European Police Office, Europol: Art. 2 and annex, Protocol on money laundering. Initiative Portugal

Having reached a consensus on the basis of a proposal for a text presented by the Presidency, on the substance of the extension of Europol competence to money laundering, the Council Working Party responsible was asked to take the necessary steps to finalise this dossier as soon as the Council had received the European Parliament's Opinion due in October 2000 to enable the draft Protocol to be formally adopted at the JHA Council meeting on 30 November.