When Parliament is consulted on the draft Council decision appointing the Director and Board members of Europol, Rule 101 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Other practices include direct relations between the Parliaments and their country’s national representative on the Europol Management Board or annual discussions on reports on Europol.

Other practices include direct relations between the Parliaments and their country’s national representative on the Europol Management Board or annual discussions on reports on Europol.

if the disagreement persists, the representatives of the parties concerned on the Management Board shall meet within eight days.

if the disagreement persists, the representatives of the parties concerned on the Management Board shall meet within eight days.

The rules applicable to these agreements are decided by the Management Board of Europol, by a two-thirds majority of its members.

(16) The Commission and the Member States should be represented on the Management Board of Europol to effectively supervise its work.

The closing report shall be forwarded to the Management Board of Europol and audited by the European Court of Auditors, in accordance with Articles 43 and 58(a) of the Europol Decision.

It appears from the 2009 COSAC report referred to above that it was difficult for national Parliaments, on their own, to gather sufficient information on the relevant decisions of the Council of Ministers and of Europol’s Management Board.