Defining Terrorism (EU)

Aims of terrorism:

seriously intimidating a population;
unduly compelling a government or an international organisation to perform or abstain from performing any act;
seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an international organisation.

Terrorist offences: Offences committed with one of the aims listed on the previous slide:

attacks upon a person’s life which may cause death;
attacks upon the physical integrity of a person;
kidnapping or hostage-taking;
causing extensive destruction to a government or public facility, a transport system, an infrastructure facility, including an information system, a fixed platform located on the continental shelf, a public place or private property likely to endanger human life or result in major economic loss;
seizure of aircraft, ships or other means of public or goods transport;
manufacture, possession, acquisition, transport, supply or use of explosives or weapons, including chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons, as well as research into, and development of, chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons;
release of dangerous substances, or causing fires, floods or explosions, the effect of which is to endanger human life;
interfering with or disrupting the supply of water, power or any other fundamental natural resource, the effect of which is to endanger human life;
illegal system interference, as referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2013/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) on attacks against information systems;
threatening to commit any of these acts listed above.