| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2014) 595 final (26.09.14) |
| Publication Date | 26/09/2014 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and to the Treaty on the European Atomic Energy Community confirms in its Article 9 that the legal effects of the acts of the Union adopted on the basis of the TEU prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon shall be preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended. This proposal determines the direct financial consequences necessarily and unavoidably incurred as a result of the cessation of the participation of the United Kingdom in acts in the meaning of Article 10(4), third subparagraph of Protocol (No 36). The United Kingdom announced that it does not intend to notify the Council of its wish to participate in Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime, in Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime and in Council Framework Decision 2009/905/JHA of 30 November 2009 on accreditation of forensic service providers carrying out laboratory activities (hereafter the "Prüm Decisions"). As a consequence, the Prüm Decisions cease to apply to the United Kingdom from 1 December 2014. In view of the practical and operational significance of the Prüm Decisions to the Union for public security, and more particularly for law enforcement and the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences, the Commission has proposed a Council Decision on consequential and transitional arrangements which provides for binding arrangements. The United Kingdom has been allocated funds from the ISEC Programme as set out in Council Decision 2007/125/JHA of 12 February 2007 establishing for the period 2007 to 2013, as part of General Programme on Security and Safeguarding Liberties, the Specific Programme ‘Prevention of and Fight against Crime’ for two projects related to the Prüm Decisions, first concerning the implementation by the United Kingdom of the Prüm DNA Exchange, with a maximum co-funding of €961,019 granted to the Home Office, and secondly concerning the Prüm Fingerprint Evaluation project by the United Kingdom, with a maximum co-funding of €547,836 granted to the Home Office. This makes for a total of €1,508,855. If the United Kingdom does not respect a condition contained in the Council Decision on consequential and transitional arrangements, or if the United Kingdom decides not to participate in the Prüm Decisions, it should repay the sum which has been actually paid to it, up to the total of €1,508,855. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2014:595:FIN |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, United Kingdom |
