Justice, freedom and security

The creation of the area of freedom, security and justice derives from Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Articles 67–89). The area was created to ensure the absence of border control at internal borders while offering a high level of protection to citizens.

According to Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, which sets out the objectives of the European Union (EU), the EU offers its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers. 

The absence of border control is ensured in conjunction with appropriate measures respecting external border control, asylum, immigration and preventing and combating crime, while also including judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters and police cooperation.

• • Free movement of persons, asylum and immigration
    • Combating document fraud: the false and authentic documents online system
    • EU freedom of movement and residence
    • Free movement of European citizens within the Union
      • Rules on crossing EU borders
      • Schengen evaluation and monitoring
      • Schengen
      • Security of identity cards and residence documents
      • EU digital COVID certificate
    • Schengen information system II
      • European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA)
      • Interoperability between EU information systems in the field of freedom, security and justice
      • A strengthened Schengen information system
    • Penetrating external borders
      • Obligation of air carriers to communicate passenger data
      • Stepping up cross-border cooperation – the Prüm decision
      • Screening of non-EU nationals at the EU’s external borders
      • Schengen evaluation and monitoring
      • EU instrument for financial support for customs control equipment (2021–2027)
      • Controlling the EU external maritime borders and saving immigrants’ lives in operations at sea
      • European Border and Coast Guard
      • Eurodac: European system for the comparison of fingerprints of asylum applicants (until 2026)
      • Eurodac – Database for asylum and migration management (from 2026)
      • Frontex status agreements with non-EU countries
      • Financial support for EU’s external borders and the common visa policy: Internal Security Fund
      • Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy
      • Local border traffic at external land borders
    • Visas
      • Rules for access to the EU’s Visa Information System (VIS)
      • Integration of biometric features in passports and travel documents
      • Visa waiver agreements
      • Visa requirements for non-EU nationals
      • Visa facilitation
      • Visa Code
      • VIS regulation
      • Uniform format for visas issued to non-EU nationals
      • The European Union’s entry/exit system
      • The European travel information and authorisation system (ETIAS)
      • EU instrument for financial support for customs control equipment (2021–2027)
      • Establishment of the visa information system (VIS) – Stage 1
      • Combating document fraud: FADO image-archiving system
      • European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA)
      • Facilitated transit document (FTD) and facilitated rail transit document (FRTD)
      • Financial support for EU’s external borders and the common visa policy: Internal Security Fund
      • Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy
    • Asylum
      • Return border procedure regulation (RBPR)
      • Refugees and stateless persons – common standards for qualification (until 2026)
      • Refugees and stateless persons – common standards for qualification (from 2026)
      • Reception conditions for applicants for international protection – EU rules
      • Screening of non-EU nationals at the EU’s external borders
      • Temporary protection if there is a mass influx of displaced people
      • EU migration and asylum policy — situations of crisis and force majeure
      • EU asylum policy: EU Member State responsible for examining applications
      • EU asylum and migration policy – Member State responsible for examining asylum applications and new solidarity mechanism (from 2026)
      • EP resolution on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU
      • EU resettlement and humanitarian admission framework regulation
      • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (2021-2027)
      • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
      • European Union asylum procedures (until 2026)
      • European Union asylum procedures (from 2026)
      • European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA)
      • Eurodac: European system for the comparison of fingerprints of asylum applicants (until 2026)
      • Eurodac – Database for asylum and migration management (from 2026)
      • Living conditions for asylum seekers – EU rules (until 2026)
    • Immigration and rights of nationals of non-EU countries
      • Non-EU workers — a single permit for residence and work in the EU (2026)
      • Refugees and stateless persons – common standards for qualification (until 2026)
      • Refugees and stateless persons – common standards for qualification (from 2026)
      • Recognition of qualifications for Ukrainian refugees
      • Reception conditions for applicants for international protection – EU rules
      • The protection of children in migration
      • EU migration and asylum policy — situations of crisis and force majeure
      • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (2021-2027)
      • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
      • Immigration policy
        • Return border procedure regulation (RBPR)
