Activities of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2021/0411(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States, repealing Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA
Amendments (4)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Transnational threats involving criminal activities call for a coordinated, targeted and adapted response. While national authorities operating on the ground are on the frontline in the fight against organised crime and terrorism, action at Union level is paramount to ensure efficient and effective cooperation, including as regards the exchange of information. In that respect it is vital that the Member States are instructed to make more effective and regular use of the European Union's blacklist and to share information in a transparent manner in order to protect the Union's financial interests and budgetary resources more effectively against fraud. Furthermore, organised crime and terrorism, in particular, are emblematic of the link between internal and external security. Those threats spread across borders and manifest themselves in organised crime and terrorist groups that engage in a wide range of criminal activities.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) In an area without internal border controls, police officers in one Member State should have, within the framework of the applicable Union and national law, the possibility to obtain equivalent access to the information available to their colleagues in another Member State. In this regard, law enforcement authorities should cooperate effectively and by default across the Union. Therefore, an essential component of the measures that underpin public security in an interdependent area without internal border controls is police cooperation on the exchange of relevant information for law enforcement purposes. Exchange of information on crime and criminal activities, including terrorism, serves the overall objective of protecting the security of natural persons. Effective exchange of information also contributes to the fight against the grey economy, financial crime, fraud and money laundering.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The proliferation of communication channels used for the transmission of law enforcement information between Member States and of communications relating thereto should be remedied, as it hinders the adequate and rapid exchange of such information. Therefore, it is justified to make the use of the secure information exchange network application called SIENA, managed by Europol in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794, should be madethe main channel for exchange of information and mandatory for all such transmissions and communications under this Directive, including the sending of requests for information submitted to Single Points of Contact and directly to law enforcement authorities, the provision of information upon such requests and on their own initiative, communications on refusals and clarifications, as well as copies to Single Points of Contact and Europol. To that aim, all Single Points of Contact, as well as all law enforcement authorities that may be involved in such exchanges, should be directly connected to SIENA. In this regard, a transition period should be provided for, however, in order to allow for the full roll-out of SIENA as the full roll- out of SIENA entails a significant change in current practices in some Member States and requires extensive national information system reforms and training of personnel, which in turn requires additional resources.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to simplify, facilitate and better manage information flows, Member States should each establish or designate one Single Point of Contact competent for coordinating information exchanges under this Directive. The Single Points of Contact should, in particular, contribute to mitigating the fragmentation of the law enforcement authorities' landscape, specifically in relation to information flows, in response to the growing need to jointly tackle cross-border crime, such as drug trafficking and terrorism. For the Single Points of Contact to be able to effectively fulfil their coordinating functions in respect of the cross-border exchange of information for law enforcement purposes under this Directive, they should be assigned a number of specific, minimum tasks and also have certain minimum capabilities. It is important to produce an assessment of the costs of the Single Points of Contact at an early stage, with the greatest possible accuracy, in order to be able to prepare comprehensively for the impacts and implementation of the proposed reforms. In that respect it is appropriate that the financing of needed ICT-reforms be fully secured from the Internal Security Fund while respecting sound financial management and safeguarding the economic interests of the Union.