EU Legislation
A Secure Europe in a Better World. European Security Strategy
The European security strategy was drawn up under the authority of the EU's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, and adopted by the Brussels European Council of 12 and 13 December 2003. It identifies the global challenges and key threats to the security of the Union and clarifies its strategic objectives in dealing with them, such as building...
Council Framework Decision 2003/577/JHA of 22 July 2003 on the execution in the European Union of orders freezing property or evidence
The Council adopted this framework decision in 2003 on an initiative by Belgium, France and Sweden. The purpose of the framework decision is to establish the rules under which a Member State...
Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector
Active and passive corruption in the private sector is a criminal offence in all Member States. The aim of this Framework Decision is to involve the liability not only of natural persons in the...
Agreement on mutual legal assistance between the European Union and the United States of America
The European Union (EU) and the United States of America (U.S.) concluded an agreement on mutual legal assistance, with a view to improving cooperation between EU countries and the U.S. as well as...
Agreement on extradition between the European Union and the United States of America
The European Union (EU) and the United States of America (U.S) signed an agreement on extradition, which entered into force on 1 February 2010. The agreement supplements the bilateral...
Council Decision 2003/335/JHA of 8 May 2003 on the investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
In the early 1990s, the genocide in Rwanda shocked the entire world. More than 800 000 men, women and children were put to death in a very brief time between April and July 1994. The...
Council Decision 2003/170/JHA of 27 February 2003 on the common use of liaison officers posted abroad by the law enforcement agencies of the Member States
The purpose of this Decision is to create a common framework for liaison officers seconded from the Member States with the aim of improving cooperation in preventing and combating all forms of...