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EU Parliament Agrees to Permit Europol to Propose Schengen Information System Alerts

The Parlament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has given its approval to a plan to allow to the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to provide warnings on nationals of third countries to the Schengen Information System (SIS) at a meeting that was held on March 31, 2014, Thursday.

The decision was previously reached an agreement between the negotiation team of the Parliament and the EU Council two weeks ago on March 15.

"MEPs that are part of the Parlament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs have agreed to an agreement that was reached with the Parlament and Council on the second stage of Europol reform of the mandate. The agreement was approved with 52 votes in favor 13 against, and one abstaining" The LIBE Committee has announced in a press release after the meeting.

Schengen Information System Schengen Information System (SIS) is an system of security that is operated by the EU It alerts border guards, and also the authorities responsible for the issue of visas and immigration authorities that they are alerted when processing information on non-EU citizens that are banned from being admitted to the Schengen Zone and other EU countries and who are a danger for the countries.

In the words of the LIBE Committee, the reform will close the gap in information sharing by allowing Europol to recommend to Member States alerts that should be added to the Schengen Information System by introducing a new category of SIS alerts for nationals of third countries " in the interest of the Union".

" This way, Europol and the Member States could share more information about the movements of foreign terrorist fighters that are not EU citizens, and the information would be available to front-line officers in the member states," the press release of the Committee further explains.

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