Agenda

Council of Europe Office, 55 av. Kléber / Room 1, Paris

24 June 2013, 10 a.m. - 26 June 2013, 1 p.m.

  1. Opening of the meeting
  The meeting will be opened at 10 a.m. by Mr Carlo Chiaromonte, Head of the Criminal Law Division, Action against Crime Department, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law.
  2. Adoption of the agenda
PC-GR-COT (2013)OJE The Ad hoc drafting Group on Transnational Organised Crime (PC-GRCOT) is invited to adopt the agenda for its first meeting and decide on the order of business.
  3. Election of the chairperson
  The members of the PC-GR-COT are invited to elect its Chairperson.
  4. Information by the secretariat
CDPC ToR 4.1 Terms of reference of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC)
PC-GR-COT ToR 4.2 Terms of reference of the PC-GR-COT
List of Decisions 4.3 Last meeting of the CDPC, 28-31 May 2013
 

The members of the PC-GR-COT are invited to take note of the information provided by the Secretariat on the main reasons for setting up this group and its expected results.
  5. Preliminary consideration on transnational organised crime
  5.1 Presentation of the members, participants and observers of the PC-GRCOT
 

Each member of the group, both participant and observer, present at the meeting is invited to briefly introduce her/himself as well as her/his field of activity related to transnational organised crime.

PC-GR-COT (2013)3
PC-GR-COT (2013)2

 5.2 Presentation by the scientific expert on the current trends and main concerns in Europe in the field of transnational organised crime
 

The scientific expert is invited to present his working document, which is the basis for opening the debate on the subject of transnational organised crime.
  5.3 Discussion
  6. Round table
PC-GR-COT (2013)1
Reference Documents		 6.1 Presentation of the topics of discussion/subjects to be dealt with by the PCGR-COT submitted to the Secretariat:
 

Each member of the PC-GR-COT is invited to make a presentation on their written proposals submitted to the Secretariat beforehand;
 

Each member is also invited to expand on these proposals during the round table by notably providing examples of national practices related to transnational organised crime, i.e. in a transnational perspective.
  6.2 Presentation of the work implemented by every participant/observer in the field of transnational organised crime:
 

Each participant and observer of the PC-GR-COT is invited to make a general presentation on his/her monitoring body/institution to the members of the Ad hoc drafting Group;
 

Each participant and observer is also invited to provide information on the cross-cutting issues under the transnational perspective of organised crime.
  6.3 Discussion
  7. Drafting of a white paper on transnational organised crime
  7.1 Main items to be included in the draft White Paper
 

The members of the group are invited to identify the skeleton of the White Paper on selected trends and developments in transnational organised crime in Council of Europe member states, in particular by focusing on identifying possible gaps in criminal law co-operation and providing recommendations for possible action by the Council of Europe in this regard.
  7.2 Discussion
  8. Other business
  8.1 Forthcoming meeting of the PC-GR-COT (28-31 October 2013)
  8.2 Other