Mutual legal assistance (MLA) convention

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Proposal OJ 1999 C 251/1
Background 1999 version of proposal replaced pre-Amsterdam version of text discussed since 1995
Schengen builds on Schengen acquis; replaces certain Articles of Schengen Convention
EP committee Di Pietro report approved 26 Jan 2000 (A5-0019/2000)
EP plenary vote in favour with amendments, 17 Feb 2000 (OJ 2000 C 339/239)
Council adopted at May 2000 JHA Council: Act establishing Convention
Explanatory report noted as ‘A’ item, 30 Nov/1 Dec 2000 JHA Council (OJ 2000 C 379/7): Explanatory report
Entry into force 23 August 2005
Status to date needed ratification by a majority of the first fifteen Member States to enter into force; ratified by twelve of them: all except Greece, Italy and Ireland; ratified by all ten Member States which joined the EU in 2004; in force in Romania and Bulgaria from 1 Dec. 2007 (OJ 2007 L 307/18)

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