APPENDIX 4: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
A8 countries (the A8) the ten Member States which
acceded to the EU in May 2004, less Cyprus and Malta
ACPO Association of Chief Police
Officers
Article 29 Committee the Data Protection Working
Party established under Article 29 of the Data Protection Directive
95/46/EC
Article 36 Committee a Committee of senior officials
responsible for coordinating activities in the field of justice
and home affairs, established under Article 36 TEU
Convention 108 Council of Europe Convention for
the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing
of personal data
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
C.SIS Schengen Information System,
central section
DCA Department for Constitutional
Affairs
"the Decision" Council Decision on
the establishment, operation and use of the Second Generation
Schengen Information System (SIS II)
DG JLS Directorate-General Justice Freedom and
Security of the Commission
DPA 1998 Data Protection Act 1998
DPFD Data Protection Framework
Decision
Dublin Regulation Council Regulation (EC) 343/2003
of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for
determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum
application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country
national (OJ 2003 L 50/1)
EAW European Arrest Warrant
EDPS European Data Protection
Supervisor
EC European Community
ECJ European Court of Justice
EU European Union
Eurodac Computerised EU database for storing
the fingerprints of asylum applicants
Eurojust EU agency composed of prosecutors and
judges of Member States, set up to help in the investigation of
serious cross-border crime
Europol European Police Office, set up under
a Convention between Member States
Eurostat European Statistical Office
Frontex European Agency for the Management of
Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member
States
G6 ministers the ministers of the interior of
the six largest Member States: Germany, France, United Kingdom,
Italy, Spain and Poland
G6 meetings the regular six-monthly
meetings of the G6 ministers
ICO Information Commissioner's
Office
ILPA Immigration Law Practitioners'
Association
JHA Justice and Home Affairs
JSA Joint Supervisory Authority: the authority
set up under Article 115 of the Schengen Convention to supervise
the technical support of the SIS
LIBE Committee Committee on Civil Liberties,
Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament
MDG Council Multi-Disciplinary Group on Organised
Crime
Meijers Committee Standing Committee of Experts
on International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law
N.SIS Schengen Information System,
national section
PNC Police National Computer
PNR Agreement Passenger Name Record Agreement
Prüm Convention Convention between Belgium,
Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Austria
on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in
combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal immigration
QMV Qualified Majority Voting
"the Regulation" Regulation (EC) No
1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20
December 2006 on the establishment, operation and use of the second
generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)
(OJ L381/4 of 28 December 2006)
Schengen acquis The Schengen Agreement,
the Schengen Convention, and all the instruments adopted under
them (published in OJ L 239 of 22 September 2000)
Schengen Agreement the 1985 Agreement between
Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands on the
gradual abolition of checks at their common borders
Schengen Convention the 1990 Convention implementing
the Schengen Agreement
SIRENE Supplementary Information Request at the
National Entry
SIS/SIS I Schengen Information System
SIS II Second generation
Schengen Information System
SIS one4all Proposal to allow the SIS to be adapted
to include the A8
SOCA Serious Organised Crime Agency
TEC Treaty establishing the European
Community
TEU Treaty establishing the European
Union
VIS Visa Information System
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