The EU Council invites the Commission to report by end of 2010 on the GMES border surveillance group’s conclusions
[gmes.info] The 2998th
Council of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) met in Brussels on 25-26
February 2010. The Council adopted conclusions on "29 measures for
reinforcing the protection of the external borders and combating
illegal immigration".
Among the five measures that concern the
development of the European Surveillance System – EUROSUR, one measure
specifically refers to GMES: the Council has agreed "[…]To invite
the Commission to report before the end of 2010 on how the conclusions
of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) border
surveillance group on common application of surveillance tools, such as
satellites, could be implemented in the EU land and sea borders".
The press release presenting the Council Conclusions is available on the Council of the European Union website
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