Press Release: Building an EU fundamental rights agency on the EUMC’s core competence on racism and xenophobia

The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, on 29 October 2004, welcomed the publication of the European Commission's Communication on the Fundamental Rights Agency. The Communication follows the European Council Meeting in Brussels on 13 December 2003, where the representatives of the EU Member States agreed 'to build upon the existing European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia and to extend its mandate to become a Human Rights Agency'.

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European Commission: COM (2004) 693 final (25.10.04) http://ec.europa.eu/comm/justice_home/news/consulting_public/fundamental_rights_agency/communication_com2004_693_en.pdf

European Commission: DG Justice and Home Affairs: Public consultation on the Fundamental Rights Agency http://ec.europa.eu/comm/justice_home/news/consulting_public/fundamental_rights_agency/index_en.htm

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