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Directive 2009/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements

The purpose of Directive 2005/35/EC and of this Directive is to approximate the definition of ship-source pollution offences committed by natural or legal persons, the scope of their liability and the criminal nature of penalties that can be imposed for such criminal offences by natural persons. On 23 October 2007 the Court of Justice of the European Communities annulled Council Framework...
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Initiative of the Member States for a Council Framework Decision 2009/…/JHA of … on transfer of proceedings in criminal matters

Full title: Initiative of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the...
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Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters

This legislative proposal, submitted in June 2009 by 16 Member States (BE, BG, CZ, DK, EE, GR, ES, FR, LT, LV, HU, NL, RO, SI, SK, SE), aims at creating an explicit legal basis at EU level for the...
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Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament - Justice, freedom and security in europe since 2005: an evaluation of The Hague programme and action plan

In this communication, the Commission presents the evaluations of the implementation of the Hague Programme at both the EU and Member State levels as well as the themes to guide future action...
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Council Decision 2009/371/JHA of 6 April 2009 establishing the European Police Office (EUROPOL)

This Decision replaces the Europol Convention. Apart from the change of legal nature, differences between the new Decision and the Europol Convention are limited. They include an extension of the...
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Council Decision 2009/316/JHA of 6 April 2009 on the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) in application of Article 11 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA

Council Decision 2009/316/JHA establishes the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) and thus implements Article 11 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA.
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Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record between Member States

In 2009, European Union countries took a decision to introduce a system to exchange information on criminal records with one another. This was with a view to preventing criminals escaping their...
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