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Article 84 [Promotion of Crime Prevention]

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This provision has been introduced after the modifications produced by the Lisbon Treaty, and it literally reproduces Article III-272 TCE. Nevertheless, the pre-existing Articles 2 and 29 TEU stated that crime prevention was among the aims to be developed in order to have “an area of freedom, security and justice”.

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  1. 1.

    See Piris (2010), Amalfitano (2014), Damato et al. (2014) and Miettinen (2015).

  2. 2.

    See The EU Internal Security Strategy in Action: Five steps towards a more secure Europe, COM(2010) 673 final. See also First Annual Report on the implementation of the EU Internal Security Strategy, COM(2011) 790 final.

  3. 3.

    Bernardi (2012), Luchtman (2012), Wolff et al. (2012) and De Pasquale (2014).

  4. 4.

    See Council Regulation (EU) No 1382/2013 establishing a Justice Programme for the period 2014 to 2020, O.J. L 354/73 (2013).

  5. 5.

    The European added value of actions shall be assessed in the light of criteria such as their contribution to the consistent and coherent implementation of Union law and to wide public awareness about the rights deriving from it. Or their potential to develop mutual trust among MS and to improve cross-border cooperation, their transnational impact, their contribution to the elaboration and dissemination of best practices or their potential to create practical tools and solutions that address cross-border or Union-wide challenges.

  6. 6.

    See Council Regulation (EU) No 513/2014 establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management and repealing Council Decision 2007/125/JHA, O.J. L 150/93 (2014).

  7. 7.

    See Council Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 laying down general provisions on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and on the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management, O.J. L 150/112 (2014).

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De Pasquale, P., Pesce, C. (2021). Article 84 [Promotion of Crime Prevention]. In: Blanke, HJ., Mangiameli, S. (eds) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – A Commentary. Springer Commentaries on International and European Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43511-0_85

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