Justice and home affairs: priorities for cooperation from 01/01/1998

The rapporteur, Mr Hartmut NASSAUER, calls for the European Parliament to be consulted concerning the laying down of priorities for cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs for the period from 1 January 1998 to the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam. He calls for improved judicial cooperation in the internal market and would like to see operational powers granted to Europol, under the responsibility of a Member of the European Commission, the parliamentary supervision of the European Parliament and the judicial supervision of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. Should the Treaty of Amsterdam not have entered into force by 31 December 1998, Parliament calls for the priorities to be reviewed and for itself to be consulted. �