| ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers
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| ACPOS | Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland
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| AFSJ | Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
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| CCBE | Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
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| CEPOL | Collège europen de police. The French acronym for the European Police College
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| CELS | Centre for European Legal Studies
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| CEPS | Centre for European Policy Studies
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| CER | Centre for European Reform
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| CFR | Charter of Fundamental Rights
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| CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy
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| CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union
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| Common Travel Area | The travel zone between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, which also includes the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. People moving between these territories are subject to minimal border controls. The respective authorities cooperate closely on immigration matters and in tackling cross-border crime
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| COPFS | Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
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| COSI | Comité permanent de coopération opérationnelle en matière de sécurité intérieure. The French acronym for the Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security, constituted under Article 71 TFEU; a committee of officials who coordinate the EU's work on police and judicial cooperation in criminal justice matters
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| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service
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| Council of Europe | Founded in 1949, the Council of Europe is an intergovernmental organisation between 47 countries, which promotes cooperation in legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and culture. It is distinct from the EU and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) forms part of it. The judges of the ECtHR are elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) by a majority of the votes cast from lists of three candidates nominated by each member state
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| DG HOME | Directorate-General for Home Affairs, European Commission
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| DG JUSTICE | Directorate-General for Justice, European Commission
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| DPP | Director of Public Prosecutions
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| EAW | European Arrest Warrant
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| EC | European Community
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| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights
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| ECJ | European Court of Justice. This is now the CJEU
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| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights
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| ECRIS | European Criminal Records Information System
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| EEA | European Economic Area
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| EEC | European Economic Community
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| EFTA | European Free Trade Area
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EIO
Enhanced Cooperation | European Investigation Order
A procedure under Article 20 TEU which allows a minimum of nine Member States to establish advanced integration or cooperation in an area, including through the adoption of EU legislation, but without the remaining Members States being subject to its terms
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| EPCTF | European Police Chiefs Task Force
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| EPPO | European Public Prosecutor's Office
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| ESO | European Supervision Order
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| EU | European Union
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| Eurojust | European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit
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| Europol | European Police Office
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| Fresh Start Project | A group of backbench Conservative MPs, which is examining the options for a new UK-EU relationship and making proposals for change
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| Frontex | Frontières extérieures. The French acronym for the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union
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| Hague Programme | A five-year programme for Member States' cooperation on EU justice and home affairs matters for the period 2005 to 2009, which was adopted by the European Council in 2004
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| HMRC | Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
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| JHA | Justice and Home Affairs
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| JIT | Joint Investigation Team
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| JMC | Joint Ministerial Committee
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| JURI | European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs
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| JUSTICE | An all-party law reform and human rights organisation, which is the UK section of the International Commission of Jurists
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| Justice Across Borders | A cross-party, independent campaign, established to campaign against the UK Government exercising the opt-out
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| LIBE | European Parliament Committee on Liberty, Justice and Home Affairs
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| LSEW | Law Society of England and Wales
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| LSS | Law Society of Scotland
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| MEP | Member of the European Parliament
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| MLA | Member of the Legislative Assembly
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| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding
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| MPS | Metropolitan Police Service
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| MSP | Member of the Scottish Parliament
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| NGO | Non-governmental organisation
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| OCTA | Organised Crime Threat Assessment
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| Open Europe | An independent think tank, which contributes to the debate about the future direction of the EU
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| OLP | Ordinary Legislative Procedure
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| PCJ | Police and Criminal Justice
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| PNR | Passenger Name Record
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| PSNI | Police Service of Northern Ireland
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| QC | Queen's Counsel
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| QMV | Qualified Majority Voting
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| Schengen Area | The borderless area which is comprised of 26 European countries, including all EU Member States except the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and four non-EU countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. However, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania have yet to become full members of the Area. It has a common external border
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| SIS | Schengen Information System
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| SIS II | Second generation Schengen Information System
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| SOCA | Serious Organised Crime Agency
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| Stockholm Programme | A five-year programme for Member States' cooperation on EU justice and home affairs matters for the period 2010 to 2014, which was adopted by the European Council in 2009
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| Tampere Programme | A five-year programme for Member States' cooperation on EU justice and home affairs matters for the period 2000 to 2004, which was adopted by the European Council in 1999
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| TD | Teachta Dla. The Irish term for a member of the Dáil Éireann, the lower House of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament)
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| TEC | Treaty establishing the European Community
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| TEU | Treaty on European Union
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| TFEU | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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| TREVI | Terrorisme, Radicalisme, Extrémisme et Violence Internationale. The French acronym for a pre-Maastricht intergovernmental forum, which used to discuss cross-border policing and security issues
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| UKIP | United Kingdom Independence Party
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| UKRep | The Brussels office of the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the EU
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| UKSC | United Kingdom Supreme Court
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| VIS | Visa Information System
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