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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 07-06-06
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[I] Résultats de la Commission de ce jour - Outcome
of today's Commission meeting
[01] Concevoir le futur régime d'asile européen commun: renforcer
l'efficacité, la protection et la solidarité et faciliter l'intégration
[02] Green Paper on the future Common European Asylum System
[03] Proposal for a Council Directive aimed at extending to beneficiaries
of international protection the possibility to obtain Long-Term Residence
status
[04] Report on the evaluation of the Dublin system
[II] Other news - Autres nouvelles
[05] Commission and Australia initial new wine agreement
[06] Conseil Télécommunications (07/06, Luxembourg)
[07] Major disaster simulation exercise tests the response capabilities of
eight EU countries
[08] Autre matériel diffusé
Midday Express of 2007-06-06
Reference: MEX/07/0606
Date: 06/06/2007
EXME07 / 6.6
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Communication Directorate General's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Direction Générale Communicationb
06/06/07
[I] Résultats de la Commission de ce jour - Outcome
of today's Commission meeting
[01] Concevoir le futur régime d'asile européen commun: renforcer
l'efficacité, la protection et la solidarité et faciliter l'intégration
La Commission européenne a annoncé tout un ensemble de mesures en
matière d'asile : un livre vert pour engager un débat sur l'avenir du
régime d'asile européen commun, une proposition de directive étendant la
possibilité d'obtenir le statut de résident de longue durée aux
bénéficiaires d'une protection internationale, ainsi qu'un rapport
d'évaluation du système de Dublin.
[02] Green Paper on the future Common European Asylum System
The Common European Asylum System (CEAS), as defined in the Tampere and the
Hague Programme, was intended to be built in two phases. The first one,
comprising four main legal instruments, is now complete. According to the
Hague Programme, the second phase instruments should be adopted by the end
of 2010. Before coming forward with the new proposals, the Commission is
launching, with the present Green Paper, a wide debate on the future
architecture of the Common European Asylum System, inviting all relevant
stakeholders to express their views and make constructive suggestions on
the form the CEAS should take.
[03] Proposal for a Council Directive aimed at extending to beneficiaries
of international protection the possibility to obtain Long-Term Residence
status
The conditions under which third-country nationals settled on a long-term
basis in the Member States may acquire long-term residence status ("LTR
status") are regulated in Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003
concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term
residents ("LTR Directive"). Beneficiaries of international protection
(i.e. refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection) are currently
excluded from the scope of the LTR Directive. This proposal amends the LTR
Directive in order to extend to them the possibility to obtain LTR status
subject to the same conditions applicable to any other third-country
nationals.
[04] Report on the evaluation of the Dublin system
The European Commission has adopted a report on the evaluation of the
Dublin system, which aims to determine which Member State is responsible
for the examination of an asylum application lodged by a third-country
national on the territory of one of the Member States, Norway or Iceland.
Overall the system has been functioning generally well since 2003. Between
September 2003 and December 2005, around 17,000 third-country nationals
have been transferred from one Member State to another in view of having
their asylum claim examined. At the same time, EURODAC has detected that
around 12% of the asylum applications were in fact lodged by persons who
already applied for asylum before.
[II] Other news - Autres nouvelles
[05] Commission and Australia initial new wine agreement
European Commission and Australian negotiators yesterday initialled a new
bilateral agreement on trade in wine at a ceremony in Canberra. The
initialling is the result of long and detailed negotiations to replace the
current agreement, which dates from 1994. It must now be approved by the
Council of Ministers and the Australian authorities, before being signed.
The agreement safeguards the EU's wine labelling regime, gives full
protection to EU geographical indications, including for wines intended to
be exported, and includes a clear Australian commitment to protect EU
traditional expressions. It will also provide for the phasing out by
Australia of the use of a number of important EU names such as Champagne
and Port within a year of the agreement coming into force.
[06] Conseil Télécommunications (07/06, Luxembourg)
Ce conseil des 27 ministres chargés des télécommunications devrait
aboutir à l'adoption politique du règlement sur l'itinérance Ã
l'intérieur de la Communauté; d'autres dossiers importants du domaine des
télécommunications (i2010, RFID, ENISA) seront aussi à l’ordre du jour.
La Commission européenne sera représentée par Mme Viviane Reding, la
Commissaire chargée des télécommunications. "Puisque chaque mot du texte
du règlement a été déjà approuvé et voté par le Parlement dans
toutes les langues de l'Union il y a deux semaines, j'attends maintenant du
Conseil qu'il fasse tout son possible pour que le règlement sur
l'itinérance à l'intérieur de la Communauté soit publié dans les jours
à venir", a-t-elle déclaré à la veille du Conseil.
[07] Major disaster simulation exercise tests the response capabilities of
eight EU countries
A large-scale multi-disaster simulation exercise, EULUX 2007, will take
place in Luxembourg from 6 to 9 June. The exercise will test the disaster-
response capabilities of eight European countries following a series of
simulated incidents which will require international assistance through the
Community mechanism for civil protection. EULUX 2007 is organised by
Luxembourg together with Belgium, France, and Germany and is being held
with the support of the European Commission, which manages the Community
civil protection mechanism. The exercise will also involve civil protection
teams or experts from Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal. The
Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC), the Commission's body for dealing
with such disasters, will facilitate the coordination of the international
teams as it would do in a real emergency. The European Commission will
finance 75% of the eligible costs of the exercise. For more information:
EULUX 2007 – <a href="http://www.eulux2007.eu">http://www.eulux2007.eu -
European civil protection – <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil/index.htm">http://ec.europa.eu/environment/civil/index.htm.
[08] Autre matériel diffusé
Note sur la préparation du Conseil Transports (07-08/06, Luxembourg)
Speech by Joe Borg : "Annual Policy Strategy for 2008" at Fisheries
Committee of the European Parliament (05/06)
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