DECLARATION (No 32)

on police cooperation

The Conference confirms the agreement of the Member States on the objectives underlying the German delegations proposals at the European Council meeting in Luxembourg on 28 and 29 June 1991.

For the present, the Member States agree to examine as a matter of priority the drafts submitted to them, on the basis of the work programme and time table agreed upon in the report drawn up at the request of the Luxembourg European Council, and they are willing to envisage the adoption of practical measures in areas such as those suggested by the German delegation, relating to the following functions in the exchange of information and experience:

support for national criminal investigation and security authorities, in particular in the coordination of investigations and search operations;

creation of databases;

central analysis and assessment of information in order to take stock of the situation and identify investigative approaches;

collection and analysis of national prevention programmes for forwarding to Member States and for drawing tip Europe-wide prevention strategies; measures relating to further training, research, forensic matters and criminal records departments.

Member States agree to consider on the basis of a report, during 1994 at the latest, whether the scope of such cooperation should be extended.

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