Press Release: Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 30 March 2004

Items discussed included: Application of the Mutual Recognition Principle to confiscation orders; Compensation to crime victims; European Council Declaration on terrorism; Minimum standards for being qualified as refugee or persons in need of international protection; Minimum standards on procedures for granting and withdrawing refugee status; Conditions of admission of third-country nationals for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service; Admission of third-country nationals to carry out scientific research in the European Community; Euro 2004 in Portugal; Obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data; European Agency for the management of operational co-operation at the external borders.

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