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ALIGNMENT OF THE LAW ON PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION WITH THE EU ACQUIS

Author(s): Tena Šimonović Einwalter,Goran Selanec / Language(s): English Issue: 9/2015

Discrimination in the legal system of Bosnia and Herzegovina is prohibited at the constitutional level, primarily by the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by various international treaties and national legislation, including in particular the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination. Article II of BiH Constitution: Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms after the list of rights, states that the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in that Article or in international treaties listed in Annex I of the Constitution is ensured to all persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, without discrimination on any grounds such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with an ethnic minority, property, birth or other status.

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Kas lemia europos parlamento narių balsavimą – nacionaliniai interesai ar ep frakcijos linija?

Author(s): Rolandas Tučas,Ieva Savickaitė / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 4 (84)/2016

The European Parliament has gained more legitimacy power after Lisbon treaty in 2009. However, there is unclear how EP members are distributing their votes. Do they vote according with the EP party line or their national interest? This scientific article attempts to look at the MEPs voting related to foreign policy issues that are identified as one of the most sensitive to reach a general consensus. This research focuses on MEPs roll call results related to the EU–Russia partnership issues from 2014 to 2015, followed by the annexation of Crimea. Due to this, scientific paper aims to determine the regional dimension between MEPs (geo) political preferences and the relation to Russia votings. This scientific article tests two hypotheses: 1) The voting, following the EP group’s position, is often characterized by MEPs from those countries where there is no clear commitment to Russia. 2) The voting is done in accordance with the national positions often characterized by MEPs from those countries where there is a clear (relatively favorable/critical) position towards Russia. These hypotheses are tested by using roll calls and EU countries position towards Russia index which was updated in this work following the research of S. Braghiroli ir C. Carta. The results partly proved the tested hypotheses. The roll calls confirmed the first hypothesis that voting, following the EP group’s position, is often characterized by MEPs from those countries where there is no clear commitment to Russia. Such voting is often characterized by MEPs from West-Central European countries. The second hypothesis stands to be partly proved. The voting in accordance with the national positions is often characterized by MEPs from those countries where there is a clear critical position towards Russia (mostly from Poland and the Baltic States). However, the results haven’t confirmed that this hypothesis applies as well to MEPs from countries of a relatively favorable stance towards Russia. It discovered that an MEP from these countries tends to abstain more while voting for questions favorable to Russia. This shows another tendency to find a compromise between a national and an EP party line. Recommendations for future research. In order to find out more details related to the voting trends of MEPs, the future research should involve a longer period of roll calls. The research methodology could be enhanced by including details of the MEPs voting “abstentions“. Also, future research could emphasize the “rebels“ in the EP parties who act when expressing „softer“ disapprovals from general party political line by abstaining from the voting.

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ARHIVSKO PODRUČJE I EVROPSKA UNIJA

Author(s): Natalija Glažar / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 7/2004

At present Slovenian archival service is involved in two working groups: in the forum OLM (for the management of electronic records) and in the project group compiling the new edition of the "Report on Archives in the European Union" (better known as the "Black Book"). The latter is based on the Council Resolution of May 6th, 2003 on Archives in Member States. For the period of the next several years, the new "Black Book" predicts a wide spectrum of cooperation between archives of the member states and EU institutions, covering specific activities and actions in al­ most every area of archival services. The second part of the paper dis­ cusses project options. Regarding the cooperation you may find numerous possibilities to apply for funds of various EU programmes as well as to cooperate with partners in Slovenia and abroad cross­discipli­ nary connections included. Such possibilities undoubtedly will continue to grow in the future. The third part deals with EU legislation in regard to archival profession. Namely, most of the documents of the European Com­ munities that regulate archival activities are not obligatory, but recommended. In the majority of cases such documents are recommendations or resolutions, serving as a basis for the archival cooperation be­ tween present and future EU members and institutions of the European Communities. Obligatory documents such as instructions do not often in­ terfere directly with archival professional activities, but deal with them indirectly or partly (export of cultural goods, exploitation of information for the public, harmonization of copyright and related rights) and are subject for other national acts. Of great importance is their harmonization with archival acts.

