06 July 2006
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| Proposal | by Commission (COM (1999) 260, 26 May 1999; OJ 2000 C 337 E/37); revised proposal following EP vote (COM (2000) 100, 15 Mar. 2000; OJ 2001 C 29 E/1) |
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| Legal base | Article 63(1)(a) EC |
| Background | replaces Convention and Protocol agreed and 'frozen' in Dec. 1998 and Mar. 1999 respectively |
| Flexibility | UK and Ireland have opted in; Denmark has requested separate agreement with the Community |
| EP committee | Pirker report approved on 9 Nov 1999 (A5-0059/99) |
| EP plenary | proposal approved with amendments, 11 Nov 1999 (OJ 2000 C 189/227) |
| EP reconsultation | Council reconsulted EP on new text May 2000; Pirker report criticising Council version approved by civil liberties committee 29 Aug 2000 (A5-0219/00); EP plenary vote 21 Sept 2000 only amended implementation section (OJ 2001 C 146/87) |
| Council | approved at 2 Dec 1999 JHA Council except for territorial scope; EP had to be reconsulted because of changes to provisions on implementation; adopted by written procedure, 11 Dec 2000 (see Health Council press release, 14 Dec 2000): Regulation 2725/2000 |
| Implementation measures | discussed at 6/7 Dec. 2001 JHA Council; adopted by 28 Feb. 2002 JHA Council (Regulation 407/2002, OJ 2002 L 62/1) |
| Entry into force | 15 Dec 2000 (see Article 27(1)) |
| Application date | following set-up of Central Unit and national connections with it (see Article 27(2)); applied from 15 Jan. 2003 (communication in OJ 2003 C 5/2) |
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