EU Legislation
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Mutual recognition of Final Decisions in criminal matters
Traditional judicial cooperation in criminal matters is based on a variety of international legal instruments, which are overwhelmingly characterised by the "request" principle: one sovereign state makes a request to another sovereign state, which then decides whether or not to comply with it. This traditional system is both slow and complex, which is why the Tampere European Council in...
Council Decision 2000/642/JHA of 17 October 2000 concerning arrangements for cooperation between financial intelligence units of the Member States in respect of exchanging information
All Member States have set up financial intelligence units (FIUs) to collect and analyse information received under the provisions of Directive 91/308/EEC with the aim of establishing links...
Programme of measures to implement the principle of mutual recognition of decisions in criminal matters
In November 2000, the JHA Council adopted its "programme of measures" to implement the principle of "mutual recognition of decisions in criminal matters". The mutual recognition principle is that...
Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union
The Council adopted a Convention to facilitate mutual judicial assistance between the authorities of the Member States (police, customs and courts) in order to improve the speed and efficiency of...
Consolidated version of Council Decision of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
This publication contains the consolidated version of Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in...
Council Decision 2000/375/JHA of 29 May 2000 to combat child pornography on the Internet
With this Council Decision, the European Union aims to prevent and combat the production, processing, distribution and possession of child pornography on the Internet.
In order to intensify the...
The prevention and control of organised crime: a European Union strategy for the beginning of the new millennium
Following up its action plan to combat organised crime of June 1997, the Vienna European Council, meeting in December 1998, called for EU action on organised crime to be strengthened in the light...