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In anticipation of increased traveller flows and in response to the security concerns voiced by EU Member States, the European Commission put forward a Smart Borders package in 2013, consisting of three legislative proposals with the goal of making border control procedures faster and more reliable through applying interconnected advanced technologies throughout the Schengen area. This is an updated version following postponement of the item at the April session.

Water issues in Central Asia, which have proven contentious since the breakup of the Soviet Union, have attracted international attention with the World Bank's recent impact assessment condoning Tajikistan's plan to build an enormous dam. The Rogun Dam, under construction for decades, is strongly contested by downstream Uzbekistan. Tensions between energy-deprived Tajikistan and water-starved Uzbekistan – exacerbated by the region's endemically unsustainable resource management and growing competition ...

In recent decades, developments in European research policy making have led to an enhancement of the role and function of evaluation to cope with the growing globalisation of research and the need to ensure effective research systems at the national level and in the European Research Area. These developments have led to a need for a more integrated way to understand research performance as well as its efficiency and effects, combined with a growing need for a European view. The desire for better ...

Consumers today misinterpret the CE mark as a safety mark, assuming that CE marked products have been tested for safety and approved by some kind of authority. The European Parliament proposes the introduction of a voluntary, new ‘EU Safety Tested’ mark, which could be affixed by manufacturers to all non-food consumer products, regardless of the harmonised or non-harmonised nature thereof, provided they are tested positively by third parties. The objective of this study if to provide an assessment ...

This study examines the technical feasibility and financial soundness of the Commission legislative proposals to establish a EU Entry/Exit System (EES) and EU Registered Traveller Programme (RTP) for the external borders of the Union. It puts the impact assessment documents accompanying the proposals in comparative perspectives with likeminded initiatives in third countries (USVIST), at the national level in the EU (UK border checks and e-Borders), and with past European initiatives (SIS II, VIS) ...

This document presents a detailed examination of the feasibility of the European Parliament proposal contained in its resolution of 15 November 2001 to create a European Union - Latin America Bi-regional Solidarity Fund. That proposal has been repeated since then on numerous occasions and in various forums but has not yet been seriously considered either by the European Commission or by the Council. In this context, and on the eve of the Vienna Summit, this document sets out various specific proposals ...

This study on planning and implementing major projects in transport infrastructure takes into consideration the experiences in several EU Member States (France, Germany, Greece, Portugal and the United Kingdom). It analyses how decision-making and implementation of transport infrastructure projects can be improved in terms of time, cost and transparency. The study also describes planning procedures at the national level in the fifteen Member States.