Les répercussions du Traité d’Amsterdam et de la Déclaration de Tampere sur les Institutions de Police

The EU documents' implications for European national and European Community police agencies are explored. These agreements contribute to EU policies of liberty, justice, human rights, free movement, asylum, immigration, border control, security, and cooperation in criminal matters ; coordination in these areas will result in some integration of European police authority. Although the member states and their police agencies retain their authority over borders and policy, the European Commission has received new powers that will affect Europol's tasks and relations with national governments and police. Police roles implied by the treaty's and declaration's reforms are explained. Effects of a proposed European police academy are noted. Inadequacies of the current system of cooperation are listed ; some risks might be associated with augmenting this cooperation, but several European institutions and nongovernmental organizations effectively protect civil liberties