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"In 2002, the Commission presented a Communication on the integrated management of external borders of the Member States of the European Union, which gave a comprehensive view of future border management. Again, in 2002, a feasibility study, led by Italy, was presented in Rome on setting up a European border police force. The following June, the Justice and Home Affairs Council adopted a plan for the management of external borders that was the basis for all further activity in the area.
On the basis of these documents, in Seville in 2002, the European Council specified priority measures and asked for a common unit of external border practitioners to be set up, made up of Member States’ heads of border control services and charged with coordinating the measures contained in the plan. Furthermore, this also provided for the rapid implementation of joint operations at external borders and the immediate commencement of pilot projects. These operations and projects have been implemented or have been in the process of being implemented since 2002 and 2003.
In June 2003, the Thessaloniki European Council decided – as you know – to create a Common Unit of External Border Practitioners to make this European strategy more effective. This unit has been set up and is operating in the Council. In the Thessaloniki conclusions, the Council invites the Commission to examine the need to create new institutional mechanisms, including a European operational structure, in order to enhance operational cooperation for the management of external borders.
On 16 and 17 October in Brussels, the European Council welcomed the Commission’s intention to submit a proposal for the creation of a European Border Management Agency, in order to enhance operational cooperation, in time for the Council to be able to reach a political agreement on the main elements of the agency by the end of 2003. This proposal will draw on the experience of the Common Unit of External Border Practitioners.
Furthermore, the European Council took note of the study carried out for the Commission on maritime borders and invited the Justice and Home Affairs Council to draw up a working programme on this issue to be adopted by the end of the year.
Finally, regarding the European police college: this was set up by the Council decision of December 2000, it began operating in 2001 and is temporarily based in Denmark. A decision regarding its permanent site will depend on the recommendations given by the European Council."@en1
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