Title IV EC treaty - Title VI EU treaty

The legal bases for EU legislation on justice and home affairs. Title IV of the European Community Treaty covers free circulation of persons, asylum, immigration and judicial cooperation in civil matters. The European Community institutions are fully involved in the decision-making process. Title VI of the European Union Treaty covers police and customs cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The decision-making process is of the ‘intergovernmental’ type. (see Enlargement)