Thursday, May 18, 2006

Statewatch analysis : Transferring the Third Pillar, May 2006

PDF - http://digbig.com/4hrgp
Professor Steve Peers, Department of Law, University of Essex
"The European Commission has announced that it will soon make a formal
proposal to transfer some or all aspects of the current ‘third pillar’ of EU
law (which concerns policing and criminal law) to the ‘first pillar’ of EU law
(which concerns ‘normal’ EC law, covering such issues as the EU internal
market, environmental law and labour law). The text of the Commission’s
formal proposal is not yet available. The analysis addresses four key issues concerning this proposed transfer."