CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
The UK's 2014 block opt-out decision
Original inquiry and its main recommendations
Subsequent developments
Follow-up inquiry
Chapter 2: The Government's approach
Government's assessment of the measures
Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of
the European Union
Minimum standards in criminal law
Chapter 3: The 35 measures that the Government
intend to seek to rejoin
Proposed Europol Regulation
Proposed Eurojust and European Public Prosecutor's
Office Regulations
Chapter 4: The 95 measures that the Government
do not intend to seek to rejoin
Framework Decision on combating certain
forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal
law
Council Decision on the European Judicial
Network
Framework Decision on mutual recognition
of judgments and probation decisions with a view to supervision
of probation measures and alternative sanctions
Convention on Driving Disqualifications
Council Decisions on stepping up cross-border
cooperation in combating terrorism and crime (the "Prüm
Decisions")
EU Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal
Matters and the Framework Decision on attacks against information
systems
Anglo-Irish cooperation on policing and
criminal justice matters
Chapter 5: The Government's proposed reforms
to the domestic implementation of the European Arrest Warrant
Domestic reforms
Box 1: Government's reforms to the domestic
implementation of the European Arrest Warrant
Possible EU reforms
Chapter 6: Coherence and transitional arrangements
Coherence
Transitional arrangements
Chapter 7: The timing of the negotiations, future
engagement with Parliament and the final votes
Overdue Government response to Committee's
opt-out report
The organisation of the first vote in the
House of Lords
The organisation of the second vote in
the House of Lords
The negotiating process
Chapter 8: Conclusion and recommendations
Appendix 1: Sub-Committees on Justice, Institutions
and Consumer Protection and Home Affairs, Health and Education
Appendix 2: List of Witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: List of measures that the Government
intend to seek to rejoin
Appendix 5: List of measures that the Government
do not intend to seek to rejoin
Appendix 6: Glossary
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/hleuf and
available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence.
Witness names without a question reference refer to written evidence.
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