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20 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Building on the existing initiatives, a stable and reliable Union Resettlement Framework should be established for the resettlement of persons in need of international protection to be implemented in accordance with annual Union resettlement plans and targeted Union resettlement schemes which effectively deliver on Member States' ~~concrete~~voluntary commitments.

2017/03/28
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) The common standard procedures should build on the existing resettlement experience and standards of the UNHCR, the Member States, and in particular the Standard Operating Procedures guiding the implementation of the resettlement scheme with Turkey set out in the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016. The Union Resettlement Framework should allow the use of two types of standard resettlement procedures.

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) Both types of procedure consist of the following stages: identification, registration, assessment and decision, and should be implemented in close cooperation with the UNHCR.

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Any personal data collected for the purpose of the resettlement procedure should be stored for a maximum period of five years from the date of resettlement. Given that third-country nationals or stateless persons who have already been resettled by one Member State or who during the last five years refused to resettle to a Member State should be ~~excluded from~~ineligible for resettlement to another Member State, that period should be considered a necessary period for the storage of personal details, including fingerprints and facial images.

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) The choice of the resettlement procedure should be made for each targeted Union resettlement scheme in close cooperation with the UNHCR. An expedited procedure might be warranted on humanitarian grounds or in case of urgent legal or physical protection needs.

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council for establishing the annual Union resettlement plan, fixing the maximum total number of persons to be resettled, the details about the ~~participation of the Member St~~Member States that choose to participates in the plan and their voluntary contributions to the total number of persons to be resettled, as well as overall geographical priorities.

2017/03/28
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) Given the expertise of UNHCR in facilitating the different forms of admission of persons in need of international protection from third countries, to which they have been displaced, to Member States willing to admit them, UNHCR should ~~continue to play a key role in~~be primarily responsible for referring persons eligible for resettlement efforts conducted under the Union Resettlement Framework. In addition to UNHCR, other international actors such as the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) should be called upon to assist Member States in the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework.

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Resettlement efforts by the Member States ~~under this Regulation~~ should be supported by appropriate funding from the Union's budget. To enable a proper and sustainable functioning of the resettlement schemes amendments are necessary to Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 . _________________ 36 Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC (OJ L 150, 20.05.2014, p. 168).

2017/03/28
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation establishes a Union Resettlement Framework for the admission of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States that choose to participate in the resettlement scheme with a view to granting them international protection.

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

It lays down rules on the resettlement of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States that choose to participate in the resettlement scheme.

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii

ii) family members of third-country nationals or stateless persons or Union citizens legally residing in a Member State: - the spouse or unmarried partner in a stable relationship, where the law or practice of the Member State concerned treats unmarried couples in a way comparable to that of married couples under its law relating to third-country nationals or stateless persons; - the minor children of couples referred to in the first indent or of third-country nationals or stateless persons to be resettled, on the condition that they are unmarried, regardless of whether they were born in or out of wedlock or adopted as defined under national law; - the father, mother or another adult responsible for the unmarried minor to be resettled, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the adult is present; - the sibling or siblings of the third- country nationals or stateless persons to be resettled; - third-country nationals or stateless persons to be resettled who are dependent on their child or parent for assistance as a result of pregnancy, a newborn child, serious illness, severe disability or old age, provided that family ties existed in the country of origin, that the child or parent is able to take care of the dependent person and that the persons concerned expressed their desire in writing;deleted

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

Member States shall ensure that family unity can be maintained ~~between persons referred to in point (b)(ii).~~in accordance with Article 25 of the Regulation (EU) 2017/... of the European Parliament and of the Council1a . _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2017/… of the European Parliament and the Council on standards for the qualification of third- country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (OJ ...)

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title

~~Grounds for exclusion~~Ineligibility

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. The following third-country nationals or stateless persons shall be ~~excluded from~~ineligible for targeted Union resettlement schemes established in accordance with Article 8:

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part

(a) persons for whom there are ~~reasonable ground~~serious reasons for considering that:

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. On the basis of a proposal from the Commission, the Council shall adopt an annual Union resettlement plan in the year preceding that in which it is to be implemented that shall apply to those Member States that choose to participate in the resettlement for the following year.

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) details about the ~~participation of the Member St~~Member States that choose to participates in the annual Union resettlement plan and their voluntary contributions to the total number of persons to be resettled;

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) the precise number of persons to be resettled from the maximum total number as set out in the annual Union resettlement plan provided for in point (a) of Article 7(2) and details about the ~~participation of the Member St~~Member States that choose to participates in the targeted Union resettlement scheme;

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Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

When implementing a targeted Union resettlement scheme, Member States shall rely on the expertise and processes of the UNHCR to identify third-country nationals or stateless persons and assess whether those third- country nationals or stateless persons fall within the scope of a targeted Union resettlement scheme.

2017/03/28
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) No 516/2014
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. In addition to their allocation calculated in accordance with point (a) of Article 15(1), Member States shall receive for each resettled person ~~in accordance with a targeted Union resettlement scheme~~ a lump sum of EUR 10,000.

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Committee: BUDG