EU: Council of the European Union: EURODAC & Seasonal Workers

– LEA ACCESS TO EURODAC: Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of ‘EURODAC’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No […/…] (establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person) and to request comparisons with EURODAC data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (Recast version) (EU doc no: 14847-12, 115 pages, pdf) Including Member State positions: “On 10 October 2012 the Permanent Representatives Committee endorsed the text which appears in the Annex , as a mandate for the Presidency to engage in a first informal trilogue on the recast of the aformentioned Regulation.The remaining comments of delegations on certain provisions of this draft Regulation are reflected in the footnotes.” – SEASONAL WORKERS: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment (EU doc no: 14621-12, pdf) – As above: Council position (pdf): 134 Member State reservations