Activities of Péter NIEDERMÜLLER related to 2016/0131(COD)
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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 PDF (1 MB) DOC (238 KB)
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(a) at the request of the Member State concerned to the Agency with regard to the implementation of its obligations under the CEAS;
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(a) at the request of the Member State concerned to the Agency with regard to the implementation of its obligations under the CEAS;
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(c) at the request of the Member State concerned to the Agency where its asylum or reception systems are subject to disproportionate pressure;
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(c) at the request of the Member State concerned to the Agency where its asylum or reception systems are subject to disproportionate pressure;
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(d) at the request of the Member State concerned to the Agencyfacing disproportionate migratory challenges and requesting operational and technical reinforcement through the deployment of migration management support teams in accordance with Article 21;
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(d) at the request of the Member State concerned to the Agencyfacing disproportionate migratory challenges and requesting operational and technical reinforcement through the deployment of migration management support teams in accordance with Article 21;
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2. The Agency shall organise and coordinate the appropriate operational and technical assistance which may entail taking one or more of the following operational and technical measures in full respect ofor fundamental rights:
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2. The Agency shall organise and coordinate the appropriate operational and technical assistance which may entail taking one or more of the following operational and technical measures in full respect ofor fundamental rights:
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(a) identify and register third-country nationals, take their biometric data and inform them of those procedureassist Member States with the identification and registration of third- country nationals, as appropriate, in close cooperation with other Union Agencies;
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(a) identify and register third-country nationals, take their biometric data and inform them of those procedureassist Member States with the identification and registration of third- country nationals, as appropriate, in close cooperation with other Union Agencies;
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(b) assist with and carry out the registration ofMember States with receiving and registering applications for international protection;
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(b) assist with and carry out the registration ofMember States with receiving and registering applications for international protection;
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(d) assist withfacilitate the examination of applications for international protection that are under examination by the competent national authorities or provide them with other necessary assistance in the procedure for international protection, in particular by;
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(d) assist withfacilitate the examination of applications for international protection that are under examination by the competent national authorities or provide them with other necessary assistance in the procedure for international protection, in particular by;
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(e) facilitate joint initiatives byof Member States in the processing of applications for international protection;
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(e) facilitate joint initiatives byof Member States in the processing of applications for international protection;
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(ea) assist with the provision of information on the international protection procedure;
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(ea) assist with the provision of information on the international protection procedure;
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(g) assist with the tasks and obligations set out in Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [the Dublin Regulation], including by, carrying out or coordinatinge the alrelocation or transfer of applicants or beneficiaries of and applicants for international protection within the Union;
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(g) assist with the tasks and obligations set out in Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [the Dublin Regulation], including by, carrying out or coordinatinge the alrelocation or transfer of applicants or beneficiaries of and applicants for international protection within the Union;
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(o) form part of the migration management support teams referred to in Article 21,at hotspot areas referred to in Regulation (EU) No 2016/1624 in close cooperation with other relevant Union Agencies;
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(o) form part of the migration management support teams referred to in Article 21,at hotspot areas referred to in Regulation (EU) No 2016/1624 in close cooperation with other relevant Union Agencies;
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(q) advise where appropriate, and deploy the adequate infrastructure anddeploy technical equipment necessary for the asylum support teams and to assist the competent national authorities, including the judiciary, as appropriate.
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(q) advise where appropriate, and deploy the adequate infrastructure anddeploy technical equipment necessary for the asylum support teams and to assist the competent national authorities, including the judiciary, as appropriate.
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1. Migration management support teams may be deployed at the request of a Member State, or upon the initiative of the Agency andWhere a Member State requests operational and technical reinforcement by migration management support teams as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/1624 or where migration management support teams are deployed at hotspot areas based on Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/1624, the Executive Director shall work closely with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency when, as provided for in Article 18(2) of Regulation 2016/1624, in coordination with othe agreement of the Member State concerned, to provide technical and operational reinforcement to thatr relevant Union agencies, he or she assesses a Member State’s request for reinforcement and the assessment of its needs for the purpose of defining a comprehensive reinforcement package consisting of various activities coordinated by the relevant Union agencies to be agreed upon by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 60 #
1. Migration management support teams may be deployed at the request of a Member State, or upon the initiative of the Agency andWhere a Member State requests operational and technical reinforcement by migration management support teams as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/1624 or where migration management support teams are deployed at hotspot areas based on Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/1624, the Executive Director shall work closely with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency when, as provided for in Article 18(2) of Regulation 2016/1624, in coordination with othe agreement of the Member State concerned, to provide technical and operational reinforcement to thatr relevant Union agencies, he or she assesses a Member State’s request for reinforcement and the assessment of its needs for the purpose of defining a comprehensive reinforcement package consisting of various activities coordinated by the relevant Union agencies to be agreed upon by the Member State concerned.
