At its JHA meeting on 2/3 December 2019, the Council adopted Conclusions on Europol’s cooperation with private parties. While respecting the supporting role of Europol with regard to actions carried out by the competent authorities of the Member States, the Council acknowledges in its Conclusions the urgent operational need for Europol to request and receive data directly from private parties. Hence, it has called on the European Commission to take this into account as part of its review of the implementation of the Europol Regulation (EU) 2016/794.