        • Integrating non-EU nationals
        • Immigration - the EU response
        • Residence permit for victims of human trafficking
        • The European Union’s entry/exit system
        • The European Migration Network
        • Employment as seasonal workers
        • EU format for residence permits
        • EU blue card – entry and residence of highly qualified workers (from 2023)
        • Family reunification
        • Mutual information mechanism for national asylum and immigration measures
        • Non-EU workers – easier residence and work formalities (until 2026)
        • Non-EU nationals — rules for long-term residence
        • Non-EU nationals — entry and residence for research, studies, training, voluntary service, secondary education and au pairing
        • Returning illegal immigrants – common standards and procedures
      • Illegal immigration
        • Return border procedure regulation (RBPR)
        • Immigration liaison officers’ network
        • Illegal immigration – penalties for employers
        • Stepping up cross-border cooperation – the Prüm decision
        • Screening of non-EU nationals at the EU’s external borders
        • EU measures to prevent the facilitation of illegal immigration
        • Expulsion decisions — mutual recognition by EU countries
        • Financial penalties on passenger carriers
        • Returning illegal immigrants – common standards and procedures
        • Return of illegal immigrants to their countries: joint flights
    • Relations with non-EU countries
      • Migration and development
      • EU - Turkey agreement on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation
      • Readmission agreements between the EU and certain non-EU countries
      • Frontex status agreements with non-EU countries
      • Facility for Refugees in Turkey
  • Horizontal and general matters
    • European Legislation Identifier (ELI)
    • European Case Law Identifier
    • European and international courts
  • Judicial cooperation in civil matters
    • EU involvement in efforts to unify the rules of private international law
    • Civil and commercial matters
      • Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention)
      • The digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters
      • Litigation
        • More effective rules on insolvency proceedings across EU borders
        • Strengthening cooperation with Switzerland, Norway and Iceland: the Lugano Convention
        • Court jurisdiction in legal cases involving different EU countries
        • Legal certainty in international trade for EU businesses using choice of court agreements
      • Applicable law
        • Contractual obligations in the EU - determining which national law applies
        • The law applicable to non-contractual obligations
        • Civil judicial cooperation and agreements with non-EU countries
        • Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome Convention)
      • European procedures
        • European order for payment procedure
        • Uncontested claims – European enforcement order
        • The European Account Preservation Order for debt recovery between EU countries
        • European small claims procedure — rules governing cross-border legal disputes
      • Alternative (out-of-court) dispute resolution
        • Mediation in civil and commercial matters
    • Family law & succession law
      • Matrimonial and parental responsibility judgments — jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement
      • The digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters
      • Jurisdiction and applicable law in succession matters and European Certificate of Succession
      • Law applicable to divorce and legal separation
      • Enhanced cooperation on matrimonial and registered partnership property issues
      • Family legal matters — negotiating agreements between EU and non-EU countries
      • Maintenance obligations
      • Parental responsibility & protection of children (Hague Convention)
    • Cooperation between EU countries on civil justice
      • Legal aid in civil and commercial matters
      • Promoting videoconferencing between EU countries in the area of justice
      • The digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters
      • Taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters (until 2022)
      • Taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters
      • Transmitting judicial and extrajudicial documents between EU countries
      • Simplifying the circulation of certain public documents within the EU
      • Justice programme (2021-2027)
      • e-CODEX – computerised system for the cross-border electronic exchange of data in the area of judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters
      • European Judicial Network — civil and commercial matters
      • European e-Justice Strategy and Action Plan 2019-2023
  • Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
    • Right to access a lawyer in criminal and European warrant arrest proceedings
    • Promoting videoconferencing between EU countries in the area of justice
    • Using financial information to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute criminal offences
    • Recommendation on procedural rights of suspects and accused people subject to pre-trial detention and on material detention conditions
    • Protecting the environment through criminal law
    • Protecting personal data that is used by police and criminal justice authorities (from 2018)
    • Stepping up cross-border cooperation – the Prüm decision
    • The right to legal aid in criminal proceedings
