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Competence concerning disability is generally a matter for Member States under the subsidiarity principle. The needs of all people with disabilities are taken into account in all Community policies in order to achieve equal treatment. These include disabled ex-prisoners.
The importance of employment opportunities for people with disabilities is well recognised and is reflected not only in the European employment strategy but also by the European Council. You will remember its conclusions of spring 2006.
In terms of other programmes, the Commission’s disability action plan contained in its Communication COM(2005)604 outlines what has been done with respect to all people with disabilities in the European Union.
Concerning the possible competence of the European Union under the third pillar, there is currently no EU legislation governing the status of disabled persons in prisons. That is mainly due to the fact that any action on judicial cooperation in criminal matters that aims at approximating rules applicable in Member States is, according to the available legal basis, conditional upon the requirement that such an action is necessary to improve cooperation between the Member States.
Many proposals made by the Commission provided for in the Hague Action Plan aim at facilitating the social rehabilitation of offenders, even if they are not specifically devoted to the rehabilitation of disabled prisoners. There is, for example, a project presented by Austria, Finland and Sweden on the transfer of prisoners.
I will consider, together with my colleague Mr Špidla, how measures undertaken or planned in this area of competence could be supported and complemented by measures that can be taken under the third pillar."@en1
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