Dear Hester,
JAI is the acronym for Justice and Home Affairs. The major
source of information on this area is the Council website
which includes a set of help pages on Cooperation in the
field of Justice and Home Affairs which give some
explanation of the legislative process for JHA acts.
Regards
Patrick Overy
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:06:23 -0000 Hester Swift
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> Please can anyone tell me what "JAI" stands for in a document reference
> number? I assume it's Justice and Internal something - or maybe it's a
> French abbreviation? Further clarification would be very welcome. Example
> of context: Initiative of the Kingdom of Denmark with a view to the
> adoption of a Council Framework Decision on combating corruption in the
> private sector. JAI (2002) 21 , OJ C 184 02/08/02 p.5.
>
> More generally, can anyone point me to an understandable explanation of the
> procedure for legislation initiated by the Council? I don't find the
> glossary on Europa very helpful. EU courses and books tend to say that the
> Commission has the sole right of initiative, but I suppose they must be
> talking about the first pillar only, without making this explicit.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Hester Swift
> EU Librarian
> The Law Society Library
>
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