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August 2012

August 2012

Week starting 28/08/2012

• 5817/99 - Analysis of material on Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovenia and Slovakia 
• Analysis of material from various sources on the situation of judicial cooperation in a number of candidate countries in 1999.

• 5966/99 - Implementation of the Joint Action of 29 June 1988 establishing a mechanism for the collective evaluation of applicant countries in the field of Justice and Home Affairs - Detachment of specialised national experts and practitioners to the General Secretariat of the Council for a limited period
  
• The Council seeks national experts in various fields of law and policy in order to "make a precise assessment of the reality of the integration of the European Union's acquis"

• 6424/99 - COUNCIL DECISION on the rules applicable to national experts on detachment to the General Secretariat of the Council (Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs) in the context of the collective evaluation of the enactment, application and effective implementation by the applicant countries of the acquis of the European Union in the field of Justice and Home Affairs 

• 6506/99 - Implementation of the Joint Action of 29 June 1998 establishing a mechanism for the collective evaluation of applicant countries in the field of Justice and Home Affairs - Detachment of specialised national experts and practitioners to the General Secretariat of the Council for a limited period 
•  Further explains the proposal for the General Secretariat to receive national experts on various matters of law and policy for the purposes of evaluating the situation in applicant countries to the EU.
 
• 7202/99 -Analysis of material on judicial cooperation in civil matters in Hungary, Poland and Romania (revised document)  
• 22 pages covering the situation regarding judicial cooperation in civil matters in Hungary, Poland and Romania, at the time applicant countries to the EU.
• 7587/99 - Collective Evaluation of the implementation of the acquis of EU in the field of Police and Judicial Cooperation in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovenia and Slovakia - Questionnaire
• 8832/99 - The production of European Union (EU) statistics on aspects of money laundering & asset seizure
• "In most Member States there is no structure in place to ensure the gathering of information with the aim to evaluate the effectiveness of their criminal policy at national level"
• 9012/99 - European Union Action Plan to Combat Drugs (2000 - 2004)
• The Commission's communication on EU action against drugs for the start of the 21st century, based on conclusions of the European Councils held in Cardiff and Vienna.
• 8171/1/00 REV 1 - List of Committees and Working Parties involved in the Council's preparatory work
• Very useful documents that details the number of working parties involved in the preparation of the Council's work (e.g. exchange of information; discussions; preparation of draft documents) and which are often unknown to the public.
• [unknown document number] - UK participation in Schengen acquis (submitted by the House of Commons + exchange of letters between Jack Straw and Otto Schilly)
• In 1999, the UK expressed its wish to participate in the Schengen acquis regarding law enforcement and judicial cooperation, including the Schengen Information System. This document is the official letter sent by Jack Straw, the UK Interior Minister, to Otto Schilly, the German Interior Minister and acting president of the Justice and Home Affairs Council.
• 12088/2/99 REV 2 - Public access to documents - Draft Council Decision on the improvement of information on the Council's legislative activities and the public register of Council documents
• This decision (here the draft) states that "openness and accountability are vital for democracy" and announces that the Council will be more transparent by creating a Council register comprising all the agendas and the reference number of the documents discussed during the meetings including confidential documents. Public versions should be made available to the public.
• 6816/6/98 - Allocation of legal bases for incorporation of the Schengen acquis
• Council draft decision on the incorporation of the Schengen law into EU law, known as the 'Schengen acquis'. The document comprises a table which shows the transposition of the Schengen acquis into EU law with the list of the different articles concerned.
• COM (1999) 372 final - COMMISSION COMMUNICATION to the Council and the EP on the special measures concerning the movement and residence of citizens of the Union which are justified on the grounds of public policy, public security or health (Directive 64/221/EEC)
• Member States are entitled to restrict free access to their territory on the grounds of public policy, public security or health. However, as this decision restricts the fundamental right of freedom of movement of EU citizens, this communication clarifies the circumstances where access to the territory can be restricted so that it does not result in disproportionate or discriminatory measures.