European Union Committee - Fifth Report
Follow-up report on EU police and criminal justice measures: The UK's 2014 opt-out decision

Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 24 October 2013.


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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