Press Release: The Lisbon Treaty’s impact on the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council: More co-decision and new working structures (Background), December 2009

The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union introduces a number of new provisions in the field of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA)1. They mainly concern changes in the legal framework and the legislative procedures applicable in several areas; the possibility to create a European Public Prosecutor's Office; a new Council standing committee on internal security (COSI), and transitional provisions on the 3rd pillar 'acquis'.

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Blog: Ideas on Europe: Europe on the Strand, 10.8.10: COSI & the EU’s internal security strategy http://europeonthestrand.ideasoneurope.eu/2010/08/10/cosi-the-eu%E2%80%99s-internal-security-strategy/

Council of the European Union: Council Decision of 25 February 2010 on setting up the Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (OJ L52, 3.3.10) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:052:0050:0050:EN:PDF

Eurojust / Europol / Frontex: The State of Internal Security in the EU, 2010 http://www.europol.europa.eu/publications/Serious_Crime_Overviews/The%20State%20of%20Internal%20Security%20in%20the%20EU%20.pdf

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