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This paper outlines the security decisions taken by the EU in the aftermath of 11 September 2001. It states that the measured effects are uncertain because it is usually the responsibility of the member states to put them into effect. The authors explain that it is too early to evaluate how the member states have fulfilled the obligations that they have accepted. The paper also explains that a systematic evaluation of the implementation of security policy is unlikely to be undertaken because it would encounter resistance in the various national governments. Nonetheless the authors state that a thorough evaluation is necessary before clear judgements can be made on the implications of changing security concepts and the processes of EU cooperation in the justice and home affairs fields.