    • Transfer of proceedings in criminal matters
    • Strengthening victims’ rights in the EU
    • The establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office
    • Judicial cooperation – Joint investigation teams collaboration platform
    • Internal Security Fund (2021–2027)
    • Justice programme (2021-2027)
    • Proceedings in criminal matters – asset recovery and confiscation
    • Procedural safeguards for vulnerable persons in criminal proceedings
    • Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings – production and preservation orders
    • Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings – designated establishments and legal representatives of service providers
    • Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings
    • e-CODEX – computerised system for the cross-border electronic exchange of data in the area of judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters
    • Criminal proceedings — procedural safeguards for children who are suspected or accused of crimes
    • Criminal proceedings — Presumption of innocence and the right to be present at the trial
    • Criminal offences and penalties for the violation of EU restrictive measures
    • Compensation for victims of crime in other EU countries
    • Convention on cybercrime
    • Better protection for victims of violence
    • Better protection for victims in criminal proceedings
    • European Judicial Network - cooperation to combat crime
    • Eurojust
    • European criminal records information system (ECRIS)
    • European criminal records information system – conviction information on third-country nationals (ECRIS-TCN)
    • Fight against organised crime: offences linked to participation in a criminal organisation
    • Faster, more efficient cross-border criminal investigations in the EU
    • Fair trial: suspects’ right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings
    • Exchange of information on criminal records between EU Member States
    • Legal aid in criminal proceedings
    • Mutual assistance in criminal matters between EU countries
    • Mutual recognition
      • Mutual recognition of financial penalties, such as certain speeding fines
      • Recommendation on procedural rights of suspects and accused people subject to pre-trial detention and on material detention conditions
      • Surrender procedure between EU Member States and Iceland and Norway
      • Jurisdiction in criminal proceedings: prevention and settlement of conflicts
      • Pre-trial supervision – mutual recognition
      • EU mutual recognition system – prison sentences and prisoner transfers
      • Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings – production and preservation orders
      • Convictions in other countries count in new criminal proceedings
      • European protection order — supporting crime victims EU-wide
      • More effective extradition procedures: European arrest warrant
      • Mutual recognition of probation measures and alternative sanctions
    • War crimes
      • European and international courts
      • Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes: investigation and prosecution
      • European Genocide Network
    • Agreements – Justice & security
      • Legal certainty in international trade for EU businesses using choice of court agreements
      • Surrender procedure between EU Member States and Iceland and Norway
      • EU–New Zealand agreement on the exchange of personal data
      • EU–Japan mutual legal assistance
      • Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention)
      • Convention on international interests in mobile equipment
      • Convention on cybercrime
      • Agreements on the security of classified information
      • Agreement with the United States on mutual legal assistance
      • Agreement with the United States on extradition
      • Agreement between the European Union and the United States on the transfer of financial messaging data
      • EU-US agreement on personal data protection
  • Police and customs cooperation
    • Police cooperation
      • Freezing and confiscation of assets
      • Information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States
      • Protecting the euro against counterfeiting – Europol
      • Stepping up cross-border cooperation – the Prüm decision
      • Terrorist kidnappings — sharing information
      • Simplifying the exchange of information between EU countries' police and customs
      • Joint investigation teams
      • Internal Security Fund (2021–2027)
      • Police cooperation: automated search and exchange of data
      • Cooperation between special intervention units
      • A safer EU: police cooperation, and crisis management
      • European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL)
      • European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)
    • Agreements – Customs
      • Pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin
      • Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the EU and Norway on applying similar rules of origin
      • Agreement with China on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters
      • Agreement with Hong Kong on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters
      • Agreement with the Republic of Korea
      • Agreements with Canada on customs matters
      • 1982 International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
      • Container security: EU–US agreements
      • Close cooperation between EU customs administrations (Naples II Convention)
      • Convention on a common transit procedure
      • Convention on the simplification of formalities in trade in goods
