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Statewatch news online: EU coverage (03/08)
1. EU: FINGER-PRINTING CHILDREN FOR VISAS, EU PASSPORTS AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS The Council of the European Union (the 27 governments) and the European Parliament are currently in co-decision negotiations over the content on which includes Read More
ECJ update: Title IV infringement actions
The Court on Thursday (14 Feb.) gave a judgment against Spain in Commission v Spain (Case C-58/07), re Directive 2003/110 (transit for expulsion). On Wednesday (13 Feb.) the Commission withdrew two cases, both against Germany Read More
European Commission: visa negotiations with Caribbean states, Mauritius and Seychelles
The Commission is to open negotiations for short stay visa waiver agreements with Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the Seychelles. Press release Reference: IP/08/247 Date: 15/02/2008 HTML: EN Read More
European Commission: 5th Report on European Union Citizenship
Commission press release on new citizenship report. The full-text of the report is available here. Reference: MEMO/08/91 Date: 15/02/2008 HTML: EN PDF: EN DOC: EN MEMO/08/91 Brussels, 15 February 2008 European Commission Read More
ECHR: Hussain v. Romania judgment
Judgment released 14. Feb in the case of Hussain v. Romania (application no. 12338/02), finds violation of Article 3 (lack of an effective investigation) re failure of to investigate applicant’s complaints of ill-treatment during detention; Read More
ECJ: Opinion in Asylum Procedures Directive case
OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERALPOIARES MADURO, delivered on 27 September 2007 European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status) Case C133/06: opinion Read More
ECJ: Promusicae judgment (intellectual property and downloading)
The judgment of the Court of Justice in this case, which concerns the question of whether EC law obliges Member States to require that telecom companies have to give to record companies the names of Read More
ECHR: Saadi v UK appeal judgment
Press release issued by the Registrar GRAND CHAMBER JUDGMENT SAADI v. THE UNITED KINGDOM The European Court of Human Rights has today delivered at a public hearing its Grand Chamber judgment1 in the case of Read More