I.INTRODUCTIONTaking into account the Communication by the European Commission to the Council and the European Parliament concerning the integrated management of the external borders of the Member States of the European Union (7.5.2003), the "feasibility study" on the creation of a European Border Police, and the outcomes of the workshop on Police and border security under the auspices of OISIN programme, the Plan for the management of external borders (thereafter referred to as "Plan"), was ..