The European Commission on
Thursday wrote to Italy, Croatia, Greece, Ireland and Portugal
urging them to improve the exchange of information on terrorism
and organised crime by fully applying the 2005 Pruem Convention
which was supposed to be implemented by August 2011.
The letters are the first ever infringement proceedings in
the field of police and judicial cooperation, a statement from
the EC said.
Italy and the other countries must now comply as soon as
possible or risk the next move, when the EC would send a
so-called 'motivated opinion' against them.
The Pruem Convention, sometimes known as the Schengen III
Agreement, is a treaty which was signed on 27 May 2005 by
Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands
and Spain in the town of Pruem in Germany, and which is open to
all members of the European Union, 14 of which are currently
parties.
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