Recital (8)

In order to maximise the effectiveness of the European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling and ensure the timely and systematic coordination and exchange of information to counter migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings at Union level, the European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling should include representatives of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, in accordance with their respective mandates. The European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling should also be able to invite the Commission and the main actors of EMPACT, as well as other relevant Union bodies or agencies, such as the European Union Agency for Asylum, to assist in its activities, where the actions required fall within their respective mandates. Furthermore, the European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling should be able to cooperate with immigration liaison officers deployed in third countries and, where strictly necessary and proportionate, with the European External Action Service and the relevant Common Security and Defence Policy missions, in accordance with their respective mandates and the mandate of Europol.