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Where the law stands, Dossier 2021/0410(COD)

Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, 2019/817 and 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council

· First reading

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands

Published as law

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 5 April 2024 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 27 January 2022
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 23 May 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 26 May 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 4 December 2023
  5. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 8 February 2024
  6. Published as law(done) 5 April 2024

No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.

Who works on it

Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Mep #96903 (EPP)
Mep #125020 (S&D), Joachim Stanisław Brudziński (ECR), Fabienne Keller (Renew), Mep #197531 (Greens), Mep #197731 (The Left)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Budgets

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 8 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0073/2024

    AI summary:Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a regulation on automated data exchange for police cooperation, known as Prüm II. The regulation sets rules for automated searches and exchange of data between member states' authorities and amends earlier Council decisions and EU regulations.

    What changed since Report A9-0200/2023 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 26 May 2023

    Report A9-0200/2023

    AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on automated data exchange for police cooperation (Prüm II) sets conditions and procedures for automated searching of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, facial images, police records and certain vehicle registration data.

    What changed since Draft report (LIBE) →

  3. Committee draft· 19 Sept 2022

    Draft report (LIBE)

    AI summary:This is the rapporteur's draft report on the proposed Prüm II regulation on automated data exchange for police cooperation. It sets out Parliament's amendments to the Commission proposal.

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 2 steps
  1. 5 April 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 13 March 2024

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 2 steps
  1. 8 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 8 Feb 2024 Adopted text TA9-0073/2024Report A9-0200/2023

  2. 7 February 2024

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 7 Feb 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0455/2021Report A9-0200/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps
  1. 4 December 2023

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    LIBE-AG-757156

  2. 12 June 2023

    Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 1 step
  1. 26 May 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0200/2023

Committee stage 3 steps
  1. 23 May 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 19 September 2022

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (LIBE)

  3. 27 January 2022

    Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets) gives an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2021/0410(COD)