The future of the European Cooperation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs was discussed in today's Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union. The Council was chaired by the Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Dendias and by the Minister of Interior Yannis Michelakis, who presented the work program in the area of Home Affairs.
During the Council of JHA in Brussels, a meeting of the President of the Council, Yannis Michelakis and Switzerland’s Minister of Justice, Mrs Simonetta Sommaruga, took place.
The Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting is taking place in Brussels on 3-4 March 2014. The meeting begins at 10:00 (CET). Live broadcasting will be available here from 09:00.
The European Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training (Europol), the migratory pressures, operational actions for increasing border security, data protection and the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office are the key issues on the JHA Council that will be held in Brussels on 3-4 March.
On 24 and 25 February, senior officials of the European Union and the United States of America will discuss in Athens issues of cooperation in the area of Justice and Home Affairs.
The Greek Presidency expresses its full satisfaction regarding the agreement reached with the European Parliament on a draft regulation establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the member states of the EU (FRONTEX).
In the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER II) the Member States confirmed the political agreement for a Directive protecting the Euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law.
The Council adopted today without discussion a directive on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of seasonal work. Member states will need to transpose the directive within two and a half years after publication in the Official Journal.
In the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER II) the Member States approved, on 5 February, the compromise text regarding the Proposal of the Regulation creating a European Account Preservation Order. This allows for a first reading agreement, after the formal voting in the European Parliament and the Council.