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01 October 2009

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EU: Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: Schengen Border controls (EU doc no: 6927/10, pdf). Concerns temporary reintroduction of border checks by Denmark at internal Schengen borders from 1 to 18 December 2009 and shows that at the borders with Germany and Sweden: 343 police officers took part and the "Results" were: - Number of persons checked: 7,450 - Number of consultations of national and SIS databases: 807 - Number of refusals of entry: 22 "the measure achieved the desired objective". These figures do not include the many stopped and arrested at the Climate Conference itself: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2010/mar/denmark-eu-border-controls-6927-10.pdf

EU: Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ, 400 pages, link) and Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:083:SOM:EN:HTML

Proposal for a Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX): http://www.statewatch.org/news/2010/mar/eu-council-frontex-powers-amendment-7497-10.pdf

FRONTEX: Council Presidency regarding above document: Proposal for a Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX): http://www.statewatch.org/news/2010/mar/eu-council-frontex-powers-amendment-pres-8121-10.pdf

THE INTERNET OF THINGS: European Commission proposal: Internet of Things — An action plan for Europe (COM 278/2009, pdf), European Parliament: Draft report from Industry, Research and Energy Committee: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2009/jun/eu-com-278-internet-of-things.pdf

European Commission: the Commission has proposed a new version of the Regulation establishing the IT agency for JHA matters, merging the two prior proposals: Amended Proposal for on establishing an Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2010/mar/eu-com-large-scale-it-com-93-10.pdf

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