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The conclusions of yesterday’s European Council are available here.

The Presidents of the Commision, European Parliament,and the Council today signed and solemnly proclaimed the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in Strasbourg, thus opening the way for the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon tomorrow. The Charter will give European citizens a catalogue of rights legally binding on the institutions and bodies […]

With less than two days to go before the Lisbon summit and the European Council we thought it’d be interesting to present several of the works that have been written on the Reform Treaty. (This list is by no means exhaustive).

Les conclusions du dernier Conseil Justice et Affaires intérieures sont disponibles ici.

The 2827th session of the Council of the European Union - JUSTICE and HOME AFFAIRS - will take place on 8 and 9 November 2007.

Important points will be discussed during this session.

Agenda
Background note

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a package designed to allow for settlements of cartel cases where the parties not only acknowledge their involvement in the cartel and their liability for it but also agree to a faster and simplified procedure. The package consists of a draft Commission Notice and a draft […]

Below are the texts (click on the language of your choice) as they emerged from the proceedings of the Working Party of the Legal Experts. They are expected to be approved during the next summit on October 18 and 19.

Draft preamble BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, IT, LV, LT, HU, […]

In 2006, the European Parliament received no fewer than 1,016 petitions from citizens alleging failures to comply with EU law in their countries or regions. MEPs are now calling on the Commission to take more systematic legal action against Member States in the event of infringements, and wish the Council to be more extensively involved […]

Les fonctions de M. Bo Vesterdorf, Président du Tribunal de première instance des Communautés européennes, cesseront le 17 septembre 2007 et les mandats de treize juges du Tribunal de première instance ont expiré le 31 août 2007.
Par décision du 25 avril 2007, les représentants des gouvernements des États membres ont renouvelé, pour la période du […]

The European Commission has today put forward a series of proposals to improve the application of Community law by Member States. The Commission, as part of its better regulation priority, aims at having Community law implemented more effectively and at resolving more quickly complaints made by citizens and business. […] The Commission, as guardian of […]