Report on the implementation of the Hague programme for 2005

1. This Communication is in response to the Council’s call on the Commission to submit an annual report on the implementation of the Hague programme and action plan («scoreboard») [1] and is the first practical instance for 2005. The methodology selected will be followed in the years’ annual reports for the next four years.

2. As with the Tampere scoreboard, the point is initially to monitor the adoption of the measures provided for in the Hague programme, including those involving the drugs action plan, the strategy on the external aspects of the area of freedom, security and justice, and the action plan on the fight against terrorism, which supplement the Hague action plan, in accordance with the set timetable. All the measures planned for 2005 are therefore reviewed in this communication. The measures programmed for 2006 and subsequent years will be examined in future annual reports (Part I and Annex 1).

3. In addition to this monitoring of the adoption process, for the first time as part of such an exercise for Justice, Freedom and Security («JFS») policies, this communication looks into the national implementation of these policies (Part II and Annex 2).

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Report on the implementation of the Hague programme for 2005