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I. Fundamental Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2008

Joe McMahon
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The goal of constructing an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice across the Union was agreed at the Tampere EU Summit of 1999. The objective was to create the conditions in which EU citizens could exercise their rights of free movement while at the same time addressing legitimate security concerns. Central to this debate has been the need to ensure that not only are the free movement rights granted by the Treaty protected, but that more broadly, the fundamental rights of EU citizens are not infringed. The Tampere programme was a five-year agenda that concluded in 2004. In June 2004, the Commission presented a Communication taking stock of the implementation of the Tampere agenda and setting future guidelines for a new justice and home affairs strategy for the years to come. Following Council discussions in July and October 2004, the Dutch Presidency produced a new programme for justice and home affairs (subsequently renamed as ‘freedom, security and justice’). This will cover the period for the years 2005–2010, and is known as ‘The Hague Programme: Ten priorities for the next five years— The Partnership for European Renewal in the field of Freedom, Security and Justice.’1

Type
Current Developments: European Union Law
Information
International & Comparative Law Quarterly , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 973 - 977
Copyright
Copyright © British Institute of International and Comparative Law 2006

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References

1 Council of the European Union Presidency Conclusions, 4–5 11 2004, Annex 1, 8 12 2004, 14292/1/04.Google Scholar

2 Council of the European Union Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council Meeting, 12–13 12 2003, 28.Google ScholarBrussels, 5 02 2004, 5.Google Scholar

3 Regulation (EC) No 1035/97 of 2 06 1997.Google Scholar

4 Council of the European Union, Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council Meeting, 16–17 12 2004Google Scholar, Brussels, 22. 5 02 2005, 1.Google Scholar

5 Communication of the Commission of the European Communities The Fundamental Rights Agency Public Consultation Document, COM(2004)693 final. For the House of Lords' EU Committee response see: 29th Report of Session 2005–6, HL Paper 155 (4 04 2006).Google Scholar

6 ibid 3.

7 Proposal for a Council Regulation Establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, COM(2005)280 final.

8 ibid. Proposal for a Council Decision Empowering the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights to Pursue its Activities in Areas Referred to in Title VI of the Treaty on European Union.

9 This policy is evident in the case law of the Court. See, eg, Case C- 50/00 Unión de Pequeños Agricultores v Council [2002] ECR 1–6677.Google Scholar

10 See Art 29.