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EU: New Council Directorate

01 March 1994

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A new Directorate-General H: Justice and Internal Affairs has been created in the Council of the European Communities. The Council is the permanent institution representing the government and states of the 12 EU countries (the other permanent institutions are: the Commission, the Parliament and the Court of Justice). The structure of the new directorate, headed by Charles Elson, is organised to reflect that of the new K4 Committee and its steering groups (see Statewatch vol 3 no 6 and the Statewatch handbook on the European state). Its structure is as follows:

Director-General
Director (with special responsibility for Divisions I & IV)

Division I: asylum and immigration, plus CIREA (Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on asylum), CIREFI (Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on the crossing of borders and immigration) and EURODAC (the computer system recording the details and fingerprints of refugees and asylum- seekers to be refused entry to the EU). Division II: police cooperation and customs. Division III: judicial cooperation (civil and criminal). Division IV: general affairs: archives, relations with the European Parliament, studies - in liaison with Division I.

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