Europol shall designate one of its operating units as the ‘Europol designated authority’ and shall authorise it to request access to the EES through the Europol central access point referred to in paragraph 2 in order to support and strengthen action by Member States in preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences.
Ainmneoidh Europol ceann amháin dá aonaid oibríochtúla mar “údarás ainmnithe Europol” agus tabharfaidh sé údarás dó rochtain a iarraidh ar EES trí lárphointe rochtana Europol dá dtagraítear i mír 2 chun tacú le bearta na mBallstát agus chun iad a neartú i dtaca le cionta sceimhlitheoireachta nó cionta coiriúla tromchúiseacha eile a chosc, a bhrath nó a imscrúdú.