s convened to that effect shall also
examine whether any other amendments need to be made to
provisions relating to the common foreign and security policy.
ARTICLE J.11
1. The provisions referred to in Articles 137, 138, 139 to 142, 146, 147,
150 to 153, 157 to 163 and 217 of the Treaty establishing the
European Community shall apply to the provisions relating to the
areas referred to in this Title.
2. Administrative expenditure which the provisions relating to the
areas referred to in this Title entail for the institutions shall be charged
to the budget of the European Communities.
The Council may also:
- either decide unanimously that operational expenditure to which the
implementation of those provisions gives rise is to be charged to the
budget of the European Communities; in that event, the budgetary
procedure laid down in the Treaty establishing the European
Community shall be applicable;
- or determine that such expenditure shall be charged to the Member
States, where appropriate in accordance with a scale to be decided.
TITLE6
PROVISIONS ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF JUSTICE AND
HOME AFFAIRS
ARTICLE K
Co-operation in the fields of justice and home affairs shall be
governed by the following provisions.
ARTICLE K.1
For the purposes of achieving the objectives of the Union, in particular
the free movement of persons, and without prejudice to the powers of
the European Community, Member States shall regard the following
areas as matters of common interest:
1. asylum policy;
2. rules governing the crossing by persons of the external borders of
the Member States and the exercise of controls thereon;
3. immigration policy and policy regarding nationals of third countries;
(a) conditions of entry and movement by nationals of third countries
on the territory of Member States;
(b) conditions of residence by nationals of third countries on the
territory of Member States, including family reunion and access to
employment;
(c) combatting unauthorized immigration, residence and work by
nationals of third countries on the territory of Member States;
4. combating drug addiction in so far as this is not covered by 7 to 9;
5. combating fraud on an international scale in so far as this is not
covered by 7 to 9;
6. judicial co-operation in civil matters;
7. judicial co-operation in criminal matters;
8. customs co-operation;
9. police co-operation for the purposes of preventing and combating
terrorism, unlawfu
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