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EU: Council of the European Union: Border Control ID Technology, Researchers. UK Evaluation, Europol & EUCI
18 April 2014
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Presidency's initiative on updating the minimum technical equipment required at the Border Crossing Points for Travel Document Control (161` pages, pdf) Detailed Survey of Member States' border control passport/ID card checking technologies
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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated and unremunerated training, voluntary service and au pairing [Recast] (pdf) Council internal discussion in trying to reach a common position - still huge differences between Member States - 245 footnotes/positions.
• UK: Declassified document:
Evaluation report on the sixth round of mutual evaluations: "The practical implementation and operation of the Council Decision 2002/187/JHA of 28 February 2002 setting up Eurojust with a view to reinforcing the fight against serious crime and of the Council Decision 2008/976/JHA on the European Judicial Network in criminal matters." Report on UK (pdf)
• Europol:
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training (Europol) and repealing Decisions 2009/371/JHA and 2005/681/JHA - Presidency compromise text (98 pages, pdf) Council position with highly detailed data gathering set out. For the purpose of :
"cross-checking aimed at identifying connections between information" information can be gathered (24.1.a) from: "References to other information systems in which information on the person is stored: (i) Europol; (ii) Police/customs agencies; (iii) Other enforcement agencies; (iv) International organisations; (v) Public entities; (vi) Private entities."
• Classified document exchanges:
Report on access to EUCI under exceptional circumstances
(pdf)