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EU: CATS-SCIFA REPRIEVED: Council of the European Union: The future of CATS and The future of SCIFA

01 November 2011

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EU: CATS-SCIFA REPRIEVED: Council of the European Union: The future of CATS (pdf) and The future of SCIFA (pdf)

The Maastricht Treaty created the K4 Committee (Interior Ministry and law enforcement officials) which was replaced by the Article 36 Committee (CATS) under the Amsterdam Treaty. But the Lisbon Treaty provides no legal basis for CATS so COREPER decided on 24 November 2009 to continue its existence until 1 January 2012. (The SCIFA Committee dealing with borders, immigration and asylum also created under the Maastricht Treaty). By these two decisions CATS and SCIFA will continue until 2014. CATS and SCIFA sit between the Council Working Parties and COREPER (the Committee of Permanent Representatives from each Member State based in Brussels)

Background: EU doc no: 13206-11 (pdf).

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