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Practical problems of legal regulation of customs duties developing an international trade between the republic of Lithuania and East Asian countries

Author(s): Gediminas Valantiejus / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

For more than ten years (since 2004) the Republic of Lithuania is a member of the EU and is realizing its economic and trade relations with other foreign countries, and regulating customs duties according to the requirements of the EU Common Commercial Policy. However, in the recent years foreign trade (in particular – exports of goods) remained one of the main factors which increased an economic growth (recovery) in the Republic of Lithuania after the global economic crisis of the world, which began in 2008. In this context, the search for new markets and expansion of trade relations with new trade partners in Asia became essential in order to diversify the structure of the national economy and avoid dependence on traditional trade partners, such as Russia. Taking into account this strategic goal, the article seeks to answer a question whether an existing foreign trade regulation system ensures the status of Lithuania as an attractive partner of foreign trade with East Asian countries (Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore) and what regulatory instruments (customs duty rules and procedures) should be used on the national level to ensure cooperation with these countries. In order to answer this problematic question, the first chapter of the article overviews general tendencies in Lithuanian foreign trade with the countries of East Asia, while the second chapter is dedicated to describe regulatory regime for import customs duties on the national level (in line with the major provisions of the EU Common Commercial Policy). The practical problems and obstacles to international trade are presented in the third chapter and are illustrated by the examples of case law, which was formed in disputes relating to the decisions and actions of Lithuanian national customs authorities for the period from 1 May, 2004 (since entry to the EU)).

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Regulacje dotyczące krajobrazu priorytetowego a zagadnienie wolności religijnej imigrantów

Author(s): Piotr Kroczek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 19/2016

Immigration in to-days Europe is a huge problem. The phenomenon is potentially dangerous for the national, cultural and religious status quo of Poland. According to the Polish law, freedom of religion shall be ensured for everyone, who is under Polish law. The freedom of religion includes the right of possession of sanctuaries. The right in question is granted to every Church or religious organization. In exercising the right, there is no distinction, if or in what legal way a Church or religious organization is recognized by Polish law. It means, that there is no direct legal way to prevent immigrants from building shrines. The newly updated law of 2003 about planning and developing of spatial (ustawa o planowaniu i zagospodarowaniu przestrzennym) contains the provisions about so called “priority landscape”. The regulations in question can be used, by the local authorities, to prevent changing the landscape, e.g. of a town, by banning building a shrine with certain architectonic elements. The ban cannot be classified as an infringement of religious freedom, but only as a limitation of exercising it. The ban is fully justified by the rights of autochthons to maintain the national or religious cultural heritage.

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Możliwość rezygnacji z pracy jako gwarancja ochrony wolności religijnej pracownika? Specyfika wyroku Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka w sprawie Eweida i inni przeciwko Zjednoczonemu Królestwu na tle dotychczasowego orzecznictwa strasburskiego

Author(s): Grzegorz Szubtarski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 19/2016

The article discusses the issues related to the manifestation of religious beliefs in the workplace on the basis of the case law of the European Commission of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. It highlights the specificity of the judgment in Eweida and others against the United Kingdom in the light of the previous jurisprudence of the Strasbourg authorities. In an earlier case law, the Court accepted the principle according to which the ability to opt out of work is sufficient protection for employee’s religious freedom and therefore there is no violation of the rights guaranteed by Article. 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Therefore the Court's case law does not adequately protected employee’s religious freedom. In the judgment in Eweida and others against the United Kingdom, the Court stated that it can not continue applying this principle and replaced it with a test of proportionality, according to which will analyze limitations imposed on the employee's in the context of the legitimate aim of the restrictions and the proportionality of the measures used for its achievements. Further application of this principle and the importance of this judgment will be seen in the light of future case law.

