17. Points out that a statute for a European mutual society would allow mutual insurers to operate at the same level as other insurance undertakings, in particular in a cross-border situation, thus increasing the offer of insurance products; emphasises that mutual organisations, because of their governance, which directly involves their customers, contribute to increased overall consumer confidence in the EU financial markets; strongly believes that the participative design of governance of mutual organisations is capable of increasing customer awareness of and participation in the financial markets;

17. Points out that a statute for a European mutual society would allow mutual insurers to operate at the same level as other insurance undertakings, in particular in a cross-border situation, thus increasing the offer of insurance products; emphasises that mutual organisations, because of their governance, which directly involves their customers, contribute to increased overall consumer confidence in the EU financial markets; strongly believes that the participative design of governance of mutual organisations is capable of increasing customer awareness of and participation in the financial markets;

This statute should also provide a means for the grouping of mutual organisations which is often absent at national level.

the conclusion of the Pre-Accession Pact on organised crime with the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including the Baltic States, and Cyprus; political agreement of a joint action aiming at making it an offence under the laws of each Member State for a person, present in its territory, to participate in a criminal organisation, irrespective of the location in the Union where the organisation is concentrated or is carrying out its criminal activity; the signature of conventions on customs co-operation and corruption and substantive progress on the draft convention on mutual ...[+++] legal assistance in criminal matters; the establishment of a European judicial network to improve practical co-operation and agreement on a Joint Action on best practices in mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; establishment of a system of mutual evaluation, focusing initially on reasons for delays in providing mutual legal assistance and urgent requests for restraint of assets; improvements to the mechanism for collecting and analysing data on organised crime in preparing the annual situation report; adoption of the Falcone multi-annual funding programme for action against organised crime.

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 ...

-The pre-Accession Pact on organised crime with the CEECs adopted at this meeting; -The joint action on participation in a criminal organisation agreed politically in March; -The Naples II Convention on customs co-operation signed last December; -The Falcone multi-annual programme for action against organised crime adopted in March; -The joint action establishing a mutual evaluation mechanism adopted last December; -The joint action establishing a European judicial network adopted at this meeting; -The joint action on good ...[+++] practice in mutual legal assistance in criminal matters adopted at this meeting.