Commission's initiatives regarding asylum
Text Press release dated 20 July 2001, following the adoption of a first Directive on asylum. This communiqué also mentions other Commission initiatives regarding asylum. Following the Amsterdam reform, provisions concerning 'visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to free movement of persons' have been 'communitarised' - transferred from the third to the first pillar - and the Commission has been credited with a power of initiative in this field.
Source and copyright
Source: RAPID. The Press and Communication Service of the European Commission. [ON-LINE]. [Brussels]: European Commission, [20.09.2001]. IP/01/1046. Disponible sur http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/welcome.htm.
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