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Європейський досвід щодо митних спрощень економічним операторам при транзитних переміщеннях товарів

Author(s): Yuriy Konovalov / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 30/2016

In article concepts of the representative the consignor and authorized goods are opened recipient, are analyzed the European experience of providing customs simplifications to Authorized Economic Operators at the general procedure of transit, and also expediency of implementation of provisions of the legislation of the European Union to domestic the customs legislation is proved.At research of a question in work the following general scientific methods were used: the analysis (for understanding of essence of the representative the consignor and authorized consignee), synthesis and deduction (at first types of customs simplifications to economic operators of the EU, and then in detail types of customs simplifications to economic operators are analysed at the general procedure of transit), abstraction (separation of essential information from insignificant), classification (division and groups of participants of procedure of the general transit for certain signs) and a method of generalization by means of which it was made the general conclusions.In article need of adaptation of the international experience of customs simplifications under modern requirements is proved. It is substantiated that the implementation in activity of the Public fiscal service of Ukraine will allow to create transparent rules of implementation of foreign economic activity, simple, fast and open procedures of customs registration and control of movement of goods through customs border. Materials and practices of article can be used by specialists of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine for the account in work when carrying out merchandising examination.

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Europska regulacija ponovne uporabe informacija

Author(s): Anamarija Musa / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 24/2016

Ponovna uporaba informacija (re-use of public sector information) označava korištenje informacija koje prikuplja, održava ili izrađuje javna uprava od strane fizičkih i pravnih osoba za svrhe, komercijalne ili nekomercijalne, kojima nisu primarno namijenjene. Pri tome je odlučeno da su informacije pružene na zahtjev ili objavljene u formatu koji omogućuje elektroničku ponovnu uporabu. Trend ponovne uporabe informacija javlja se krajem 1990-ih u Europskoj uniji, a zatim i međunarodnim organizacijama i političkim inicijativama, po uzoru na SAD. Ideja u pozadini koncepta ponovne uporabe informacija jest da su informacije javnog sektora u zajedničkom vlasništvu svih građana te da inovativno korištenje tih podataka, ukoliko nisu ograničeni pravima intelektualnog vlasništva, zaštite osobnih podataka, sigurnosti ili poslovne tajne, treba biti omogućeno čitavom društvu, a u svrhu stvaranja dodane vrijednosti koju oni koji koriste informacije mogu ostvarivati na tržištu ili u javnom interesu. Poticaji ponovnoj uporabi mogu se naći u promijenjenim okolnostima i evoluciji upravljanja na prijelazu tisućljeća – menadžerskoj revoluciji u upravi, koja se okreće korisnicima prema načelima efikasnosti, efektivnosti i ekonomičnosti; tehnološkoj revoluciji u društvu, gospodarstvu i javnoj upravi, koja omogućava korištenje informacija i promjenu načina rada uprave u smislu e-uprave; te političko-demokratskoj promjeni koja u okviru koncepta dobrog upravljanja promiče transparentnost i otvorenost uprave. Građani više nisu samo nositelji prava, već postaju partneri koji sudjeluju u radu uprave i poduzetnici, koji s državom ulaze u ekonomske odnose stvarajući dodatnu vrijednost u javnom interesu.

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Zatvorski sistem u BiH i europski zatvorski standardi

Author(s): Adnan Ćerimagić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 5/2011

In past 10 years Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been highly criticized for violation of human rights of prisoners by the EU, CoE and Human Rights Watch. Although international community supported BiH to achieve better standards in prison system it is still confronted with problems of overcrowding, lack of staff, lack of institution responsible for initial and continuous prison staff training, etc. BiH is a member of the CoE and it is obliged to achieve European Prison standards. These standards derive from Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Prison Rules and standards developed by the European Committee for the prevention of torture. Subject of the analysis is the level of incorporation and implementation of these standards within the prison system in BiH and the role of international community. Problem of BiH is not in incorporation, but rather in the implementation of European prison standards. BiH, supported by international experts, has revised its legal documents (e.g. Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions) in accordance with the European standards. Authorities in BiH justified the non-implementation of these standards with lack of financial means. Although international community in certain occasions (e.g. Staff training center) promised full financial support, the implementation failed due to difficult political situation in BiH. International community decided rarely to put greater pressure on domestic authorities in order to achieve long-term results (e.g. Center for prison staff training). Over the years certain number of domestic personal worked closely with international experts and developed different strategies and proposals. Authorities in BiH should give this personal a chance and support to implement these strategies and recommendations, but also to invest in their further education. In BiH there are four completely independent prison systems and more effort should be put to achieve more coordination and harmonization between these systems, in order to prevent possible discrimination between prisoners serving sentence in different systems.

