Defined terms — Council Decision 2008/633/JHA of 23 June 2008 concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences
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5 defined in this instrument.
designated authorities — authorities which are responsible for the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or of other serious criminal offences and designated by the Member States pursuant to Article 3 (e)
Europol — the European Police Office as established by the Convention of 26 July 1995 on the Establishment of a European Police Office (the Europol Convention) (b)
serious criminal offences — the forms of crime which correspond or are equivalent to those referred to in Article 2(2) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA (d)
terrorist offences — the offences under national law which correspond or are equivalent to the offences in Articles 1 to 4 of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3. (c)
Visa Information System (VIS) — the Visa Information System as established by Decision 2004/512/EC (a)