The 60th General Assembly session (Punta del Este, November 1991) established the Interpol European Committee (IEC) with the following terms of reference and requirements for the Committee members:

• In the context of Interpol, to examine the strategic, policy and practical issues that arise from co-operation to combat crime and to make recommendations to members of the European Regional Conference.
  
  
• The Committee may deal with matters referred to it by the General Secretariat, the European Regional Conference or individual member countries.
  
  
• The Chairman presents a report on the activities of the Committee to the European Regional Conference.

• The Committee consists of representatives from eight member states, elected by the European Regional Conference for a period of four years and, ex-officio, a European delegate from the Executive Committee nominated by the members of the Executive Committee. The Chairman of the IEC is chosen from amidst the members of the Committee by secret ballot.
  
  
• For the Committee to be effective, it is necessary that the members are of decision makers level, fully conversant with the domestic policing requirements and possibilities.
  
  
• The current members of the IEC are from Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Finland, Netherland, Portugal and Turkey.

• The IEC shall hold ordinary meetings three times a year at the organization’s General Secretariat in Lyon.
  
  
• Extra meetings may be convened by the IEC when the need arises.

In the context of the above terms of reference, the IEC may set up special working parties. However, a decision which may have financial consequences other than the organization’s running costs has to be approved in conformity with Resolution AGN/64/RES/1.