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The fundamental right to protection of health

Author(s): Cristina Teodora Pop / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 33/2015

The insurance of the right to protection of health is regulated as obligation of the signatory states in the main international and European documents related to fundamental rights, in the constitutions of these states and in their infra-constitutional laws. In Romania, the right to protection of health is regulated at article 34 of the Fundamental Law, its standards of protection, stipulated in the international and the European acts that our country is part to, obliging the Romanian state, through the constitutional dispositions of article 20 and article 148 paragraphs 2, as well. In application of article 34 of the Constitution, there were adopted at national level Law no.95-2006 concerning the reform in the field of health and other normative acts referring to sub domains of public health. A specific form to guarantee the right to protection of health, for each country, is the one realized by criminal law stipulations.

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Kompetencje władzy wykonawczej wobec Europejskiego Ugrupowania Współpracy Terytorialnej z perspektywy Polski

Author(s): Wojciech Zoń / Language(s): Polish Issue: B/2016

Cross-border cooperation may be based on specialized organizational structures. One such is the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). The catalogue of entities entitled to create a Grouping is diverse and the registration procedures are mainly based on the law of the European Union Member State, where the particular Grouping’s headquarters are to be located. The Polish legislation on this issue is still being formed, but the tendency to strengthen the influence of the central executive power on the Groupings’establishment, operating and decommissioning processes, is already visible. However, only development (or lack of it, or even a regress) of cross-border cooperation based on the formula of the EGTC will show whether the national legislative solutions will support the operation of Groupings from Poland’s perspective.

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Technical, Economic and Managerial Structures in the Field of Energy in the Vision in the European Union

Author(s): Elena Bică / Language(s): English Issue: 30/2014

In the global context, emphasis is strongly placed on the attempt to render extractive mining and energy industry profitable with the help of improved or innovative technologies. Yet, in the field of mining energy there occurs a noticeable gap between the operational levels of highly developed, underdeveloped or emerging countries. The last have more flexible laws related to environment. The development of new technologies and cooperation to improve the situation of those in operation are topics for technical and commercial approach, but the demarches were marked by economic, contextual circumstances. Worldwide including Romania, they require a central qualitative and strategic parameter, in what concerns the the mining and energy technologies, to be taken into account, namely international competitiveness.

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Evolution of Schengen

Author(s): Michał Piechowicz / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

The Amsterdam Treaty has established the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ). Since then, it is an example of a policy-making area creating its way quickly and comprehensively. However, in this paper the main dilemma is to what extent the Schengen development has modified the framework of AFSJ and how it adapts in this policy while being an example of enhanced cooperation and differentiated integration model. Developments in this area are part of a realisation that European states need to act together to better face new challenges to peace and internal security, while ensuring respect for democracy and human rights. It is important to add, that cooperation in the Area of Freedom Security and Justice has been driven by forces different from that seen in other policy areas.

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Неке правно-политичке поставке новог Закона о полицији

Author(s): Dragana Z. Kolarić,Saša M. Marković / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2016

