Police cooperation: lawful interception of telecommunications in relation to new technologies

The European Parliament approved its opinion, drafted by Mr. Gerhard SCHMID (PES, D), on the draft Council Resolution on the lawful interception of telecommunications in relation to new technologies, subject to some amendments. The Parliament is of the opinion that the intention of the Resolution is not to constitute a legal framework that would force Internet Service Providers to establish outside the Union because of the economic burden it imposes in respect of competitiveness. The Parliament also calls on the Council to ascertain before 01.07.2000 the extent to which the Member States have transposed this Resolution and the Resolution of 17 January 1995 on the lawful interception of telecommunications into national law.