      • EU–Switzerland agreement on the simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of the carriage of goods and on customs security measures
      • EU customs union with Turkey
      • Customs Agreement with Japan
      • Customs Convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention)
      • EU-India customs agreement
      • EU-New Zealand cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters
      • International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
      • International convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures
  • Citizenship of the Union
    • Better handling of complaints made to the Commission on countries’ application of EU law
    • Emergency travel document (ETD)
    • Citizenship of the Union
    • Democratic rights
      • Addressing the consequences of disenfranchisement of Union citizens exercising their right to free movement
      • Voting rights and eligibility in European Parliament elections
      • The right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections
      • Transparency and targeting of political advertising
    • Free movement rights
      • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
      • Security of identity cards and residence documents
      • EU freedom of movement and residence
      • Citizens, equality, rights and values programme (2021–2027)
    • Consular protection
      • EU consular protection: better protection for EU citizens abroad
      • EU emergency travel document
  • Fundamental rights & discrimination
    • European judicial training strategy (2021–2024)
    • Recommendations on developing and strengthening integrated child protection systems in the best interests of the child
    • Putting the Charter of Fundamental Rights into practice
    • Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities
    • Transparency and targeting of political advertising
    • EU strategy on the rights of the child and the European child guarantee
    • Citizens, equality, rights and values programme (2021–2027)
    • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
    • Institutions, agencies & bodies
      • European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
      • Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women
      • European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
    • Equality between women and men
      • European Union gender equality strategy
      • Work-life balance for parents and carers
      • Protecting pregnant workers and new mothers
      • Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities
      • Social security — equal treatment for men and women
      • Self-employment — equal treatment between men and women
      • Principle of equal treatment of men and women outside the employment market
      • Equal treatment in employment and occupation
      • Equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women – Rules on pay transparency
      • EU accession to the Istanbul Convention
      • Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women
      • European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
      • Gender equality in the labour market
      • Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges
      • Preventing and combatting violence against women
        • Preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence throughout the European Union
    • Other forms of discriminations
      • Non-discrimination and equal opportunities in the European Union
      • Protection at international level of the rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities
      • The Marrakesh Treaty
      • Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities
      • Equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
      • Equal treatment in employment and occupation
      • Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law
  • Fight against terrorism
    • Marketing and use of explosive precursors (from 31 January 2021)
    • Protecting Europe from terrorism risks
    • Use of passenger records to prevent terrorism and serious crime
    • Stepping up cross-border cooperation – the Prüm decision
    • Small arms and light weapons: combating their accumulation
    • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (until 2027)
    • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (from 2027) – Member States’ mechanisms
    • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (from 2027)
    • EU security union strategy
    • Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism
    • Fight against terrorism – definitions of terrorist crimes and support to victims
    • Access to and exchange of information
      • Rules for access to the EU’s Visa Information System (VIS)
      • Information exchange and cooperation regarding terrorist offences
      • Terrorist kidnappings — sharing information
      • Judicial cooperation – Joint investigation teams collaboration platform
      • Internal Security Fund (2021–2027)
      • EU–New Zealand agreement on the exchange of personal data
      • Council security rules for protecting classified information (EUCI)
      • Agreements on the security of classified information
      • Agreement between the European Union and the United States on the transfer of financial messaging data
      • Fight against terrorism — dissemination of content online
    • Prevention & protection
      • Restrictive measures to combat terrorism
      • Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto assets
      • Using financial information to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute criminal offences