New Law on Police has been adopted at the time marked by multifaceted reforms. Full membership in the EU, i.e. European integration processes require solving numerous preliminary issues related to the harmonization with the EU legal heritage. Naturally, the reasons for the adoption of new legislation can also be the result of our bad experience and the existence of the need to govern some issues by certain regulations in a better, more precise and more efficient manner. From legally-technical point of view, and in order to establish coherent legal system in Serbia, it was necessary to harmonize it with many other regulations adopted in our country recently. Legal-political postulates, i.e. the concept of the new law, can to a large extent offer the answer regarding the goals wished to achieve. On this occasion we shall initiate some questions which we consider important. First of all, it is the question if the legislator has successfully fulfilled the main task, and that is the protection of fundamental freedoms and rights of the citizens, the protection of their security and the security of the Republic of Serbia. The fundamental constitutional postulates and their effective or declarative implementation are also closely connected with the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms. Speaking of the announcements, statements or proclaiming of some principles without real effect, the question is asked if it was necessary at some points within the law, when it implicitly results from other regulations. There are also some open dilemmas about the new provisions which are not precisely determined by this law and leave space for possible abuses by their structuring within by-laws. When 1991 Law on Internal Affairs 1991 ceased to have effect and upon the adoption of 2005 Law on Police, our legislator continued the tendency of thorough regulation of internal affairs and more precise regulation of the field of public security. 2016 Law on Police (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Law’), although a new legal text, is actually an expanded and modified version of the 2005 Law on Police. Judging by the title, at first glance the Law seems to regulate only the field of the police work. However, it refers to all segments of work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in other words the provisions referring to the Police, i.e. the central organizational unit of the Ministry – the Police Directorate, make only a part of the law. Numerous novelties characterize the new Law: police powers are more closely regulated, as well as the tasks, measures and actions taken by the police, there is a more thorough and more precise organization of the Ministry and human resources management, as well as the rights and obligations in the field of labour relations of the employees. The role of the Internal Control Sector (hereinafter referred to as ICS) has been strengthened. This organizational unit of the Ministry, when compared with the previous law, has many new powers, such as preventive control supervision of all organizational units of the Ministry as just one of them, and for the first time since its founding it is actually responsible to control the work of all people employed by the Ministry. Out of many novelties which suggest some political bases of the new Law, we shall review in more detail the selection of the Police Director and his/her position and role, the position and role of the Minister in relation to the ICS, the provisions on termination of employment by the power of law as well as their relation to the constitutionally proclaimed right to the presumption of innocence. As for certain provisions of the Law, from the legal point of view, taking into account the importance of opposing to certain forms of crime and crime in general, we shall analyze the provisions referring to the suppression of family violence, the suppression of corruption by strengthening the ICS, and the concepts of community policing and Intelligence Led Police

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Zasady przechodzenia na wcześniejszą emeryturę ze względu na warunki pracy w Polsce i innych państwach UE

Author(s): Barbara Krzyśków / Language(s): Polish Issue: 03/2017

The paper presents the rules guiding early retirement due to working conditions in selected EU Member States and how they compare to the solutions applied in Poland. The review shows differences not only in the rules of early retirement due to working conditions but also considerably different approaches adopted by countries with respect to jobs that entitle workers to apply for early retirement and the eligible age.

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Хармонизација националних прописа са eвропским регулаторним оквиром у области радио-дифузије у Cрбији

Author(s): Irina R. Milutinović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 4/2012

This paper presents a European regulatory framework for the broadcasting sector, which includes a number of international documents in which the consensus of member states of the Council of Europe and the European Union has been achieved. The standards known as Euro¬pean prac¬ti¬ce or Euro¬pean stan¬dards are given in the form of directives and recommendations and provide a unique and mandatory regulatory framework for the development of the media in all countries of integrated Europe. The aim of this paper is to examine the degree of harmonization between the requirements of the European regulatory framework works and achievements of the local media regulations and their implementation. By applying comparative, descriptive methods and the theoretical analysis of legal documents that are the source of material for this study, we conclude that the harmonization of domestic legislation with European standards in this area has significantly been achieved in the legislative acts adopted in the Republic of Serbia during the period between 2000 and 2012. Due to the positive examples of harmonization the preconditions for democratic transformation of the media system of Serbia as a whole have been achieved. However, from the point of view of the implementation of the set provisions in practice, the observed period is characterized by breach of the law, the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, as well as the binding international documents, demonstrating the lack of political will to implement consistently and comprehensively the reform of the media system in Serbia. The recent development challenges of broadcasting require more decisive, consistent and thorough harmonization of domestic regulatory practice with the European media regulatory framework.

