Threat and risk assessment form part of the risk management process and are completed on a one time requirement and reviewed on a regular basis or when circumstances are such that there is an increase threat. b) Forms management is a key administrative function for CIC.

Immigration and asylum policy The Council: - took note of a progress report on the programme on asylum adopted at Maastricht in 1991; - agreed to the standard form for determining the State responsible for examining an application for asylum; - approved a list of honourary consuls already empowered to issue visas who, as a transitional measure, will be empowered to issue uniform visas (viz. certain honorary consuls of Denmark and the Netherlands who are to qualify for this exemption from the rule precluding honourary consuls from having the power to issue uniform visas). CIREA activities The Council finally approved (*): - guidelines for joint reports on the situation in third ...[+++]countries from which asylum seekers come; - the procedure for drawing up reports in connection with joint assessments of the situation in third countries and for the circulation of such reports within the CIREA framework; - the second report on CIREA's activities. The fight against trade in human beings The Council formally approved (*) the document on the fight against trade in human beings. Assessment of the terrorist threat The Council agreed to a summary document relating to the internal and external terrorist threat to Member States of the Union, together with a detailed report on such matters (*) Agreed to in principle at the JHA meeting on 29 and 30 November 1993, but still subject then to reservations since withdrawn.