COM(2010)673 - EU Internal Security Strategy in Action: Five steps towards a more secure Europe

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Key information

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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL The EU Internal Security Strategy in Action: Five steps towards a more secure Europe
 
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reference by COM-number71 COM(2010)673 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2010)673
CELEX number74 52010DC0673

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Document 22-11-2010
Online publication 25-11-2010

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  • 1. 
    Standard Eurobarometer 71.

     
  • 2. 
    Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

     
  • 3. 
    The Stockholm Programme: An Open and Secure Europe Serving and Protecting the Citizens (Council Document 17024/09); Delivering an area of freedom, security and justice: Action plan implementing the Stockholm Programme - COM(2010) 171. The Stockholm Programme is the EU's programme for justice and home affairs for the period 2010-14.

     
  • 4. 
    Council Document, 5842/2/2010, Internal Security Strategy for the European Union: Towards a European Security Model.

     
  • 5. 
    Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union - COM(2010) 573.

     
  • 6. 
    European Security Strategy: A Secure Europe in a Better World was adopted in 2003 and reviewed in 2008.

     
  • 7. 
    In accordance with Council Decision on Eurojust 2009/426/JHA, to be transposed by June 2011.

     
  • 8. 
    Recent proposals for Directives on trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation of children and cybercrime represent an important first step in this direction. Article 83(1) TFEU lists the following other serious crimes: terrorism, illicit drug trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, money laundering, corruption, counterfeiting of means of payment and organised crime.

     
  • 9. 
    Article 88(2)(b) of the TFEU and Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime.

     
  • 10. 
    Council Conclusions 15358/10 on the creation and implementation of a EU policy cycle for organised and serious international crime.

     
  • 11. 
    Framework Decision 2001/500/JHA on money laundering and confiscation.

     
  • 12. 
    Third party confiscation involves the confiscation of assets that have been transferred by an investigated or convicted person to third parties.

     
  • 13. 
    Extended confiscation is the ability to confiscate assets which go beyond the direct proceeds of a crime so that there is no need to establish a connection between suspected criminal assets and a specific criminal conduct.

     
  • 14. 
    Non-conviction based procedures allow to freeze and confiscate asset irrespective of a prior conviction of the owner in a criminal court.

     
  • 15. 
    Council Decision 2007/845/JHA requires each Member State to set up at least one Asset Recovery Office on its territory.

     
  • 16. 
    For the latest figures, see Europol's 2010 Terrorism Situation and Trend (TESAT) Report.

     
  • 17. 
    EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy Doc. 14469/4/05 of November 2005 sets out a four-fold approach consisting of Prevent, Protect, Pursue and Respond. For a more detailed discussion, see The EU Counter-Terrorism Policy: main achievements and future challenges - COM(2010) 386.

     
  • 18. 
    As part of the EU strategy for combating radicalisation and recruitment to terrorism (CS/2008/15175) the Commission has supported research and the establishment of the European Network of Experts on Radicalisation to study the phenomenon of radicalisation and recruitment, Member State-led projects on for example community policing, communication and radicalisation in prisons, and provided around
     
  • 19. 
    GMES stands for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security.

     
  • 20. 
    European Council, March 2004, Declaration on Combating Terrorism.

     
  • 21. 
    COM(2010) 245.

     
  • 22. 
    The Commission will complete a feasibility study for the centre in 2011.

     
  • 23. 
    Article 80 of the TFEU.

     
  • 24. 
    Commission communication, Towards the integration of maritime surveillance: A Common information environment for the EU maritime domain, COM (2009) 538

     
  • 25. 
    Council Regulation (EC) No 648/2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code.

     
  • 26. 
    Commission proposals for the development of the EUROSUR system and for the development of a common information sharing environment (CISE) for the EU maritime domain are set out in COM (2008) 68 and COM(2009) 538 respectively. A six step road map for establishing the CISE was recently adopted - COM(2010) 584.

     
  • 27. 
    MAOC-N - Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre
     
  • 28. 
    CeCLAD-M - Centre de Coordination pour la lutte antidrogue en Méditerranée.

     
  • 29. 
    This project will complement the other integrated maritime surveillance projects such as BlueMassMed and Marsuno, which aim to optimise the efficiency of maritime surveillance in the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and the northern European sea basins.

     
  • 30. 
    Overview in the area of information management in the area of freedom, security and justice - COM(2010) 385.

     
  • 31. 
    Article 222 TFEU.

     
  • 32. 
    Council Conclusions on a Community framework on disaster prevention within the EU, November 2009.

     
  • 33. 
    The Commission will continue to use and further develop ARGUS - see COM(2005) 662 - and related procedures for cross-hazard multi-sectoral crises as well as for coordination across all Commission services.

     
  • 34. 
    Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance - COM(2010) 600.

