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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 ...

O principal objetivo do presente estudo visava a análise da conveniência e a exequibilidade de criar um sistema transnacional de recolha e acompanhamento de dados relativos ao desempenho da investigação (sobre as contribuições, as realizações e a produtividade), no sentido de melhorar a elaboração de políticas e identificar opções políticas pertinentes no domínio da investigação. Para o efeito, analisámos os principais catalisadores políticos, ou seja, as principais razões que explicam a crescente ...

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) ...

O presente documento examina em pormenor a viabilidade da proposta do Parlamento Europeu contida na sua Resolução de 15 de Novembro de 2001 relativa à criação de um Fundo de Solidariedade bi-regional União Europeia - América Latina. Essa proposta tem vindo a ser reiterada, desde então, em numerosas ocasiões e em diversos fóruns sem que até ao momento tivesse sido considerada seriamente nem pela Comissão Europeia nem pelo Conselho. Neste contexto, e em vésperas da Cimeira de Viena, o presente documento ...

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.