Civil law funding programme

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Proposal	from Commission (COM (2001) 221, 15 May 2001; OJ 2001 C 213 E/271; amended proposal COM (2001) 705, 22 Nov. 2001; OJ 2002 C 51 E/390)
Legal base	Article 61(c) EC
Background	replaces Regulation 590/2001 (see above); covers EC funding for projects from 1 Jan. 2002-31 Dec. 2006
Flexibility	UK and Ireland have opted in; Denmark has automatic opt-out
EP	Von Botticher report (A5-0339/2001) approved by plenary vote, 23 Oct. 2001 (OJ 2002 C 112 E/135); further plenary vote in favour, Mar. 2002
Economic and Social Committee	opinion adopted 17/18 Oct. 2001 (OJ 2002 C 36/77) E/330)
Council	adopted as 'A' point by JHA Council, 25/26 Apr. 2002: Regulation 743/2002/EC
Entry into force	1 May 2002 (Art. 16)
Implementation	report on implementation (COM (2005) 34, 9 Feb. 2005)

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