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• 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.

• Recent examples of enforcement actions carried out by data protection authorities

  9 May 2006, by Article 29 Group
  This comparative report gives brief examples of enforcement measures against breaches of data privacy protection rules in the member states. It shows high levels of variability in terms of penalties (ie minimal fines as in Germany and stiffer penalties elsewhere). Financial penalties are often so low as a percentage of the gain made by the infringer that they are not a deterrent. The compensation to the ‘victim’ can often be trivial and meaningless. There is also variance in what member states focus on when looking into enforcement, The most common areas are health, insurance, tax and payment of telephone bills. The UK looked at police data.

• Risks of Partnerships of across-border smugglers

  8 March 2006, by Romanchuk Jaroslav
  Costs of building new border «iron curtain» and benefits of low taxes and free trade

• 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

• Lithuanian Administration Promotes e-Document Exchange

  31 October 2005, by PKI International Scan
  The Lithuanian Government is promoting the introduction of electronic document exchange in the country’s public administration, using electronic signatures. To do so, special smart cards have been distributed to heads of the participating institutions, containing certificates with public and private keys, and signature creation devices installed. The e-signature authentication software is free of charge and freely available on the project website.

• L’administration de la Lituanie fait la promotion de l’échange des documents électroniques

  31 October 2005, by PKI International Scan
  Le gouvernement de la Lituanie fait la promotion de l’échange des documents électroniques dans l’administration publique du pays au moyen des signatures électroniques. Pour y parvenir, des cartes à puce spéciales renfermant des certificats contenant des clés publiques et privées ont été distribuées aux chefs des institutions participantes et des dispositifs de création de signatures ont été installés. Le logiciel d’authentification des signatures électroniques est gratuit et libre d’accès sur le site Web du projet. Si le projet pilote s’avère une réussite, l’échange protégé de documents électroniques sera mis en application dans d’autres institutions publiques.