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EU: Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection proposes harmonised information standards to correct major divergencies in national laws
Proposal (pdf) a. Appendix 1 (short notice) b. Appendix 2 (condensed notice) c. Appendix 3 (notice for air travellers) 1) First Commisssion report on the working of the 1995 Directive (pdf) and Technical Analysis (pdf) Read More
EU: Vetoes, Opt-outs and EU Immigration and Asylum law (1)
- Statewatch briefing - revised 23 December The British media in particular have focussed on the extent to which the ‘Hague Programme’, the multi-annual programme for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) law and policy approved Read More
UK: House of Lords rules Home Office immigration scheme unlawful
The appeal court in the House of Lords (the highest in the land) has ruled that the Home Office scheme started in July 2001 to put immigration officers in the Czech Republic to check all Read More
EU: Biometric visa policy unworkable
- Council Presidency recommending current proposal be abandoned due to "collision" of chips and Commission asked to amend its proposal After the meeting of the Council's Visa Working Party meeting on 7-8 December the incoming Read More
Italy: Prohibitionist drugs law reform comes under parliamentary scrutiny
The Italian drugs law reform drafted by Gianfranco Fini, the Italian government’s deputy prime minister until he took over from Franco Frattini at the foreign ministry as a result of the Buttiglione dèbacle - was Read More
EU: Low support for research to serve security demands
The European Commission's Directorate General for Research has carried out a consultation on its Communication "Science and Technology, the key to Europe's future - Guidelines for for European Union policy to support research". Over 1,700 Read More
EU: Mandatory data retention national parliaments express concern and opposition
The Justice and Home Affairs Council is currently discussing a proposal the on mandatory data retention of all telecommunications (phone calls, e-mails, faxes, mobile calls and internet usage). EDRI reports that: The German Lower House Read More
EU: General Affairs Council adopts Regulation on mandatory facial images and fingerprints in EU passports
Biometric passports: General Affairs Council adopted Regulation on mandatory facial images and fingerprints in EU passports at its meeting in Brussels on 13 December 2004: Full-text (pdf) After the Regulation is published in the Official Read More
EU: Statewatch anti-terrorism timetable updated
Statewatch's Timetable on progress of new measures resulting from the 25 March 2004 EU Anti-Terrorist Declaration: Updated 31 December 2004: Timetable (pdf) Statewatch's "Scoreboard" and analysis finding that 27 out of 57 EU proposals have Read More
EU: European Parliament votes through report on biometric passports
The European Parliament today (2.12.04) voted through its report on biometric passports with 471 votes in favour to 118 against and 6 abstentions. The parliament had decided that the recent change to the proposed Regulation Read More