The EU needs to be at the forefront of establishing a global standard for AEOI, and by establishing a European system of AEOI, the Commission can lead the way in its work with the OECD in shaping the global standard.

service interfaces which allow automatic searching of the court database by national and European e-Justice applications

We must decide if we want Ukraine to be a mere buffer zone behind a parochial European Union hiding its structural weaknesses, or an advanced post of a strong, proud, democratic, political union at the contact-point – rather than at the demarcation line – between Europe and Eurasia, between Europe and Russia.

As it has been held throughout this report, the justification for the need for Europol to act as a central authority alongside the Member States’ central offices stems mainly from the major restrictions imposed by Europol’s current legal framework: Europol is unable to forward information directly to Member States (it may only do so through the national liaison office for each Member State - something which hampers and slows down the supply of information) and to forward personal data to a third State or body unless an agreement to that effect has been concluded beforehand, as provided for in the Council Act of 12 March 1999 (OJ C 88, 30.3.1999, p. 1).

It provides a strong impetus towards fruitful cooperation and cohesion at the interface between East and West in the border regions.

(19) The application of certain requirements relating to presentation and restriction of calling and connected line identification and to automatic call forwarding to subscriber lines connected to analogue exchanges should not be made mandatory in specific cases where such application would prove to be technically impossible or would require a disproportionate economic effort.