Leaders agree on key issues

What the European Union leaders agreed at the Tampere summit:

What the European Union leaders agreed at the Tampere summit:

A common system of asylum and immigration: Full commitment to the Geneva Refugee Convention, and other programmes in countries of origin. Commission to draft action programme to refugee definitions and harmonise asylum rules and conditions of reception/rights of refugees;

£200 million refugee fund to spread burden of temporary influxes;

rapid conclusion of work on Eurodac, fingerprinting Convention;

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harmonisation of rights of legal immigrants with citizens;

commission urged to bring forward proposals on non-discrimination of racial grounds;

severe sanctions against traffickers in people.

The fight against cross-border crime: Enhanced police co-operation, including joint teams to combat trafficking in people and drugs and terrorism;

new bodies to co-ordinate work of police chiefs and prosecuting authorities, Eurojust, in the latter case;

approximation of member state definitions of serious crimes;

introduction of new obligations on lawyers, accountants and estate agents to inform on clients suspicious cash transactions;

easing of bank secrecy laws for money laundering investigation;

extension of competence of Europol to fight against money laundering.

Judicial Co-operation: Production of "user guides" to member state laws for travellers;

recognition of small claims courts decisions and simplification of access to them for cross-border claims;

moves to provide for automatic extradition of those convicted of crimes in other member states;

mutual recognition of pre-trial orders on evidence and seizure of assets.

A new body: to draft charter of fundamental rights of the EU.