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• Checks and Balances: Dividing the Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security in two – an Interior and a Justice branch

  29 April 2008, by Lieber Hasso
  The areas of justice and the interior (home affairs) are becoming ever more important in the European Commission. In most of the EU’s member states, the ministries of justice and the interior are separate. This is not just a question of tradition; it is rather the notion of checks and balances that speaks in favour of this separation.

• « L’Europe forteresse » : renforcement des contrôles frontaliers de l’UE

  18 mars 2008, par Euractiv
  D’après les plans dévoilés le 13 février, la Commission européenne a proposé de mettre en place des patrouilles de contrôle aux frontières européennes qui prendront les empreintes des voyageurs avant qu’ils n’entrent dans l’Union européenne.

• Élargissement de l’espace Schengen : réalisation de l’objectif européen de libre circulation des personnes

  26 décembre 2007, par European Commission
  À compter du 21 décembre 2007, l’Estonie, la République tchèque, la Lituanie, la Hongrie, la Lettonie, Malte, la Pologne, la Slovaquie et la Slovénie feront partie de l’espace Schengen. Les contrôles aux frontières intérieures, tant terrestres que maritimes, entre ces pays et les quinze États déjà membres seront levés. L’idéal de la liberté de circulation trouvera là une expression très concrète : après ce dernier élargissement, la frontière orientale de l’espace Schengen mesurera 4 278 km.

• Enlargement of the Schengen area: achieving the European goal of free movement of persons

  24 December 2007, by European Commission
  As of 21st December 2007, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia will become part of the Schengen area. Controls at internal land and sea borders between these countries and the current 15 member states will be lifted. This will result in a very tangible expression of the free movement ideal: this latest enlargement extends the free movement area by 4,278 km.

• The Commission regrets delay in transposition of European rules on procedures for granting asylum

  5 December 2007, by European Commission
  On 1 December 2007, the deadline for transposition of the Asylum Procedures Directive (Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005, on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status) expired. Until today, only 6 Member States (Bulgaria, Germany, Luxemburg, Austria, Romania and the United Kingdom) have communicated their national measures informing that they transpose fully the Directive. 4 Member States (Belgium, Estonia, France and Lithuania) have notified partial transposition.

• Séminaire : Antiterrorisme, logiques du risque et de renseignement

  27 novembre 2007, par Challenge French Team
  Le groupe de recherche « Cartographie de la sécurité en Europe » vous convie au séminaire Challenge-COST : Antiterrorisme, logiques du risque et de renseignement

• Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State

  6 November 2007, by European Commission
  This proposal seeks to respond to these requests in accordance with the Policy Plan on Legal Migration which aimed at laying down admission conditions for specific categories of migrants (highly qualified workers, seasonal workers, remunerated trainees and intracorporate transferees) in four specific legislative proposals on the one hand and introduce a general framework for a fair and rights-based approach to labour migration on the other. This proposal is to meet the latter objective by securing the legal status of already admitted third-country workers, in line with the broad philosophy of the Lisbon Agenda, and by introducing procedural simplifications for the applicants.

• Draft Council Conclusions on access to Eurodac by Member State police and law enforcement authorities

  9 October 2007, by European Council
  Under the Hague Programme (No. 2.1.), better exchange of information, including by means of more extensive access to existing EU information systems, is one of the ways in which the aim of strengthening security is to be achieved. To combat terrorism and other serious crimes it is inevitable that police and law enforcement authorities have access, within the scope of their powers, to the most comprehensive and up-to-date information possible.

• Conference Proceedings: Democratic Control and Judicial Accountability in Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

  10 September 2007, by Challenge
  The event included presentations examining the way in which current institutional mechanisms, bodies and procedures applicable to this policy area have an impact on the changing relationship between freedom and security. At the heart of these discussions are the implications of new security policies for individual liberties. The event also served as a forum to present the Mid-Report of the CHALLENGE project gathering its main findings and policy recommendations of the first half of the project’s time span.

• National Security Concept of the Republic of Estonia (2004)

  24 May 2006, by Estonia Government
  The document of the Estonia Government setting out what is meant by ‘national state security’. It outlines how state security is managed, how it relates to the EU and NATO etc, and to crisis management and threat perceptions

• Security and Privacy in Estonia

  23 May 2006, by Lodge Juliet, Mayer Terry
  The decision to issue compulsory eID cards in Estonia was taken in 2000, and the first cards were introduced in 2002. The scheme is regulated by the Identity Documents Act. Data on all holders - including the personal ID numbers - are available in a public certificate directory. The cards contain two authentication keys, and a unique personal email address which is designed to be valid for life. It is used to forward communications to an individual’s ‘real’ email accounts. By the end of May 2005 around 765,000 cards had been issued to citizens.

• Conseil de l’Europe : Rapports sur le racisme en Estonie, Lituanie, Roumanie et Espagne

  28 février 2006, par Conseil de l’Europe
  La Commission européenne contre le racisme et l’intolérance (ECRI), organe du Conseil de l’Europe spécialisé dans la lutte contre le racisme, publie aujourd’hui quatre nouveaux rapports sur le racisme, la xénophobie, l’antisémitisme et l’intolérance concernant l’Estonie, la Lituanie, la Roumanie et l’Espagne. L’ECRI constate une évolution positive dans l’ensemble de ces quatre pays membres du Conseil de l’Europe. Dans le même temps, les rapports font aussi état d’éléments qui demeurent préoccupants pour la Commission.

• Finland : Public Report Task Force Meeting

  27 February 2006, by Finnish Ministry of the Interior
  Discussions highlighted the importance of coordination and communication between governments and security agencies in participating states. In particular, it was agreed that a proposal aimed at enhancing cooperation with border authorities and establishing contact with Frontex with regard to Intelligence Led Law Enforcement will be completed in the first half of 2006.

• Council of Europe: Reports on racism in Estonia, Lithuania, Romania and Spain

  22 February 2006, by Conseil de l’Europe
  The Council of Europe’s expert body on combating racism, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), today released four new reports examining racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in Estonia, Lithuania, Romania and Spain. ECRI recognises that positive developments have occurred in all four of these Council of Europe member countries. At the same time, however, the reports detail continuing grounds for concern for the Commission

• Declaration on future cooperation of the Central and Eastern Europe Personal Data Protection Commissioners

  10 January 2006, by Central and Eastern Europe Personal Data Protection Commissioners
  Declaration on future cooperation of the Central and Eastern Europe Personal Data Protection Commissioners in Smolenice, on May 24th 2005