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Common Core Curriculum EU Border Guard Basic Training
COMMON CORE CURRICULUM EU Border Guard Basic Training (unclassified version) Annexes: Identification and Referral of Victims of Human Trafficking Protection of children Read More
Terrorism (amendment)
Proposal from Commission: COM (2007) 650, 6 Nov. 2007 EP committee LeFrancois report adopted, July 2008 (A6-0323/2008) EP plenary vote 23 Sep. 2008 Council discussed at JHA Council, 6-7 Dec. 2007 and 28 Feb. 2008 Read More
Passenger name records
Proposal from Commission: COM (2007) 654, 6 Nov. 2007 EP committee under discussion in committee; Van ‘t Veld is rapporteur EP plenary refused to vote on proposal, Nov. 2008 Council working group discussion to begin Read More
Passport security measures
Proposal from Commission: COM (2007) 619, 18 Oct. 2007 Schengen builds on Schengen acquis Flexibility UK and Ireland had to opt out; Denmark will likely apply as a matter of international law EP Coelho report Read More
Cross-border police cooperation (implementation of Prum Decision)
Initiative Germany: Council doc. 11045/1/07, 31 July 2007; OJ 2007 C 267/4 Background will implement the Decision transposing the Prum Treaty into EU law; must be adopted by a qualified majority vote EP committee adopted Read More
Social security for third-country nationals
Proposal from Commission: COM (2007) 439, 23 July 2007; Commission opinion on Council position: COM (2010) 448, 2 Sep 2010 Legal base Article 63(4) EC Flexibility UK has opted out; Ireland has opted in; Denmark Read More
Reactions to PNR proposal from European airline industry body, green and liberal parliamentary groups
EU-PNR: Reactions: European Airline body dismayed at proposal for EU-PNR system (Association of European Arlines, press release, pdf) Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, Secretary General of the Association of European Airlines said: "Commissioner Frattini's proposed decentralised system means Read More
EU-PNR: Comment from Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor
EU-PNR: Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, comments: "Unless stopped in its tracks it is just a question of time before the scope of the EU-PNR scheme is extended to cover all crime, flights inside and between Read More
EU: All air passengers to be “profiled” and the data kept for 13 years
All passengers to be "profiled" and the data kept for 13 years - EU PNR plan mirrors controversial EU-US PNR scheme - European Parliament only to be "consulted" - Data protection fiasco -"not convinced of the necessity of such a proposal and is therefore opposed to the proposal" (Article 29 Data Protection Working Party) Read More