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EU Law

Answer

The UK has exercised an opt-in on 15 EU legislative arrangements since May 2010. 12 further measures were proposed during that period in which the possibility of an opt-in arose, but were not exercised.Opt-in statistics:"Total since Lisbon treaty (December 2009 to present): 39""Opt-in: 21""Did not opt-in: 15""Schengen: Did not opt-out: 3""Schengen: Opted-out: 0""Current Government (May 2010 to present): 29""Opt-in: 15""Did not opt-in: 12""Schengen: Did not opt-out: 2""Schengen; Opted-out: 0"JHA measures the current Government has opted into:"(1) European Investigation Order—published April 2010""(2) Human trafficking—published March 2010""(3) Sexual exploitation of children—published March 2010""(4) Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP)—published June 2010""(5) EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement—published April 2010""(6) EU-Georgia Readmission Agreement—published May 2010""(7) Letter of Rights—published July 2010""(8) Attacks against information systems (cybercrime) Directive—published September 2010""(9) Recast EURODAC Regulation—published October 2010""(10) Brussels I—published December 2010""(11) Legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access—published December 2010""(12) EU Passenger Name Records—published February 2011""(13) EU-Australia Passenger Name Records—published May 2011""(14) Victims Directive—published May 2011""(15) Regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters (Civil European Protection Order)—May 2011"JHA measures the current Government has not opted into:"(1) Interpretation and Translation—published March 2010""(2) EU-Swiss agreement—published June 2010""(3) Intra-Corporate Transferees Directive—published July 2010""(4) Seasonal Workers Directive—published July 2010""(5) Amendment to EEA Agreement—published September 2010""(6) Cross border enforcement of road traffic offences directive —published December 2010""(7) 2x directives:""1. Proposal on Matrimonial Property Regimes—published March 2011""2. Proposal on Property Consequences of Registered Partnerships—published March 2011""(8) 2x directives""1. Directives on asylum reception conditions—published June 2011—HO lead""2. Directive on procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection—published June 2011—HO lead""(9) Directive on Access to a lawyer—published June 2011""(10) Proposal creating a European Account Preservation Order—published July 2011"Schengen measures the current Government has not opted-out of:"(1) Arrangement between the EU and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland on the Schengen acquis—published March 2010""(2) Establishment of an IT Agency for the operational management of large scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice—published March 2010"The Government have not opted-out of any Schengen measures to which the UK's Schengen Opt-out Protocol has applied

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

80740; 536 c681-2W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

EU law UK membership of EU

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