COUNCIL OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

  

Brussels, 29 November 2000

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PROVISIONAL AGENDA

for: 2314th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

(Justice and Home Affairs)

Brussels, Thursday 30 November (10.00) and

Friday 1 December 2000

1. Adoption of the provisional agenda

2. Approval of the list of "A" items

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3. Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in civil and commercial matters (LA)

4. Council Regulation on the mutual enforcement of judgments relating to rights of access to children (LA)

5. Decision on setting up a European judicial training network (presentation) (LA)

6. Protection of the euro: state of play

7. Crime prevention:

8. Scoreboard to review progress on the creation of an area of freedom, security and justice: Commission presentation of the updated version

9. Directive defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence and Framework Decision on strengthening the penal framework for preventing the facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence (policy debate) (LA)

10. Directive concerning the harmonisation of financial penalties imposed on carriers transporting into the territory of the Member States third-country nationals lacking the documents necessary for admission (LA)

11. Council conclusions on information exchange and cooperation among the Member States in combating illegal immigration networks 1 (*)

12. Parallel agreement to the Dublin Convention with Norway and Iceland

13 Council conclusions on reception arrangements for asylum seekers (*)

14. Regulation listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (for political agreement) (LA)

15. The internal and external threat which terrorism poses for the countries of the European Union

16. Council Decision establishing the European Police College (EPC)

17. Council conclusions on the harmonisation of the status of long-term residents who are nationals of third countries (for presentation and debate)

18. Report by the High-level Working Group on Asylum and Migration to the European Council (for information)

19. Commission communication on asylum policy

20. Commission communication on immigration policy

21. Decision on the full application of the Schengen acquis in the Nordic States 1 (*) (LA)

22. Other business

(LA) = legislative act

(*) = item on which a vote may be requested

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In the margins of the Council meeting (15.00 on 1 December 2000):

MIXED COMMITTEE AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL

1. Adoption of the agenda

2. Directive concerning the harmonisation of financial penalties imposed on carriers transporting into the territory of the Member States third-country nationals lacking the documents necessary for admission (LA)

3. Decision on the application of the Schengen acquis in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and in Iceland and Norway (LA)

4. Directive defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence and Framework Decision on strengthening the penal framework for preventing the facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence (LA)

5. Directive on mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third-country nationals (LA)

6. Regulation listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (LA)

7. Council conclusions on information exchange and cooperation among Member States in combating illegal immigration networks

8. Report by the Evaluation Committee on Greece

9. New functionalities for SIS II

10. Other business

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1 decision to be taken after discussion in the Mixed Committee.