| Proposal | French, German and Belgian initiative (OJ 2001 C 328/12) |
|---|---|
| Background | German draft first issued back in spring 1999 (unpublished in OJ); wider than existing CIS Convention and its Protocols |
| EP | Hernandez Mollar report adopted by committee, 10 Dec. 2002 (A5-0450/2002); plenary vote in favour of report 18 Dec. 2002 (OJ 2004 C 31 E/171) |
| Council | discussions revived by French Presidency (Council doc 10656/00, 25 Jul 2000); adopted by JHA Council as ‘A’ point, 8 May 2003: Protocol |
| Status to date |
will enter into force on 10 Oct. 2007 now that a majority of the first fifteen Member States have ratified it; ratified by eight (Germany, Denmark, Sweden Spain, France, Netherlands, Finland and Luxembourg) among the first fifteen Member States, as well as Malta, Estonia, Hungary, Cyprus, Slovenia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia and Slovakia; in force in Romania and Bulgaria from 1 Dec. 2007 (OJ 2007 L 307/20) |
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