COUNCIL OF Brussels, 30 July 2008 THE EUROPEAN UNION 8698/08 ADD 1 LIMITE ENFOPOL 81 COMIX 330 ADDENDUM TO NOTE from : General Secretariat to : Police Cooperation Working Party/Mixed Committee No prev. doc.: 15732/03 ENFOPOL 119 COMIX 744 Subject : Schengen police cooperation handbook NATIONAL FACT SHEETS (updates should be sent to
[email protected]) 8698/08 ADD 1 NP/hm 1 DG H 3A LIMITE EN NATIONAL FACT SHEETS Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Norway 8698/08 ADD 1 NP/hm 2 DG H 3A LIMITE EN BELGIUM BELGIUM 1. SURVEILLANCE 2. PURSUIT 3 DEFINITIONS 4. SPECIFIC NATIONAL MEASURES 5. LIAISON AUTHORITY TO BE CONTACTED UPON CROSSING THE BORDER 1. SURVEILLANCE List of agents: Members of the federal police, members of the local police, customs officials for illicit trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances, trafficking in arms and explosives and the illicit transport of toxic or harmful waste. Contact details of the central authority: DGS/DSO/Permanence rue des 4 Bras 13 1000 Brussels tel 32 2 508 70 56 fax 32 2 508 76 50
[email protected] 2. PURSUIT List of Belgian agents authorised to exercise the power of pursuit Members of the federal police, members of the local police,customs officials for illicit trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances, trafficking in arms and explosives and the illicit transport of toxic or harmful waste. Restrictions on the power of pursuit in Belgium (a) At the common border with France: - offences which may entail exercise of the power of pursuit Except where a person has escaped, the power of pursuit may be exercised in Belgium having starded in France if the person has been caught in the act of committing or participating in one of the offences mentioned in Article 41(4)(a) of the Schengen Convention.