| Author (Person) | Burns, Jimmy, Minder, Raphael |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 26.10.04 |
| Publication Date | 26/10/2004 |
| Content Type | News |
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Report from the Justice and Home Affairs Council, Luxembourg, 25 October 2004. The Council held a debate on the draft multi-annual programme for the area of freedom, security and justice ('The Hague Programme'). Following the debate, the Presidency concluded that, pending some outstanding issues, there was a broad agreement on the draft text, and decided to forward it to the next European Council on 4 November 2005, for approval. Amongst topics covered are: the establishment of a common asylum system, joint processing of asylum applications, the eventual creation of a European corps of border guards, the decision to apply qualified majority voting in the Council and co-decision with the European Parliament on all remaining issues on asylum, migration and frontiers, exchange of information, terrorism, mutual recognition in criminal matters, and judicial cooperation in civil law. In addition the Council adopted a Framework Decision laying down minimum provisions of criminal acts and penalties in the field of drug trafficking. |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, United Kingdom |