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European Union environmental security: the only achieving strategy

Author(s): Olena Melnyk,Inna Koreneva,Lyudmyla Zahorodnya,Iryna Danyl'chenko / Language(s): English Issue: 23/2016

The article deals with the main environmental policy stages in the EU. The principles of environmental protection are given. The legal environmental protection framework is considered. The features of regions with natural and common resources, industrial and human potential that has its own action plan for achieving common EU environmental safety strategy are considered.

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Europski gospodarski i socijalni odbor: Kula od karata ili utvrda civilnog društva?

Author(s): Mario Munta / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 03/2017

This article attempts to clarify the modalities and degree to which advisory bodies, exemplified by The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), are capable of contributing to European Union (EU) governance processes and legitimacy-building in a meaningful manner. Besides acknowledging their contribution via provision of information and technical expertise, serious inquiries into the mechanisms through which EU advisory bodies operate are scarce. In that sense, this paper strives to elucidate the added value of the EESC. The author applies discursive institutionalism and legitimacy taxonomies to explain the functional development and character of the EESC. The paper concludes that the EESC seems to have focused to a lesser extent on influencing EU legislative initiative (dominantly on the public policy items in which the EESC disposes of the highest specific expertise, and administrative/ideational capacities), and more on promoting itself as the bridgehead of organised civil society in the EU. It does so through its deliberative working methods and by detecting topical niches through which the EESC specializes in building civil society, mediating between civil society organisations (CSOs) and the EU, and nurturing decent relationships with CSOs on Member State, candidate country and third country levels. Finally, a novel window of opportunity has opened for the EESC to transmit the voice of civil society to the EU level and to influence EU socio-economic governance, namely through the procedures of the so-called European Semester.

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Prihvatanje evropskih standarda u oblasti ekonomskog prava i (anticipirane) kulturne promene u Republici Srbiji

Author(s): Marko Milenković / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2010

Serbian society has undergone significant changes over the last ten years. The transformation of the legal system has taken place mostly through the process of European integrations and harmonization of legislation with the EU legal order. The primary focus of the paper is on the study of (anticipated) cultural change which is brought about by changes in economic law. By studying changing attitudes to business operation, the paper seeks to answer the questions of whether we can learn something about cultural change by analyzing economic law and whether we are witnessing the transformation of Serbian citizens into "European citizens", consumers, businessmen, farmers, bureaucrats or politicians. Some of these changes are already in evidence, and it can be said that considerable progress has already been made. Nevertheless, in most areas reforms have yet to be enacted, and therefore this transformation along with its outcome and results can only be anticipated. Following an overview of the Stabilization and Association Process, the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), and the process of harmonization of legislation and monitored reforms, the paper goes on to analyze whether and to what extent the following have taken place: 1) the opening up of the Serbian economy to foreign competition (primarily European), 2) the implementation of reforms and the introduction of competition rights and government subsidy control, 3) changes in rural Serbia as part of the process of preparation for accession to the EU. It can be concluded that European integrations and the adoption of a series of different standards represent an instrumental framework for significant cultural change in Serbian society. The change will be fundamental and will take long to bring about. For this reason it can only be partially anticipated what its effects will be and whether and to what extent changes will be accomplished in each of the areas mentioned.

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EU politika borbe protiv terorizma i uticaj na vladavinu prava

Author(s): Marina M. Matić Bošković / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2016

Terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, as well as latter attacks in London and Madrid put counter-terrorism as one of the priorities in the EU. The EU since then has put efforts to find proper response and strategy in counter-terrorism. The role of some EU bodies is strengthen and new institutions are established. The most important institutions in fight against terrorism are European commission, as initiator of legal acts, Europol and Eurojust. Legislative activity has been intensified in the EU and the most important document is 2002 Framework decision on counter-terrorism in which for the first time we could find European common definition of terrorist offences, as well as draft Directive on counter-terrorism that was adopted by Commission in December 2015 after terrorist attacks in Paris. While adoption of this legal acts improves efficiency f EU actions in prevention and fight against terrorism, on the other hand, they have raised concerns of violation of fundamental rights and civil liberties. Author analyzed legal aspects of EU counter-terrorism policy. Although some positive results are achieved there is a need to put additional efforts to improve EU legal framework in the area of fight against terrorism.

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