(5b) To ensure that the Office’s operational activities are as transparent as possible, particularly the principles governing investigation procedure, the legitimate rights of the persons concerned and procedural safeguards, data protection provisions, the policy for providing information on certain aspects of the Office’s operational activities, reviewing the legality of investigation activities and appeals procedures for the persons concerned, there is a need to provide a legal basis for adoption of a procedural code for Office inve ...[+++]stigations.

(15) In order to ensure that the Office's operational activities are as transparent as possible, particularly in respect of the principles governing investigation procedure, the legitimate rights of the persons concerned and procedural safeguards, data protection provisions, the policy for providing information on certain aspects of the Office's operational activities, reviewing the legality of investigation activities and appeals procedures for the persons concerned, it is necessary to provide a legal basis for adoption of a procedur ...[+++]al code for OLAF investigations.

(15) In order to ensure that the Office's operational activities are as transparent as possible, particularly in respect of the principles governing investigation procedure, the legitimate rights of the persons concerned and procedural safeguards, data protection provisions, the policy for providing information on certain aspects of the Office's operational activities, reviewing the legality of investigation activities and appeals procedures for the persons concerned, it is necessary to provide a legal basis for adoption of a procedur ...[+++]al code for OLAF investigations.

RECALLING the United Nations conventions for combating terrorism and its financing, and relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council in the field of fighting terrorism, in particular United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) and its directives that all States shall take the necessary steps to prevent the commission of terrorist acts, including by provision of early warning to other States by exchange of information; that States shall afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in connection with criminal investigations or criminal proceedings relating to the financing or support of terrorist acts; ...[+++]that States should find ways of intensifying and accelerating the exchange of operational information; that States should exchange information in accordance with international and domestic law; and that States should cooperate, particularly through bilateral and multilateral arrangements and agreements, to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks and to take action against perpetrators of such attacks.

It is necessary to designate the competent Member States' authorities as well as the central access points through which access is done and to keep a list of the operating units within the designated authorities that are authorised to access the VIS for the specific purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and other serious criminal offences as referred to in Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States .

the applicants have demonstrated that they have sufficient and appropriate staff, equipment and operational procedures at their disposal to enable them to comply with this Regulation, including where appropriate Good Practice Guides.