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I would remind Mr Posselt that, on the basis of the Council Decision of 22 December 2000, which created the European Police College, a network of European police colleges was founded including all of the Member States.
The stages leading to the implementation of this Police College, or CEPOL, can be summarised as follows, in chronological order:
In 2001, the network was set up. The members of the College committed themselves to organising ten training operations on the priority issues set out in the Council Decision.
In 2002, in the absence of a definitive decision on the location of the Agency’s headquarters, Denmark temporarily hosted the secretariat of CEPOL, having previously obtained a budget of EUR 2.2 million for 2002 to be used to finance 17 training operations. CEPOL’s activities will increase throughout 2002. 21 training operations are planned, all having a clear relationship with the priorities set out by the Council.
With regard to cooperation between border control services in the Member States, the Council would refer to paragraphs 24 and 25 of the Tampere European Council Conclusions, in which Council calls for closer cooperation and mutual technical assistance between the Member States' border control services, such as exchange programmes and technology transfer, especially on maritime borders, and for the rapid inclusion of the applicant States in this cooperation.
Later, on 6 and 7 December 2001, the Council approved a document entitled ‘European management of border control’. This concept establishes, amongst other things, that those responsible for border control services should meet at least once every six months, within the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum, and allow the candidate countries to participate in their work, at least once a year.
On 11 April 2002 the first meeting of the aforementioned committee took place in Brussels with the participation of representatives from border control services. This cooperation represents an initial stage in the implementation of other possible forms of cooperation, specifically in the light of the deliberations taking place on the forthcoming Commission Communication on border management, as well as the result of the feasibility study carried out by the Italian authorities with regard to the creation of a European border police service. This study, carried out within the framework of the Odysseus programme, was started in October 2001 and consists of four phases. Its results will be presented at a ministerial conference on 30 May 2002, in Rome.
I would also like to draw Mr Posselt’s attention to the content of the global plan for the fight against illegal immigration and human trafficking in the European Union, adopted by the Council on 28 February 2002. The aim of this global plan is to define a common and integrated approach to all issues linked to illegal immigration and human trafficking. There are seven areas for action defined in this plan, which include measures relating to border control."@en1
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