ABSTRACT
The Europol Decision, like the Europol Convention, directly established and regulated the Europol Information System (EIS) and Analysis Work Files (AWFs). Ministerial Agreement on the Establishment of the Europol Drug Unit was signed on June 2, 1993 in Copenhagen. The functioning of the EIS was based on Articles 7–9 of the Europol Convention and Articles 11–13 of the Europol Decision. EIS continues to be a database that stores information about offences and individuals involved, as well as other related criminal data. According to Article 18(3) for operational analysis project, its "specific purpose, categories of personal data and categories of data subjects, participants, duration of storage and conditions for access, transfer and use of the data concerned" shall be defined by the Executive Director. Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA) was created in 2009 without having direct reference to either the Europol Convention or the Europol Decision.
