Press Release: Commission proposes changes to JLS databases to strengthen EU internal security and facilitate legitimate travelling

With a view to achieving a higher level of EU internal security the European Commission on 24 November 2005 adopted a package of measures consisting of:

(a) a proposal for a Council Decision concerning the access for consultation to the Visa Information System (VIS) to authorities of Member States responsible for internal security and to Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences, and

(b) a communication on the medium- and long-term development of the three common European databases in the field of justice and home affairs: the Schengen Information System (SIS), the Visa Information System (VIS) and EURODAC, the database containing fingerprints of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.

European Commission: PreLex: COM(2005) 597, Communication on improved effectiveness, enhanced interoperability and synergies among European databases in the area of Justice and Home Affairs, 24.11.05 http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=COM&DocYear=2005&DocNum=597

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/440, Improving efficiency and interoperability of large-scale data bases in the field of Justice, Freedom and Security – A short glossary, 24.11.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/440&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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