Olena Zerkal / Photo from UNIAN

"The March meeting will be next week. The proposal has just been submitted, it has not been considered at all committees. It may be in May, but it is very doubtful. Most likely, it will be in June, it [will be] the Justice and Home Affairs Council," said Zerkal.

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"Once the Council takes decisions, they get published, chronologically. That is, the publication may take around another month. After the decision has been published, it enters into force," the official said.

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