Pre-accession pact on organised crime
In preparation for the enlargement of the European Union, on 28 May 1998 the ministers of justice and home affairs of the Member States and the ten Central and Eastern European candidate countries and Cyprus adopted a 'pre-accession pact on organised crime' with the aim of: •associating the applicant countries with the European Union's priority actions; •helping the candidate countries to adopt the acquis communautaire in justice and home affairs; •setting up joint projects against crime for which technical or financial assistance from the Union would be helpful. The candidate countries undertook to rapidly adopt a number of international conventions, particularly those regarding extradition (1957 European Convention), drug trafficking (UN Convention) and terrorism (1977 European Convention). Agreements with Europol are planned, in order to promote the exchange of information and to define priorities for the action to be taken by the Union and its partners. The pre-accession pact is funded by the Phare Programme and other programmes including Grotius, Stop and Falcone. It is now an essential tool for the gradual integration of the candidate countries into the Community strategy for the monitoring and prevention of organised crime. See: •Accession partnership •Applicant countries •Community acquis •Enlargement •Europol (European Police Office) •Fight against international organised crime •Incorporation of the Community acquis •Justice and home affairs (JHA) •Pre-accession strategy •Programme of Community aid to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Phare) | ||||
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