In the case of inspections of EU agencies and bodies established under Title V, Chapter 2 of the TEU, as well as of Europol and Eurojust, and of third States and international organisations, assistance and contributions from NSA experts shall be requested in accordance with detailed arrangements to be agreed by the Security Committee.

an annual inspection programme proposed by the Secretary-General and recommended by the Security Committee for inspections of Member States’ services and premises and of EU agencies and bodies established under Title V, Chapter 2 of the TEU as well as of Europol and Eurojust, and assessment visits to third States and international organisations in order to ascertain the effectiveness of measures implemented for protecting EUCI; and

calls for the creation of the evaluation system to give Parliament and national parliaments access to information related to the policies (Article 70 of the TFEU) and activities of the internal security committee (Article 71 of the TFEU) as well as of EUROPOL (Article 88 of the TFEU) and Eurojust (Article 85 of the TFEU), together with the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex), the European Asylum Support Office (E ...[+++]ASO) and the Schengen system; considers, in this framework, that Parliament should be granted the right to deliver a binding opinion on the appointment of the agencies' directors (as Parliament is also the budgetary authority),

The EU is on the way to developing into a Security and Defence Union, covering external, as well as internal, aspects of security, the fight against international terrorism and natural disaster management with the following elements: the commitment of the Member States to be able to deploy 60 000 soldiers within 60 days and sustain them for one year for peacekeeping and peacemaking operations, the building-up of 13 battle groups deployable at short notice, the development of capabilities for civilian crisis management in the area of police operations, the rule of law, civilian administration and civil protection, a European structure of ...[+++]command consisting of a Political and Security Committee, a Military Committee, a Military Staff and a Civilian and Military Cell with a nascent Operations Centre, the European Gendarmerie Force, the European Defence Agency, Europol, the European arrest warrant, common rules for arms procurement and arms exports, and a European security research programme.

IVRIGHTS OF ACCESS TO CHILDREN MUTUAL ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS PAGEREF _Toc501511797 \h IVEUROPEAN JUDICIAL TRAINING NETWORK PAGEREF _Toc501511798 \h VPROTECTION OF THE EURO PAGEREF _Toc501511799 \h VCRIME PREVENTION PAGEREF _Toc501511800 \h VICREATION OF AN AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE (Scoreboard) PAGEREF _Toc501511801 \h VIISTRENGTHENING OF THE PENAL FRAMEWORK TO PREVENT THE FACILITATION OF UNAUTHORISED ENTRY AND RESIDENCE PAGEREF _Toc501511802 \h VIIHARMONISATION OF PENALTIES IMPOSED ON CARRIERS TRANSPORTING THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS LACKING THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR ADMISSION PAGEREF _Toc501511803 \h VIICOOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES IN COMBATING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION NETWORKS Council conclusions PAGEREF _Toc501511804 \h VIII ...[+++]PARALLEL AGREEMENT TO THE DUBLIN CONVENTION WITH NORWAY AND ICELAND PAGEREF _Toc501511805 \h VIIICONDITIONS FOR THE RECEPTION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS Council conclusions PAGEREF _Toc501511806 \h IXLIST OF COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO THE VISA REQUIREMENT PAGEREF _Toc501511807 \h XIITERRORISM PAGEREF _Toc501511808 \h XIIEUROPEAN POLICE COLLEGE PAGEREF _Toc501511809 \h XIIIHARMONISING THE STATUS OF THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS RESIDING ON A LONG-TERM BASIS Council Conclusions PAGEREF _Toc501511810 \h XIIIREPORT TO THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL BY THE HIGH-LEVEL WORKING GROUP ON ASYLUM AND MIGRATION PAGEREF _Toc501511811 \h XIVASYLUM POLICY PAGEREF _Toc501511812 \h XIVIMMIGRATION POLICY PAGEREF _Toc501511813 \h XVPUTTING INTO EFFECT THE SCHENGEN ACQUIS IN THE NORDIC STATES PAGEREF _Toc501511814 \h XVIOTHER BUSINESS PAGEREF _Toc501511815 \h XVI?QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE BODIES REQUIRED TO INTERVENE IN THE EVENT OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CHILDREN PAGEREF _Toc501511816 \h XVI?SETTING UP OF EUROJUST Practical problems PAGEREF _Toc501511817 \h XVIMIXED COMMITTEE PAGEREF _Toc501511818 \h XVIANNEX PAGEREF _Toc501511819 \h XVIIIITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATEJUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS PAGEREF _Toc501511820 \h XIX--Europol's assistance to joint investigative teams PAGEREF _Toc5015 ...

to pass this information to the President of the European Council, to the President of the Commission, to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to the Commissioner for Home Affairs, to the Heads of delegation to the Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (COSI), to the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator and to Europol.