      • Traceability of money transfers
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (until 2027)
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (from 2027) – Member States’ mechanisms
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (from 2027)
      • Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
      • Compensation for victims of crime in other EU countries
      • A safer EU: police cooperation, and crisis management
      • Fight against terrorism — dissemination of content online
      • Making critical entities more resilient
    • Pursuit
      • More effective extradition procedures: European arrest warrant
    • Institutions and agencies
      • Eurojust
      • Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
      • European Judicial Network - cooperation to combat crime
  • Fight against organised crime
    • Organised crime: common framework for liaison officers
    • Screening framework for foreign direct investments
    • Smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air — UN protocol
    • Police cooperation, migration, asylum and combating crime: financial instruments
    • Peer review of EU countries’ measures to combat organised crime
    • EU security union strategy
    • Combating cross-border vehicle crime
    • European and international courts
    • Freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime
    • Fight against organised crime: offences linked to participation in a criminal organisation
    • Crime prevention
      • European cooperation on crime prevention
      • Using financial information to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute criminal offences
      • Internal Security Fund (2021–2027)
    • Arms trafficking
      • Rules on importing and exporting firearms and ammunition
      • Controls on weapons purchases and possession
      • Firearms — combating illicit manufacture and trafficking
    • Money laundering
      • Controls on cash entering or leaving the EU
      • Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto assets
      • Using financial information to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute criminal offences
      • Traceability of money transfers
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (until 2027)
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (from 2027) – Member States’ mechanisms
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (from 2027)
      • Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
      • Combating money laundering by criminal law
    • Financial crime
      • Fight against fraud to the EU’s financial interests by means of criminal law
      • Using financial information to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute criminal offences
      • Traceability of money transfers
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (until 2027)
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (from 2027) – Member States’ mechanisms
      • Preventing abuse of the financial system for money laundering and terrorism purposes (from 2027)
      • Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
      • Cooperation between EU countries in recovering proceeds from crime
    • Cyber crime
      • European Cybercrime Centre at Europol
      • Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements
      • Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto assets
      • Towards a general policy on the fight against cybercrime
      • Internal Security Fund (2021–2027)
      • Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings – production and preservation orders
      • Cybersecurity of network and information systems
      • EU security union strategy
      • EU restrictive measures against cyber-attacks
      • Convention on cybercrime
      • Attacks against information systems
      • European cybersecurity network and competence centre
    • Trafficking in human beings
      • Fighting child sexual abuse
      • Protocol against the trafficking of people
      • Residence permit for victims of human trafficking
      • Smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air — UN protocol
      • Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings
      • EU security union strategy
      • EU Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
      • 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
    • Environmental crime
      • Revised EU action plan against wildlife trafficking
      • Wildlife trafficking — EU action plan
      • Protecting the environment through criminal law
      • Ship-source pollution and criminal penalties
      • Corporate sustainability due diligence
      • European Union law against environmental crime
  • Combating drugs
    • Monitoring trade in drug precursors between the EU and non-EU countries
    • Illicit drug trafficking — List of psychoactive substances
    • EU drugs strategy
    • Criminal acts and the applicable penalties — drug trafficking
    • European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)
    • Monitoring trade in drug precursors within the European Union
  • Judicial reform & tackling corruption and organised crime
    • Communication on the fight against corruption
  • European statistics
    • Migration statistics
    • European statistics on persons and households
  • Archived summaries
    • Return Fund (2008-13)
    • Integration of concerns related to migration within the external policy
    • Integration Fund (2007-13)
    • Information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds
    • Information management in the area of freedom, security and justice
    • Information exchange, risk assessment and control of new psychoactive substances
