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Proposes the following as priorities regarding areas subject or to be subject to codecision/ assent during the transition period: In the area of fundamental rights and citizenship — defining more transparent criteria at Union level, in particular where EU measures might undermine guarantees protected under the constitutions of the Member States (Article 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR)) and revising EU measures censured by the ECJ (see Cases T-228/02 Organisation des Modjahedines du peuple d’Iran v Council, T-47/03 Sison v Council, T-253/04 KONGRA-GEL and Others v Council, T-229/02 PKK v Council, on black lists), — systematically taking account of the impact on fundamental rights of EU legislation and national implementing measures, in particular with regard to the fight against terrorism, taking account of the replies recently sent to the Commission in this area by the Member States, — initiating the preparatory dialogues for the negotiating mandate for the EU’s accession to the ECHR (Article 6(2) of the EU Treaty), — revising the programme of activities of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, taking account of the priorities indicated by the institutions, and in particular by Parliament, in the area of police and judicial cooperation and respect for EU principles (Article 7 of the EU Treaty) (see the interinstitutional declaration adopted at the time of adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (4)), — putting forward a legislative proposal to restrict direct and indirect discrimination affecting the movement of citizens of the Union, access to justice in a country other than the country of origin and consular and diplomatic protection in third countries (Article 20 of the TFEU), — submitting a proposal concerning the transparency and confidentiality of information and documents handled by the EU institutions, — submitting a proposal concerning data protection (providing for the consolidation of measures that currently vary according to which pillar is concerned), in response to concern about the rapid erosion of data protection standards in the Union, with particular reference to inadequate standards for the protection of transatlantic data transfers, and urging the Council to adapt the Framework Decision on Data Protection in the third pillar in line with Parliament’s recommendations, — strengthening the internal structures of institutions responsible for protecting fundamental rights in the Union, in particular within the Council (conversion of the Council’s Ad hoc Working Party on Fundamental Rights and Citizenship into a Standing Working Party, as proposed by the Slovenian Presidency), — strengthening, through administrative cooperation (Article 66 of the EC Treaty), the dialogue between the Member States, mutual knowledge of legal systems, the activation of the dialogue procedure to involve national parliaments and Parliament, in particular where difficulties arise in the implementation of EU strategies and measures affecting the AFSJ; Regarding the European judicial area — revising the legislative proposal on the rights of individuals in criminal procedure (Article 69 A TFEU), — submitting a proposal on the rights of victims of crime and terrorism (Article 69 E TFEU), — improving mutual recognition among the Member States both of measures taken in absentia and of evidence (Article 69 E TFEU), — interconnecting criminal records, — revising the status of Europol, Eurojust and the European Judicial Network in the light of the new legal basis, Regarding border protection — adopting appropriate measures to ensure the full entry into use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the entry into force of the decisions linked to the Prüm Treaty (5), — strengthening Frontex and assessing the impact of the Commission’s new proposals for border controls, — strengthening Frontex’s information on the agreements which it has signed with third countries and on the evaluation reports on joint operations, and ensuring that border checks are respectful of human rights; amending Frontex’s mandate to include sea rescue operations, — establishing structured cooperation between Frontex and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to simplify the operations involved, taking into account the protection of human rights; Regarding migration and asylum — swift and ambitious action by the Commission and the Council to drive the Union’s forward-looking strategy on: — legal migration: the forthcoming legal migration package (Blue Card Single Application procedure, seasonal workers, and the Intra-Corporate Transferees and remunerated trainees proposal as well as others), — illegal migration: proposals including sanctions and an EU resettlement scheme, — asylum: implementation of Phase II, including revision of Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (6) and Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted (7), and the establishment of a European Asylum Support Office, — development of a Community policy on migration and asylum based on the opening up of channels for legal migration and on the definition of common standards for the protection of migrants’ and asylum seekers’ fundamental rights in the Union, — inclusion, within EC decisions and framework decisions, of all the provisions laid down by the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families adopted by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 1990,