     
  • 35. 
    Key to abbreviations: European Commission (COM), Member States (MS), European Police College (CEPOL), European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre
     
  • 36. 
    Standard Eurobarometer 71.

     
  • 37. 
    Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

     
  • 38. 
    The Stockholm Programme: An Open and Secure Europe Serving and Protecting the Citizens (Council Document 17024/09); Delivering an area of freedom, security and justice: Action plan implementing the Stockholm Programme - COM(2010) 171. The Stockholm Programme is the EU's programme for justice and home affairs for the period 2010-14.

     
  • 39. 
    Council Document, 5842/2/2010, Internal Security Strategy for the European Union: Towards a European Security Model.

     
  • 40. 
    Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union - COM(2010) 573.

     
  • 41. 
    European Security Strategy: A Secure Europe in a Better World was adopted in 2003 and reviewed in 2008.

     
  • 42. 
    In accordance with Council Decision on Eurojust 2009/426/JHA, to be transposed by June 2011.

     
  • 43. 
    Recent proposals for Directives on trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation of children and cybercrime represent an important first step in this direction. Article 83(1) TFEU lists the following other serious crimes: terrorism, illicit drug trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, money laundering, corruption, counterfeiting of means of payment and organised crime.

     
  • 44. 
    Article 88(2)(b) of the TFEU and Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime.

     
  • 45. 
    Council Conclusions 15358/10 on the creation and implementation of a EU policy cycle for organised and serious international crime.

     
  • 46. 
    Framework Decision 2001/500/JHA on money laundering and confiscation.

     
  • 47. 
    Third party confiscation involves the confiscation of assets that have been transferred by an investigated or convicted person to third parties.

     
  • 48. 
    Extended confiscation is the ability to confiscate assets which go beyond the direct proceeds of a crime so that there is no need to establish a connection between suspected criminal assets and a specific criminal conduct.

     
  • 49. 
    Non-conviction based procedures allow to freeze and confiscate asset irrespective of a prior conviction of the owner in a criminal court.

     
  • 50. 
    Council Decision 2007/845/JHA requires each Member State to set up at least one Asset Recovery Office on its territory.

     
  • 51. 
    For the latest figures, see Europol's 2010 Terrorism Situation and Trend (TESAT) Report.

     
  • 52. 
    EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy Doc. 14469/4/05 of November 2005 sets out a four-fold approach consisting of Prevent, Protect, Pursue and Respond. For a more detailed discussion, see The EU Counter-Terrorism Policy: main achievements and future challenges - COM(2010) 386.

     
  • 53. 
    As part of the EU strategy for combating radicalisation and recruitment to terrorism (CS/2008/15175) the Commission has supported research and the establishment of the European Network of Experts on Radicalisation to study the phenomenon of radicalisation and recruitment, Member State-led projects on for example community policing, communication and radicalisation in prisons, and provided around
     
  • 54. 
    GMES stands for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security.

     
  • 55. 
    European Council, March 2004, Declaration on Combating Terrorism.

     
  • 56. 
    COM(2010) 245.

     
  • 57. 
    The Commission will complete a feasibility study for the centre in 2011.

     
  • 58. 
    Article 80 of the TFEU.

     
  • 59. 
    Commission communication, Towards the integration of maritime surveillance: A Common information environment for the EU maritime domain, COM (2009) 538

     
  • 60. 
    Council Regulation (EC) No 648/2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code.

     
  • 61. 
    Commission proposals for the development of the EUROSUR system and for the development of a common information sharing environment (CISE) for the EU maritime domain are set out in COM (2008) 68 and COM(2009) 538 respectively. A six step road map for establishing the CISE was recently adopted - COM(2010) 584.

     
  • 62. 
    MAOC-N - Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre
     
  • 63. 
    CeCLAD-M - Centre de Coordination pour la lutte antidrogue en Méditerranée.

     
  • 64. 
    This project will complement the other integrated maritime surveillance projects such as BlueMassMed and Marsuno, which aim to optimise the efficiency of maritime surveillance in the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and the northern European sea basins.

     
  • 65. 
    Overview in the area of information management in the area of freedom, security and justice - COM(2010) 385.

     
  • 66. 
    Article 222 TFEU.

     
  • 67. 
    Council Conclusions on a Community framework on disaster prevention within the EU, November 2009.

     
  • 68. 
    The Commission will continue to use and further develop ARGUS - see COM(2005) 662 - and related procedures for cross-hazard multi-sectoral crises as well as for coordination across all Commission services.

     
  • 69. 
    Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance - COM(2010) 600.

     
  • 70. 
    Key to abbreviations: European Commission (COM), Member States (MS), European Police College (CEPOL), European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre
     
  • 71. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 72. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 73. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 74. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 75. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.