01/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Commission proposes that the Council should ratify, on behalf of the EU, the UN convention against organised crossborder crime as well as its additional protocols against people trafficking and the illegal trade of migrants. The EC and Member States have already signed this instrument, which will take effect on 29 September 2003, but only Spain and France have ratified it so far. Five acceding countries have also ratified (Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania...