EU justice and home affairs law. Volume I, EU immigration and asylum law /

A detailed examination of EU legislation and case law on immigration, asylum, visas, and border controls, this book discusses the impact and development of EU law in these complex and controversial areas. This edition is fully updated to include the latest legislation and case law on issues such as...

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Main Author:	Peers, Steve (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Series:	Oxford EU law library.
Subjects:	International travel regulations > European Union countries. Freedom of movement > European Union countries. Circulation internationale des personnes > Pays de l'Union européenne. Libre circulation des personnes > Pays de l'Union européenne. Freedom of movement International travel regulations European Union countries Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Table of Proposed Legislation
Table of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Institutional Framework
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Overview of the Institutional Framework
2.2.1. Framework prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
2.2.1.1. Framework prior to the Maastricht Treaty
2.2.1.2. Framework in the Maastricht Treaty
2.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
2.2.2.1. General rules
2.2.2.2. Integrating the Schengen acquis
2.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
2.2.3.1. Overview
2.2.3.2. General provisions
2.2.4.Competence issues
2.2.5. Territorial scope
2.2.5.1. United Kingdom and Ireland
2.2.5.1.1. Border controls
2.2.5.1.2. Title V TFEU
2.2.5.1.3. Schengen Protocol
2.2.5.1.4. Opt-out by repeal?
2.2.5.2. Denmark
2.2.5.3. Accession states
2.2.5.4. Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein
2.2.5.5. General rules on enhanced cooperation
2.3. Human Rights
2.4. Impact of Other EU Law
Note continued: 2.4.1.Competence issues, 1993-99
2.4.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
2.4.3. Treaty of Lisbon
2.5. Legitimacy and Accountability
2.6. EU Funding
2.7. External Relations
2.8. Conclusions
3. Border Controls
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
3.2.1. Framework prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
3.2.1.1. EEC Member States' cooperation pre-Maastricht
3.2.1.2. Schengen integration
3.2.1.3. Maastricht-era framework and overview
3.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
3.2.2.1. Institutional framework
3.2.2.2. Overview of practice
3.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
3.2.4.Competence issues
3.2.5. Territorial scope
3.3. Human Rights
3.3.1. International human rights law
3.3.2. Application to EU law
3.4. Impact of Other EU Law
3.4.1. Free movement law
3.4.2. Association agreements
3.4.3. Other issues
3.5. Internal Border Controls
3.5.1. EU rules
3.5.2. Assessment
3.6. External Border Controls: Basic Rules
Note continued: 3.6.1. Schengen Borders Code
3.6.2. Entry-exit system
3.6.3. Assessment
3.7. Schengen Information System
3.7.1. Legal framework
3.7.2. Assessment
3.8. Local Border Traffic
3.9. Biometric Passports
3.10. Operational Cooperation
3.10.1. Frontex
3.10.2. Other operational cooperation
3.10.3. Schengen governance
3.10.4. Assessment
3.11. Administrative Cooperation and EU Funding
3.12. External Relations
3.13. Conclusions
4. Visas
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
4.2.1. Framework prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
4.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
4.2.2.1. Institutional framework
4.2.2.2. Overview of practice
4.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
4.2.4.Competence issues
4.2.5. Territorial scope
4.3. Human Rights
4.4. Impact of Other EU Law
4.4.1. Free movement law
4.4.2. Association agreements
4.4.3. Other issues
4.5. Visa List
4.5.1. Overview
4.5.2. Visa lists
4.5.3. Exceptions
Note continued: 4.5.4. Visa reciprocity
4.5.5. Analysis
4.6. Visa Format
4.7. Conditions for Issuing Visas
4.7.1. Overview and background
4.7.2. The Visa Code
4.7.3. Other rules governing the issue of visas
4.7.4. Analysis
4.8. Visa Information System
4.8.1. Legal Framework
4.8.2. Analysis
4.9. Freedom to Travel
4.10. Administrative Cooperation and EU Funding
4.11. External relations
4.11.1. Visa waiver treaties
4.11.2. Visa facilitation treaties
4.11.3. Other EU measures
4.12. Conclusions
5. Asylum
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
5.2.1. Cooperation prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
5.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
5.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
5.2.4.Competence issues
5.2.5. Territorial scope
5.3. Human Rights
5.3.1. International human rights and refugee law
5.3.2. Application to EU law
5.4. Impact of Other EU Law
5.4.1. Asylum and EU citizens
5.4.2. Other issues
5.5. Uniform Status
Note continued: 5.5.1. First-phase Directive
5.5.2. Second-phase Directive
5.6. Temporary Protection
5.7.Common Procedures
5.7.1. First-phase Directive
5.7.2. Second-phase Directive
5.8. Responsibility for Applications
5.8.1. The Schengen Convention and the Dublin Convention
5.8.2. The 'Dublin II' Regulation
5.8.3. Eurodac
5.8.4. Second-phase Regulations
5.8.5. Relocation
5.9. Reception Conditions
5.9.1. First-phase Directive
5.9.2. Second-phase Directive
5.10. Administrative Cooperation and EU Funding
5.10.1. European Asylum Support Office
5.10.2. Other measures
5.11. External Relations
5.12. Conclusions
6. Legal Migration
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
6.2.1. Cooperation prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
6.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
6.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
6.2.4.Competence issues
6.2.5. Territorial scope
6.3. Human Rights
Note continued: 6.3.1. The right to family reunion, family life, and private life
6.3.2. The right to non-discrimination
6.3.3. Other human rights of migrant workers
6.3.4. Application to EU law
6.4. Impact of Other EU Law
6.4.1. EU citizenship and free movement law
6.4.1.1. General free movement rules
6.4.1.2.'Static' EU citizens
6.4.2. Social security coordination
6.4.3. Association agreements
6.4.4. Posting of workers
6.4.5. Social policy
6.4.6.Common commercial policy
6.5. Primary Migration
6.5.1. General rules on labour migration
6.5.2. Specific categories of workers
6.5.2.1. Highly-skilled workers
6.5.2.2. Seasonal workers
6.5.2.3. Intra-corporate transferees
6.5.3. Other primary migration
6.5.3.1. Researchers
6.5.3.2. Students and other non-economic migrants
6.5.3.3. New rules
6.6. Family Reunion
6.6.1. General rules
6.6.2. Special rules
6.7. Long-Term Residents
6.7.1. General rules
6.7.2. Special rules
Note continued: 6.8. Social Security Coordination
6.9. Residence Permits and Long-Stay Visas
6.9.1. Residence permits
6.9.2. Long-stay visas
6.10. Integration Policy
6.11. Administrative Cooperation and EU Funding
6.12. Conclusions
7. Irregular Migration
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
7.2.1. Framework prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
7.2.2. The Treaty of Amsterdam
7.2.2.1. Institutional framework
7.2.2.2. Overview of practice
7.2.3. The Treaty of Lisbon
7.2.4.Competence issues
7.2.5. Territorial scope
7.3. Human Rights
7.3.1. European Convention on Human Rights
7.3.2. Geneva Convention and detention issues
7.3.3. Other rights
7.3.4. Application to EU law
7.4. Impact of Other EU law
7.4.1. Free movement law
7.4.2. Association agreements
7.5. Prevention of Irregular Migration
7.5.1. Carrier sanctions
7.5.2. Passenger data
7.5.3. Facilitation of unauthorized entry and residence
Note continued: 7.5.4. Trafficking in persons
7.5.5. Immigration liaison officers
7.6. Treatment of Irregular Migrants
7.6.1. Sanctions against employers of irregular migrants
7.6.2. Victims of trafficking or smuggling in persons
7.7. Expulsion
7.7.1. Returns Directive
7.7.2. Mutual recognition of expulsion measures
7.7.3. Transit for expulsion
7.7.3.1. Expulsion via air
7.7.3.2. Expulsion via land or sea
7.7.4. Joint expulsion flights
7.8. Administrative Cooperation and EU Funding
7.9. External Relations
7.9.1. Readmission agreements
7.9.2. Irregular migration and external relations policy
7.10. Conclusions
Appendix I: Ratification of Treaties
Appendix II: Schengen Acquis on Immigration and Asylum
Bibliography
Index
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Table of Proposed Legislation
Table of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Institutional Framework
2.1. Introduction
Note continued: 2.2. Overview of the Institutional Framework
2.2.1. Framework prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
2.2.1.1. Framework prior to the Maastricht Treaty
2.2.1.2. Framework in the Maastricht Treaty
2.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
2.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
2.2.3.1. Overview
2.2.3.2. General provisions
2.2.3.3. Transitional rules
2.2.3.4. Special decision-making rules
2.2.3.4.1. Emergency brake
2.2.3.4.2. Pseudo-veto
2.2.4.Competence issues
2.2.5. Territorial scope
2.2.5.1. United Kingdom and Ireland
2.2.5.2. Denmark
2.2.5.3. Accession states
2.2.5.4. Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein
2.2.5.5. General rules on enhanced cooperation
2.3. Human Rights
2.4. Impact of Other EU Law
2.5. Legitimacy and Accountability
2.6. EU Funding
2.7. External Relations
2.7.1. General rules on EU external relations
2.7.2. External relations and the former third pillar
2.8. Conclusions
3. Criminal Law: Mutual Recognition
Note continued: 3.1. Introduction
3.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
3.2.1. Cooperation before the Treaty of Amsterdam
3.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
3.2.2.1. Institutional framework
3.2.2.2. Implementing the Treaty of Amsterdam
3.2.2.3. Basic principles of mutual recognition in criminal law
3.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
3.2.4.Competence issues
3.2.5. Territorial scope
3.3. Human Rights
3.3.1. Right to a fair trial
3.3.2. Legality of criminal law
3.3.3. Search and seizure
3.3.4. Detention
3.3.5. Application to EU law
3.4. Impact of Other EU Law
3.5. Extradition and the European Arrest Warrant
3.5.1. Extradition
3.5.2. European Arrest Warrant
3.6. Pre-Trial Measures
3.6.1. Movement of evidence
3.6.1.1. Mutual assistance in criminal matters
3.6.1.2. European Evidence Warrant
3.6.1.3. European Investigation Order
3.6.1.4. Criminal records
3.6.2. Freezing orders
3.6.3. Recognition of pre-trial supervision orders
Note continued: 3.7. Post-Trial Measures
3.7.1. Enforcement of sentences
3.7.1.1. Financial penalties
3.7.1.2. Custodial penalties
3.7.2. Consequences of convictions
3.7.3. Disqualification
3.7.4. Confiscation orders
3.7.5. Probation and parole
3.7.6. European Protection Order
3.8. Administrative Cooperation and EU Funding
3.9. External Relations
3.10. Conclusions
4. Criminal Law: Criminal Procedure
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
4.2.1. Cooperation before the Treaty of Amsterdam
4.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
4.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
4.2.4.Competence issues
4.2.5. Territorial scope
4.3. Human Rights
4.3.1. Right to a fair trial
4.3.2. Detention
4.3.3. Application to EU law
4.4. Impact of Other EU Law
4.5. Evidence Law
4.6. Suspects and Defendants
4.6.1. Translation and interpretation
4.6.2. Letter of Rights
4.6.3. Access to a lawyer
4.6.4. Child suspects
Note continued: 4.6.5. Presumption of innocence
4.6.6. Legal aid
4.6.7. Detention rules
4.6.8. Assessment
4.7. Victims of Crime
4.7.1. General rules
4.7.1.1. Framework Decision
4.7.1.2. Directive
4.7.2. Specific measures
4.7.3. Assessment
4.8. Conclusions
5. Substantive Criminal Law
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
5.2.1. Framework prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
5.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
5.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
5.2.4.Competence issues
5.2.5. Territorial scope
5.3. Human Rights
5.3.1. International human rights law
5.3.2. Application to EU law
5.4. EU Criminal Law and Other Areas of EU Law
5.4.1.Community criminal law competence
5.4.1.1. Before the Treaty of Lisbon
5.4.1.2. After the Treaty of Lisbon
5.4.2. Criminal law as a restriction on free movement rights
5.4.3. Scope of the relationship
5.5. Offences
5.5.1. Range of offences
5.5.1.1. EC law prohibitions
Note continued: 5.5.1.2. EU law offences
5.5.1.3. EC criminal law measures
5.5.2. Scope of offences
5.5.2.1. Liability of legal persons
5.5.2.2. Inchoate offences
5.5.2.3.Complicity
5.5.2.4. Possession
5.5.2.5. Omissions
5.5.3. Conditions of criminal liability
5.5.4. Defences
5.6. Penalties
5.7. Administrative Cooperation
5.8. External Relations
5.9. Conclusions
6. Criminal Law: Jurisdiction, Coordination, and Prosecution
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
6.2.1. Cooperation before the Treaty of Amsterdam
6.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
6.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
6.2.4.Competence issues
6.2.5. Territorial scope
6.3. Human Rights
6.3.1. International human rights law
6.3.2. Application to EU law
6.4. Impact of Other EU Law
6.5. Asserting Jurisdiction
6.6. Conflicts of Jurisdiction
6.7. Transfer of Proceedings
6.8. Double Jeopardy
6.8.1. Legal framework
6.8.2. Interpreting the rules
Note continued: 6.9. Eurojust
6.10. European Public Prosecutor
6.11. External Relations
6.12. Conclusions
7. Policing and Security
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
7.2.1. Cooperation prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
7.2.2. Treaty of Amsterdam
7.2.2.1. Institutional framework
7.2.2.2. Implementing the Treaty of Amsterdam
7.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
7.2.4.Competence issues
7.2.5. Territorial scope
7.3. Human Rights
7.3.1. International human rights law
7.3.2. Application to EU law
7.4. Impact of Other EU Law
7.4.1. Customs cooperation
7.4.2. Police cooperation
7.4.3. The private sector and security
7.4.3.1. Private security industry
7.4.3.2. Private sector security cooperation
7.4.4. Transport security and infrastructure protection
7.4.5. Anti-terrorist sanctions
7.4.6. OLAF
7.4.7. Other measures
7.5. Crime Prevention
7.6. Exchange of Information
7.6.1. EU databases
Note continued: 7.6.1.1. Schengen Information System
7.6.1.2. Customs Information System
7.6.1.3. Access to the Visa Information System
7.6.1.4. Access to Eurodac
7.6.2. Access to national databases
7.6.3. Ad hoc exchange of information
7.6.4. Data protection
7.6.4.1. General rules on data protection
7.6.4.2. Specific rules on data protection
7.6.5. Assessment
7.7. Other Forms of Police Cooperation
7.7.1. Controlled deliveries
7.7.2. European Police College
7.7.3. Police Chiefs' Task Force
7.7.4. Other measures
7.8. Europol
7.9. Cross-Border Operations
7.9.1. Hot pursuit
7.9.2. Surveillance
7.9.3. Covert operations
7.9.4. Joint operations and investigations
7.9.5. Special intervention units
7.10. EU Funding
7.11. External Relations
7.12. Conclusions
8. Civil Cooperation
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Institutional Framework and Overview
8.2.1. Cooperation prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam
Note continued: 8.2.1.1. Cooperation prior to the Maastricht Treaty
8.2.1.2. Cooperation from Maastricht to Amsterdam
8.2.2. Treaties of Amsterdam and Nice
8.2.2.1. Institutional framework
8.2.2.2. Overview of practice
8.2.3. Treaty of Lisbon
8.2.4.Competence issues
8.2.5. Territorial scope
8.3. Human Rights
8.3.1. The right to a fair trial
8.3.2. Application to EU law
8.4. Impact of Other EU Law
8.5. Overview of Legislation Adopted
8.5.1. Mutual recognition, enforcement, and jurisdiction
8.5.1.1. General rules
8.5.1.2. Specific rules
8.5.1.3. Enforcement of judgments
8.5.2. Service of documents
8.5.3. Conflict of laws
8.5.3.1. Contract law
8.5.3.2. Non-contractual obligations
8.5.3.3. Other EU rules on conflict of laws
8.5.4. Transmission of evidence
8.5.5. Access to justice
8.5.6. Civil procedure
8.5.7. Alternative dispute resolution
8.5.8. Judicial training
8.6. Family Law
8.7. European Contract Law
Note continued: 8.8. Administrative Cooperation and EU Funding
8.8.1. European Judicial Network
8.8.2. EU funding
8.9. External Relations
8.10. Conclusions
Appendix I: Ratification of Treaties
Appendix II: Pre-Treaty of Lisbon Third Pillar Measures Still in Force
Bibliography.