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Mr President, thank you. For years, the Member States’ various competent law enforcement bodies, including police, customs and coast guards, have made every effort to prevent the import of illegal drugs into the territory of the Member States. It is of the utmost importance for those substances to be prevented from reaching the territory of the Member States. The framework decision concerning the illegal drugs trade, which will be formally adopted by the Council before long, gives the law enforcement bodies in the Member States the space they need to act effectively against the import of illegal drugs and against a whole catalogue of offences. In this connection, the EU’s drugs strategy should be mentioned; it is, as you know, the subject of discussion in the Council at present. There is agreement about the priority that is given to the implementation of existing European legal instruments where the fight against the drugs trade is central, such as the European Convention on Mutual Legal Aid in Criminal Matters, which provides for the setting-up of joint investigation teams.
On 2 June 2004, the Commission published a communication about the reinforcement of police and customs cooperation in the European Union. The Council’s response is included in the draft of a multi-annual programme for the area of freedom, security and justice, the so-called The Hague programme, which will be adopted by the European Council on 5 November 2004. Over the course of certainly ten years, the customs authorities in the Member States have organised joint operations every year in order to examine the smuggling of drugs, including Ecstasy, by air, land and sea. An operation focussing on the smuggling of Ecstasy by air is planned for the near future, and over 20 Member States are set to take part in it."@en1
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