    • Insolvency proceedings
    • Incentive and exchange programme for persons responsible for combating trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children (STOP)
    • Identification and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds from crime
    • Improved effectiveness, enhanced interoperability and synergies between European databases
    • Iceland – Justice and security
    • Immigration liaison officers’ network
    • Hungary
    • Promotion and protection of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities at international level
    • Protecting critical infrastructure
    • Protecting children in the digital world
    • Visa requirements for non-EU nationals
    • Report on preparedness for possible emergencies (2002)
    • Reinforcing the management of the EU's southern maritime borders
    • Regional Protection Programmes
    • Recognition of decisions in criminal matters: strengthening mutual trust
    • Recognition and execution of confiscation orders
    • Readmission agreements with the countries of the western Balkans
    • Readmission agreements with Macao and Hong Kong
    • Readmission agreement with Sri Lanka
    • Rapid border intervention teams (RABIT)
    • Reports on citizenship of the Union: EU progress on removing hurdles to the exercise of rights
    • Secretariat for the joint supervisory data-protection bodies
    • Second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) – former 3rd pillar decision
    • Second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)
    • Search for missing or sexually exploited children
    • The Stockholm Programme
    • The Czech Republic
    • Strategic concept on tackling organised crime
    • STOP II
    • Stepping up the fight against terrorism
    • The role of customs in the integrated management of external borders
    • The role of civil society in drugs policy in the European Union
    • The rights of crime victims
    • The principle of equal treatment between persons
    • The prevention of and fight against organised crime in the financial sector
    • Schengen Borders Code
    • Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security
    • Safer Internet programme 2009-13
    • The implementation of measures to combat child sex tourism
    • The Hague Programme: 10 priorities for the next five years
    • Targeting criteria for controls and collection of customs and police information
    • Specific Programme: Prevention, preparedness and consequence management of terrorism (2007-2013)
    • Specific programme: Preventing and combating crime (2007-2013)
    • Trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation
    • The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – Justice and security
    • Turkey – Justice and security
    • The fight against terrorism: preparedness and management of the consequences
    • Slovenia
    • Transmission of personal data by Europol
    • Transmission of judicial and extrajudicial documents between EU countries (until 2022)
    • Transit Kaliningrad - Russian mainland: proposals and implementation
    • The fight against bioterrorism (communication)
    • The European Police College (CEPOL)
    • The external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice
    • Surrender procedure between EU countries and Iceland and Norway
    • Slovakia
    • The European Ombudsman
    • Succession and wills (Green Paper)
    • Stronger control measures for the synthetic drug BZP
    • Strengthening the Schengen area
    • Strengthening the Global Approach to Migration
    • Strengthening the commitment to equality between women and men: a women’s charter
    • Simplified extradition procedure between Member States
    • The EU drugs strategy (2005-12)
    • The EU drugs action plan (2009-12)
    • The EU drugs action plan (2005-08)
    • Strategy for the evolution of the Customs Union
    • Towards a Strategy on the Rights of the Child
    • Strategy for the Customs Union
    • Strategy for gender equality in development policy
    • Service of documents in civil or commercial matters
    • Security of explosives
    • Towards a comprehensive European migration policy
    • Justice Forum
    • Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (Brussels I)
    • Jurisdiction in criminal matters: first and third pillar
    • Judicial training in the European Union
    • Judicial reform, fight against corruption and organised crime: Bulgaria’s progress
    • Judicial reform and anti-corruption work: Romania’s progress
    • Joint EU resettlement programme
    • International protection – emergency help for Italy and Greece
    • Joint action to combat racism and xenophobia
    • IT agency for the area of freedom, security and justice
    • Justice Programme (2014-2020)
    • Lawful transmission of samples of controlled substances
    • Latvia
    • Preventive alert against emergencies
    • Prevention and reduction of risks associated with drug dependence
    • Prevention and control of hooliganism
    • Preventing money laundering by means of the financial system
    • Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration
    • Policy plan on legal migration
    • Policy plan on asylum
    • Police/customs agreements in the fight against drugs
    • Poland
    • Plan on best practices, standards and procedures
    • Programme of exchanges, training and cooperation for persons responsible for action to combat organised crime (Falcone)
    • Programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008)
    • Penal framework for preventing the facilitation of illegal immigration
    • Enhancing the security of explosives
