| 6 April 2009 The Justice and Home Affairs Council met on 6 April 2009 in Luxembourg. Minister of Justice Jiří Pospíšil and Minister of the Interior Ivan Langer chaired the Meeting. The Justice Ministers dealt with the following topics: - Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings
- Combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
- Combating trafficking in human beings
- Standing of vulnerable victims in criminal proceeding
- E-Justice - overview of EU Funds Available
- Fight against financial crisis: What can be done in the area of justice?
- EU-US Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements.
Ministers of the Interior discussed following items of the Home Affairs area among others: - Proposal for a Council Directive on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State
- Draft Council Decision appointing the Director of Europol
- SIS II Information
- Schengen evaluation of Switzerland
- Visa Information System
- Information on the visit of Vice-President Barrot and Czech Minister of Interior Langer to the US (16/17 March 2009)
- ESRIF Final Report.
Main results of the Council: The Council reached agreement on a general approach for a framework decision concerning the prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings. Ministers for justice held a first exchange of views on new proposals aimed at stepping up efforts in the fight against sexual abuse and exploitation of children and the trafficking in human beings. In the field of legal migration, ministers of interior continued the examination of a future instrument for establishing a single permit and a common set of rights for foreign workers in the EU. They took note of the outcome of the visit paid last March by a EU delegation to the new US Administration in Washington. Without debate, the Council adopted a decision transforming the European Police Office (known as Europol) into a EU agency. Europol's mandate is also extended to all serious cross-border crimes in order to facilitate assistance to the member states in cross-border criminal investigations. A new director for Europol was appointed by unanimity. JHA_6.04.pdf
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