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EU: Council of the European Union: Law Enforcement Working Party: Results of the questionnaire on police cooperation with non-EU countries in the area of sports events security

01 July 2011

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EU: Council of the European Union: Law Enforcement Working Party: Results of the questionnaire on police cooperation with non-EU countries in the area of sports events security (pdf):

"The questionnaire consisted of 21 questions and was distributed to 35 addressees, including 27 Member States, 7 non-EU countries - Switzerland (CH), Croatia (HR), Turkey (TR), Serbia (RS), Russia (RU), Ukraine (UA), Israel (IL), and Europol. Replies were received from 30 countries"

"Function creep": In 26 countries (AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, ES, NL, LT, LV, DE, PL, PT, RO, SK, SI, SE, HU, IT, CH, HR, RS, UA) the tasks of NFIPs [National Football Information Points] are not limited to the exchange of information in relation to football matches. They also exchange information concerning security issues in relation to the following sports events: basketball, volleyball, handball, ice and field hockey, water sports, skiing, tennis, athletics, etc."

"Geographical creep": "As regards joint supportive actions in cooperation with non-EU countries, 22 countries (AT, BE, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, ES, NL, DE, PT, RO, SK, SI, SE, UK, IT, HU, CH, HR, TR, UA) and Europol have carried out such actions (joint police operations, deployment of spotters, etc). Joint supportive actions with non-EU countries are usually based on bilateral agreements and other legal acts..."

Background: Council Conclusions, including the text of the updated Football Handbook (2010, pdf)

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