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EU: European Commission work programme for 2006

01 February 2006

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Justice and home affairs issues (or JLS as they call them, 17 pages, pdf) Full programme (128 pages, pdf). Most initiatives could be predicted including the forgotten EU PNR (passenger name record) system which will give law enforcement agencies access to personal data for flights "to, through, or from the EU". The proposal to allow for the exchange of information in national registers (JLS 116) would appear to extend the so-called "principle of availability" to non-police databases (such as vehicles, residence and so on). See also: Biometric ID cards (above)

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