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COUNCIL OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 2 October 2008 





13756/08





ENFOPOL 179



COVER NOTE

from :	European Police College

to :	Police Cooperation Working Party/Article 36 Committee

Subject :	Cooperation Agreement with Interpol



1.	Article 8 (3) third paragraph of the Council Decision 2005/681/JHA
of 20 September 2005 establishing the European Police College (CEPOL)
and repealing Decision 2000/820/JHA, reads:

	"Cooperation agreements with bodies of non Member States of the
European Union can only be concluded after the approval of the Council
has been obtained" 

2.	The CEPOL Governing Board authorised the CEPOL Director to negotiate
a cooperation agreement with the OIPC - INTERPOL at its 6th meeting on
28 November 2006.

3.	These negotiations are finalised and the CEPOL Governing Board has
authorised the Director to conclude the cooperation agreement with OIPC
- Interpol as contained in the annex.

4.	The CEPOL Secretariat has submitted the text of the afore-mentioned
cooperation agreement for approval to the Council on 29 September 2008. 

5.	The Police Cooperation Working Party and the Article 36 Committee
are invited to agree to the aforementioned draft Cooperation Agreement
as set out in Annex with a view to submitting this draft for approval to
COREPER / Council at a forthcoming meeting. 

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ANNEX

DRAFT CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CEPOL AND THE

ICPO-INTERPOL GENERAL SECRETARIAT

The General Secretariat of the International Criminal Police
Organization-INTERPOL (hereinafter referred to as “the INTERPOL
General Secretariat”)

and 

The European Police College (hereinafter referred to as “CEPOL”):

Recognizing that, pursuant to Article 2 of its Constitution, INTERPOL
aims to ensure and promote the widest possible mutual assistance between
all criminal police authorities within the limits of the laws existing
in the different countries, and in the spirit of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights,

Recognizing that one of the four core functions developed by INTERPOL in
order to achieve its mandate is Police Training and Development, 

Recognizing that CEPOL aims to help train senior police officers of the
European Union (EU) Member States by optimizing co-operation between
CEPOL’s various components, and by supporting and developing a
European approach to the main problems facing EU Member States in the
fight against crime, crime prevention, and the maintenance of law and
order and public security, in particular the cross-border dimensions of
those problems pursuant to Article 5 of the Council Decision
establishing CEPOL,

Considering that INTERPOL, as an organization operating worldwide,
offers the possibility to enhance the police training curriculum and
delivery of training at regional levels, through a network of partners
composed – inter alia – of regional committees of police chiefs, and
regional police institutions and universities, 



Considering that CEPOL, as an agency of the European Union, is in charge
of co-ordinating operational training programmes in Europe,

Considering that it is in the common interest of CEPOL and INTERPOL to
contribute to police co-operation through learning and through
strengthening training activities for senior police officers,

Considering that Article 26(e) of INTERPOL's Constitution provides that
the INTERPOL General Secretariat shall maintain contact with national
and international authorities, and that it is empowered to enter into
negotiations on a Co-operation Agreement with CEPOL for that purpose, 

Considering that CEPOL is authorized to negotiate a co-operation
agreement with the INTERPOL General Secretariat pursuant to Article 8(3)
of the Council Decision establishing CEPOL,

Have agreed as follows: 

Article 1

Purpose 

The purpose of this Agreement is to enhance the co-operation between the
INTERPOL General Secretariat and CEPOL in strengthening the training
activities for senior police officers, in particular through
co-operation in the organization of courses, seminars and conferences
and in the development and implementation of common curricula and course
material.  

Article 2

Points of contact 

The Secretary General of INTERPOL and the Director of CEPOL shall each
establish a point of contact whose task shall be to co-ordinate the
day-to-day co-operation between the two Parties.

The INTERPOL General Secretariat and CEPOL, via their respective points
of contact, shall consult each other regularly on policy issues and
matters of common interest for the purpose of realizing their objectives
and co-ordinating their respective activities.  



