Justice and Home Affairs Council
The Justice and Home Affairs Council , abbreviated "JHA Council" (Engl .: Justice and Home Affairs Council , JHA ), the Council of the European Union in the composition of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs Ministers of the Member States of the European Union. Conferences usually take place every two months.
The Council deals with matters relating to the area of freedom, security and justice provided for in the FEU Treaty .
Originally, the decisions of the council usually had to be taken unanimously. The Amsterdam Treaty gave the Council a major boost . Since then, the so-called Schengen regulations have been part of the Schengen acquis . At the same time, the codecision procedure , i.e. decision-making by qualified majority and full participation of the European Parliament , was provided for judicial cooperation in civil matters and the accompanying measures on the free movement of persons (i.e. above all asylum and visa policy) . With the Treaty of Lisbon , the co-decision procedure, which is now known as the ordinary legislative procedure, was also introduced in police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters - with a few exceptions .
Denmark, the United Kingdom and Ireland are excluded from many areas of JHA cooperation. You do not have to take part in certain measures. This applies in particular to Schengen cooperation with regard to the free movement of persons, the surveillance of external borders and visa policy. Council representatives from Ireland and Great Britain do not vote on these last points.
Web links
- Justice and Home Affairs Council
- EU de-briefings of the responsible federal ministries on the results of the Justice and Home Affairs Council (Network European Movement Germany )
