The Implementation of Schengen: First the Widening, Now the Deepening

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1 The Implementation of Schengen: First the Widening, Now the Deepening

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3 The Implementation of Schengen: First the Widening, Now the Deepening Edited by Monica den Boer (Texts in English and French) 1997, European Institute of Public Administration / Institut européen d administration publique Maastricht, the Netherlands / Pays-Bas

4 Table of Contents Page Acknowledgements List of Authors vii ix PART I: GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS Schengen et la coopération dans les domaines de la justice et des affaires intérieures. Besoins actuels et options futures 3 Charles Elsen Schengen depuis le 26 mars Wouter van de Rijt Schengen, the Third Pillar and Nordic Cooperation 17 Lars Bay Larsen PART II: JUDICIAL CONTROL AND LEGAL HARMONIZATION Le contrôle judiciaire dans la Convention de Schengen et dans le troisième pillier 27 Jean Rossetto La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes vis-à-vis des ressortissants de pays tiers 41 Sean van Raepenbusch Faut-t-il un droit communautaire pénal? 71 Alessandro Missir di Lusignano v

5 PART III: ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION Refugees -- A Challenge for Europe 87 Cécil Kpenou The Readmission of Third-Country Nationals within Bilateral and Multilateral Frameworks 97 Martin Schieffer PART IV: INTERNATIONAL POLICE COOPERATION Policing in Europe: A New Wave? 111 Willy Bruggeman Police Cooperation -- Current Problems and Suggestions for Solutions within Interstate Police Cooperation in Europe 129 Iver Frigaard PART V: CONCLUSIONS Travel Notes on a Bumpy Journey from Schengen via Maastricht to Amsterdam 147 Monica den Boer ANNEX: An Overview of Third Pillar Instruments 157 vi

6 Acknowledgements First and foremost, I would like to thank Alexis Pauly, who organized the fourth Schengen Colloquium in cooperation with Edward Best, Clotilde Marinho and Jacqueline Zijlmans. By making use of his extensive experience gained by organizing the previous colloquiums, Alexis Pauly has been primarily responsible for the balanced selection of themes that characterize the content of this volume. I am also grateful to Clotilde Marinho -- once more -- for her suggestions regarding this publication, Julma Braat for her technical support, the staff of the linguistic services for screening the text, Denise Grew for the layout and Veerle Deckmyn for her encouragement and efforts to ensure the timely publication of this volume. Finally, I would like to thank Mr Charles Elsen for giving me official permission to publish a recent overview of Third Pillar instruments. Monica den Boer vii

7 List of Authors Monica den Boer Willy Bruggeman Senior Lecturer Justice and Home Affairs, European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht (NL) Assistant Coordinator, Europol Drugs Unit, The Hague (NL) Charles Elsen Director-General, Directorate-General H -- Justice and Home Affairs, Council of the European Union (B) Iver Frigaard Cécil Kpenou Lars Bay Larsen Alessandro Missir di Lusignano Sean van Raepenbusch Wouter van de Rijt Jean Rossetto Liaison Officer ICPO-Interpol, European Liaison Bureau, Lyons (F) UNHCR Regional Representative for the BENELUX countries, the European institutions and NATO (B) Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Copenhagen (DK) Administrateur à la Direction Générale du Contrôle Financier de la Commission européenne (B) Référendaire à la Cour de Justice des Communautés européennes (L) et Maître de conférences à l Université de Liège (B) Chargé de la coordination auprès du Secrétariat Schengen, Bruxelles (B) Professeur à l Université F. Rabelais de Tours (F) ix

8 Martin Schieffer Legal Adviser, Department for Matters Related to Aliens and Asylum Policy, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bonn (D) x