Council Recommendation (EU) 2022/915 of 9 June 2022 on operational law enforcement cooperation

On 8 December 2021, the Commission presented a proposal for a Council Recommendation on operational police cooperation. In general, the aim of the proposal is to:

- clarify and align the rules of engagement in joint operations across national territories;

- enhance the role of the Police Customs Cooperation Centres;

- build a framework to permit the remote access of police officers to their own databases, while providing secure communications;

- use targeted joint patrols and other joint operations;

- create a coordination platform; and

- enhance joint training and exchange programmes for police officers.

On 9 June 2022, the Council adopted the recommendation which was published in the Official Journal on 13 June 2022.