31 79 345 9911 31 79 345 8753 unoe@klpd.politie.nl

Services (KLPD/DINPOL) 2700 KX Zoetermeer uzwe@klpd.politie.nl

ube@klpd.politie.nl

AT Bundesministerium für Inneres, Abteilung I/4, Postfach 100 43 1 53126-3511 43 1 53126 3236 BMI-I-4@bmi.gv.at

Internationale Angelegenheiten Herrengasse 7

1014 Wien

PL General Headquarters of the Police National Police Headquarters 48 2260 136 40 48 2260 132 37 ncbwarsaw@policja.gov.pl Bureau of International Police Cooperation 148/150 Pulawska str. 48 667 631 325

02-624 Warsaw

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MS SERVICE ADDRESS TELEPHONE FAX MAIL PT Direcção Geral Administração Interna Praça do Comércio 351 21 3232 069 351 21 3236 311 pcaldas@sg.mai.gov.pt Ministério Administração Interna 1149-015 Lisboa

Departamento Central de Cooperação Internacional da Polícia Judiciária (DCCI: Central Rua Gomes Freire nº 213 351 21 3595 801 351 21 3151 249 dcci.dir@pj.pt Department for International Cooperation of the 1150-178 Lisboa Criminal Police)

RO Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform / 1A, Piata Revolutiei, sector 1, 40 21 312 41 02 40 21 314 74 22 diri@mira.gov.ro DG European Affairs and International Relations 010086 Bucharest 40 21 311 35 55

SI Ministry of the Interior, Police, General Police Štefanova 2 386 1 428 48 35 386 1 251 7516 sirene.slovenija@policija.si Directorate, Criminal Police Directorate, 1501 Ljubljana 386 1 251 76 40 386 1 428 48 36

International Police Co-operation Section SK Presidium of the Police Force Pribinova 2 421 9610 50097 421 9610 59129 polatt@minv.sk

Bureau for International Police Co-operation 812 72 Bratislava FI National Bureau of Investigation POB 285 358 718 786 281 358 718 786 299 krp-rtp-vlp@tiimi.poliisi.fi

01301 Vantaa, National Board of Customs/Intelligence and P.O.Box 512, 358 20 492 2669 358 20 492 2020 virko@tulli.fi Investigation Department 00101 Helsinki SE National Criminal Police POB 12256 46 8 401 3700 46 8 651 4203 ipo@rkp.police.se

IPO 10226 Stockholm UK Serious Organised Crime Agency POB 8000 44 20 7238 8115 44 20 7238 8112 london@soca.x.gsi.gov.uk

International Crime London SE11 5EN IC Europol Skúlagata 21 354 444 2540 354 444 2541 international@rls.is

National Commissioner of Icelandic Police 150 Reykjavík NO National Criminal Investigation Service PO box 8163 Dep 47 23208888 47 23208880 Post.kripos.desken@politiet.no

24-h Desk, IFO N-0034 Oslo CH Federal Office of Police/ fedpol Nussbaumstrasse 29 41 31 322 44 50 41 31 322 53 04 ez@fedpol.admin.ch

Operations Center CH-3003 Bern Commisariat Police Liaison Officer

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