The Commission is aware of the opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) expressed in its press release published on Monday 27 June 2022 and would like to highlight that, under its new mandate, which entered into force on 28 June 2022, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) is able to step up its support to Member States in fighting serious crime and terrorism. With the adoption of the amended Europol Regulation1, the co-legislators have also decided to reinforce Europol’s data protection framework with clear safeguards to effectively analyse large and complex datasets and detect links to crimes and criminals in other Member States.