    • Enhancing police and customs cooperation in the European Union
    • Enforcing judgments: the transparency of debtors' assets
    • Developing a comprehensive EU strategy to measure crime and criminal justice
    • Detection technologies in the work of law enforcement, customs and other security services
    • Detecting forged documents
    • eu-LISA: managing IT systems in the field of border and migration controls
    • Democratic control over Europol
    • Defining the facilitation of illegal immigration
    • Decision setting up Eurojust
    • EU internal security strategy
    • Cyprus
    • Cybersecurity of network and information systems
    • Customs 2013 (2008-2013)
    • EU rules on terrorist offences and related penalties
    • EU Drugs Action Plan (2013-16)
    • EU counter-terrorism policy
    • EU cooperation in criminal matters — personal data protection (until 2018)
    • Estonia
    • EU security agenda
    • EU blue card – entry and residence of highly qualified workers (until 2023)
    • EU agency for law enforcement cooperation — Europol
    • Dublin II Regulation
    • EU action plan on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear security
    • Entry of refugees into the EU and enhancing protection for them in the countries of first asylum
    • 'Drug prevention and information' programme (2007-2013)
    • Drug precursors: internal aspects
    • Drug precursors: external aspects
    • Ensuring the consistent implementation of rights
    • Dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
    • Diplomatic and consular protection of Union citizens in third countries (Green Paper)
    • Diplomatic and consular protection
    • Civil Protection Mechanism
    • Civil Justice specific programme (2007-2013)
    • Croatia – Justice and security
    • Circular migration and mobility partnerships 
    • Choice of court agreements between parties to international transactions
    • Critical infrastructure protection
    • Criminal proceedings: conflicts of jurisdiction and the ne bis in idem principle (Green Paper)
    • Criminal Justice specific programme (2007-13)
    • Criminal convictions: disqualifications
    • Crime prevention in the EU
    • “Crime does not pay”
    • Court orders freezing criminal assets or evidence — recognition abroad
    • Conflict of laws in matters concerning matrimonial property regimes (Green Paper)
    • Conditions governing eligibility for refugee status or international protection
    • Conclusion of the United Nations Convention against organised crime
    • Counter-terrorism strategy
    • Comprehensive strategy for combating organised crime
    • Corporate and financial malpractice
    • Cooperation with the African Centre for Study and Research on Terrorism
    • Cooperation with Non-EU Member Countries in the areas of migration and asylum
    • Community programme for employment and solidarity - PROGRESS (2007-2013)
    • Cooperation of individuals to combat organised crime
    • Cooperation between customs authorities and business organisations of the Member States
    • Convention on extradition between Member States
    • Common framework for the integration of non-EU nationals
    • Bulgaria
    • Building a stronger and more secure digital Europe
    • Border-free travel – new EU control system (SIS II)
    • Combating violence towards children, adolescents and women: Daphne III programme (2007-2013)
    • Combating trafficking in human beings, the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
    • Combating trafficking in human beings
    • Combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
    • Combating terrorist financing: enhancement of national-level coordination and greater transparency of the non-profit sector.
    • Combating child sex tourism
    • Convention on Driving Disqualifications
    • Combating child pornography on the Internet
    • Closer practical cooperation
    • Better enforcement of monetary claims: the attachment of bank accounts
    • Contribution to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
    • Action Plan to Combat Drugs (2000-2004)
    • Action plan to combat drugs (1995-1999)
    • Action plan on unaccompanied minors (2010-14)
    • Action plan on the Stockholm Programme
    • A new dimension for European judicial training
    • A global approach to PNR data transfers
    • A framework strategy for non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all
    • Action plan against racism
    • A comprehensive European migration policy
    • A common immigration policy for Europe
    • Airport transit arrangements
    • Applicable law and jurisdiction in matrimonial matters (Proposal for a Regulation)
    • Applicable law and jurisdiction in divorce matters (Green Paper)
    • Approximation of the laws of the Member States (2)
    • Approximation of the laws of the Member States (1)
    • Approval of explosives intended for civilian use
    • Applying the codecision procedure to maintenance obligations
    • Access of vehicle registration services to SIS II
    • Agreements with the countries of the Western Balkans on the facilitation of the issuance of visas
    • Admission and residence of researchers from non-EU countries
    • Agreement with Pakistan on readmission
    • Agreement on the processing and transfer of passenger name record data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security (2007 PNR Agreement)
    • Addressing the factors contributing to violent radicalisation
    • Agreement on readmission with Russia
    • Agreement between the European Union and the United States on the security of classified information
    • Active European citizenship (2004-2006)
