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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) Legal base Article 63(1)(a) EC
Date
7 June 2006
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) Legal base Article 63(1)(a) EC
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)
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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