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The Council is the main decision-making body of the European Union. The ministers of the Member States meet within the Council of the European Union. Depending on the issue on the agenda, each country is represented by the minister responsible for that subject. The Council is presided for a period of six months (from January to June, and from July to December) by each Member State in turn, in accordance with a pre-established rota. Website: www.consilium.europa.eu/homepage?lang=en
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The Stockholm Programme – An Open and Secure Europe Serving and Protecting the Citizens

2 December 2009 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Reports

Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council, 18-19 June 2009

19 June 2009 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Directive 2009/50/EC of 25 May 2009 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment

18 June 2009 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Directive 2009/50/CE du conseil du 25 mai 2009 établissant les conditions d'entrée et de séjour des ressortissants de pays tiers aux fins d'un emploi hautement qualifié

18 June 2009 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Directive 2008/115/CE du Parlement Européen et du Conseil du 16 décembre 2008 relative aux normes et procédures communes applicables dans les États membres au retour des ressortissants de pays tiers en séjour irrégulier

16 December 2008 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals

16 December 2008 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Council Decision 2008/901/CFSP of 2 December 2008 concerning an independent international fact-finding mission on the conflict in Georgia

2 December 2008 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law

28 November 2008 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Regulation (EU) No 1103/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 dapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny; Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Part Three

14 November 2008 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Regional Legislation

Pacte européen sur l'immigration et l'asile

24 September 2008 | Publisher: European Union: Council of the European Union | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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