    • Actions and tools for integration
    • Action to prevent violence against children, young people and women: the DAPHNE II programme (2004-08)
    • Action to combat violence against children, young persons and women: the Daphne programme
    • Action to combat illicit trade in light weapons
    • Action programme: Customs 2007 (2003-2007)
    • European border surveillance system (Eurosur)
    • European Border and Coast Guard (until December 2020)
    • European Asylum Support Office
    • European external border surveillance system (EUROSUR)
    • European evidence warrant (EEW)
    • European e-Justice Strategy
    • European e-justice strategy
    • European Disability Strategy (2010-2020)
    • European Agency for the Management of External Borders — Frontex
    • Europe for Citizens (2007-13)
    • Gender balance within the committees and expert groups set up by the Commission
    • European security strategy
    • European Security Research and Innovation Agenda
    • European scheme for the resettlement of refugees
    • "Eurodac" system
    • Future common European asylum system
    • Fundamental rights and citizenship (2007-13)
    • European Refugee Fund (2008-13)
    • European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection
    • European contract law
    • From the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)
    • Freezing funds: list of terrorists and terrorist groups
    • European Parliament Rules of Procedure
    • European Pact on Immigration and Asylum
    • European network for the protection of public figures
    • European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
    • Framework programme on solidarity and management of migration flows for the period 2007-2013
    • Framework programme concerning police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (AGIS)
    • Framework for the exchange of liaison magistrates
    • Fight against organised crime and terrorism: role of Eurojust and the European Judicial Network
    • Fight against cybercrime
    • Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings
    • Grotius II - Criminal
    • Grotius
    • Facilitating the issuance of short-stay visas with Russia
    • Facilitating procedures for issuing visas for those taking part in sporting events
    • Facilitating judicial cooperation in civil matters
    • External Borders Fund (2007-13)
    • Follow-up to the recommendations of the High-Level Panel on the Free Movement of Persons
    • Hippocrates
    • Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings
    • Exchange of information to combat counterfeit travel documents
    • Exchange of information on movements of groups
    • Exchange of information on drugs
    • Exchange of information between the law enforcement authorities of the Member States
    • Exchange of certain data with Interpol
    • Green Paper: The problems confronting the cross-border litigant
    • Green Paper on the presumption of innocence
    • Financing of civil protection measures (2007-2013)
    • Evaluation of the European Parliament Elections (2004)
    • Europol: European Police Office (until 31.12.2009)
    • European Year of Voluntary Activities Promoting Active Citizenship (2011)
    • Green Paper on mutual recognition of non-custodial pre-trial supervision measures
    • Green Paper on maintenance obligations
    • Green Paper on criminal proceedings
    • Fight against Terrorist Financing: exchanging information, transparency and traceability of financial transactions
    • Fight against terrorism: prevention, preparedness and response
    • European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
    • Mechanism for collective evaluation of the application by applicant countries of the European Union acquis
    • Malta
    • Making citizenship work: programmes for Youth, Culture, Audiovisual and Civic Participation
    • Monitoring scheme for the EU’s border-free area
    • Local consular cooperation regarding visas
    • Money laundering: prevention through customs cooperation
    • Lithuania
    • Minimum standards on the reception of applicants for asylum in Member States
    • Minimum standards for procedures for granting and withdrawing refugee status
    • Minimum guarantees for asylum procedures
    • Links between legal and illegal immigration
    • Limitations on the admission of third-country nationals for the purpose of pursuing activities as self-employed persons
    • Limitations on the admission of third-country nationals for employment
    • Overhaul for EU Solidarity Fund
    • Organised crime: strategy for the prevention and control of organised crime
    • Organised crime: crime prevention in the European Union
    • Organised crime: contact points to combat high-tech crime
    • Oisin Programme (1997-2000)
    • OISIN II Programme
    • Romania
    • Right of access to a lawyer (Proposal)
    • Right to information in criminal proceedings
    • Rights of victims of crime (Proposal)
    • Robert Schuman project (1998-2000)
    • Migration: Global Approach to the Eastern and South-Eastern regions of the EU
    • Mutual recognition of pre-trial supervision measures
    • National programmes for the reduction of drug demand: first report
    • National programmes for the reduction of drug demand: second report
    • New functions for the Schengen Information System in the fight against terrorism
    • Marketing and use of explosives precursors
    • Matrimonial and parental judgments: jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement (Brussels IIa)
    • New measures to combat trafficking in women
    • Next steps in border management in the EU
    • Operational investigation methods