In particular, the INTERPOL General Secretariat shall, within the limits
of its functions and for the purpose of the present Agreement, inform
CEPOL about new programmes, priorities and activities to facilitate
planning training activities accordingly.  CEPOL shall inform the
INTERPOL General Secretariat about new projects and activities.

Meetings between the INTERPOL General Secretariat and CEPOL shall take
place as often as necessary to discuss issues relating to their
co-operation in general and, in particular:

the evaluation of their co-operation;

aspects of future co-operation;

the development of course materials;

the participation of INTERPOL officials in CEPOL courses, seminars and
conferences and in the development and the implementation of common
curricula; and the participation of CEPOL officials in INTERPOL courses,
seminars and conferences.

The INTERPOL representative(s) may be invited by CEPOL to attend the
CEPOL External Relations Working Group (ERWG) as observer(s).  

Article 3

Organization of training activities

The Parties agree to co-operate in the organization of courses,
seminars, conferences, common curricula, training activities and study
tours.

The Parties shall, as far as possible and subject to such arrangements
as may be deemed necessary, enable each other's access to all necessary
facilities and equipment within their respective premises.



Article 4

Course material and common curricula

The Parties shall support each other in the development of course
material and common curricula for training activities.

If and when developed, the content of the CEPOL - INTERPOL common
curriculum shall be updated by the INTERPOL General Secretariat on a
yearly basis.  CEPOL shall be responsible for the administration and
learning methodology concerning this common curriculum.  INTERPOL
experts shall be invited to participate in the implementation courses,
i.e.  training of trainers, as deemed relevant for their respective
curriculum.  The INTERPOL General Secretariat shall co-operate in the
development and implementation of CEPOL's common curricula on forms of
crime within INTERPOL’s mandate.  

The INTERPOL General Secretariat shall inform CEPOL about the
development of new handbooks and training materials and provide periodic
status reports on their development.  Subject to such arrangements as
may be necessary for safeguarding the security and confidentiality of
information contained in those handbooks and training materials, each
Party shall ensure its full and prompt communication to the other Party.
 The latter shall ensure that those handbooks and training materials
will not be used for any other purpose than training.

Communication of such information and documents by the INTERPOL General
Secretariat to CEPOL shall be subject to INTERPOL’s rules and
regulations.  Communication of such information and documents by CEPOL
to the INTERPOL General Secretariat shall be subject to CEPOL's rules
and regulations.



Article 5

Access to CEPOL's e-Library and 

INTERPOL's Global Learning Centre database

For the purpose of this Agreement, duly authorized INTERPOL officials
shall receive web-based access to the open-source information stored in
the CEPOL scientific e-Library database, specifically in the field of
training research.

For the purpose of this Agreement, duly authorized CEPOL staff shall
receive web-based access to the open-source information stored in
INTERPOL's Global Learning Centre, when available.

Article 6

Expenses

Unless otherwise agreed, the Parties shall bear their own expenses which
arise in the course of implementing the present Agreement.  

Article 7

Settlement of disputes

All disputes which may emerge in connection with the interpretation or
application of the present Agreement shall be settled by means of
consultation and negotiation between representatives of the Parties.

Article 8

Termination of the Agreement

This Agreement may be terminated in writing by either of the Parties
with three months’ notice.



Article 9

Amendments and Supplements

This Agreement may be amended at any time by mutual consent between the
Parties.  All the amendments and supplements must be in writing.  

The Parties shall enter into consultations with respect to the amendment
of this Agreement at the request of either of them.

Article 10

Entry into force

This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day following its
signature by both Parties.

In witness whereof, the INTERPOL Secretary General and the Director of
CEPOL have signed the present Co-operation Agreement in two original
copies in English, on the dates appearing under their respective
signatures.

For the INTERPOL General Secretariat		For CEPOL

Ronald K. Noble	Ulf Göransson

Secretary General of INTERPOL	Director of CEPOL

Date:	Date:

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