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2. Migration management support teams shall be composed of asylum supportThe Commission shall, in cooperation with the host Member State and the relevant Union agencies, establish the tearms, of cooperational staff from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps, as well as experts from Europol or other relevant Union agencie at the hotspot area and be responsible for the coordination of the activities of the migration management support teams.
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2. Migration management support teams shall be composed of asylum supportThe Commission shall, in cooperation with the host Member State and the relevant Union agencies, establish the tearms, of cooperational staff from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps, as well as experts from Europol or other relevant Union agencie at the hotspot area and be responsible for the coordination of the activities of the migration management support teams.
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3. The Member State referred to in paragraph 1 shall submit a request for reinforcement by the migration management support teams and an assessment of its needs to the Commission. The Commission shall, based on the assessment of needs of that Member State, transmit the request to the Agency, to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, to Europol and to other relevant Union agencies, as appropriate and it shall ensure the overall coordination of that assessment.Executive Director shall in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, launch the procedure for deployment of asylum support teams as part of migration management support teams, including experts from the asylum reserve pool as appropriate. The operational and technical reinforcement provided by the asylum support teams in the framework of the migration management support teams may include:
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3. The Member State referred to in paragraph 1 shall submit a request for reinforcement by the migration management support teams and an assessment of its needs to the Commission. The Commission shall, based on the assessment of needs of that Member State, transmit the request to the Agency, to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, to Europol and to other relevant Union agencies, as appropriate and it shall ensure the overall coordination of that assessment.Executive Director shall in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, launch the procedure for deployment of asylum support teams as part of migration management support teams, including experts from the asylum reserve pool as appropriate. The operational and technical reinforcement provided by the asylum support teams in the framework of the migration management support teams may include:
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(a) assistance in screening of third- country nationals, including their identification, registration, and where requested by the host Member State, their fingerprinting and provision of information of the purpose of those procedures;
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(a) assistance in screening of third- country nationals, including their identification, registration, and where requested by the host Member State, their fingerprinting and provision of information of the purpose of those procedures;
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(b) the provision of initial information to third-country nationals who wish to make an application for international protection and their referral to the competent national authorities of the Member States;
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(b) the provision of initial information to third-country nationals who wish to make an application for international protection and their referral to the competent national authorities of the Member States;
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(c) the provision of information to applicants on the procedure for international protection and with regard to reception conditions as appropriate, relocation and the provision of necessary assistance to applicants or potential applicants that could be subject to relocation;
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(c) the provision of information to applicants on the procedure for international protection and with regard to reception conditions as appropriate, relocation and the provision of necessary assistance to applicants or potential applicants that could be subject to relocation;
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(d) the registration of applications for international protection and, where requested by the host Member State, the facilitation of the examination of such applications.
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(d) the registration of applications for international protection and, where requested by the host Member State, the facilitation of the examination of such applications.
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2. The Deputy Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedure. The Deputy Executive Director shall be appointed on the grounds of merit and appropriate administrative and management skills, including relevant professional experience in the field of migration and asylum. The Executive Director Commission shall propose at least three candidates for the post of the Deputy Executive Director. The provisions of Article 45 (1), (4), (5), (7), (8) and (9) shall apply to the Deputy Executive Director. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT I. Introduction On 4 May 2016, the Commission submitted its proposal for a regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum, which was repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 establishing EASO. The speedy adoption of the concerned regulation has always been high on the agenda of the European Parliament, as the Agency would play a central role in contributing to ensure the efficient and uniform application of the Common European Asylum System (hereinafter ‘CEAS’) in Member States in full respect for fundamental rights. More particularly, it would facilitate and support the activities of Member States in the implementation Union law on asylum, including by enabling the convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection across the Union and by coordinating and strengthening practical cooperation and information exchange. Moreover, the Agency would improve the functioning of the CEAS, including through a monitoring mechanism and by providing operational and technical assistance to Member States, in particular where their asylum and reception systems are under disproportionate pressure. Hence, the LIBE Committee adopted a negotiating mandate very swiftly after the submission of the Commission proposal, on 8 December 2016, in view of the urgency of establishing a fully-fledged EU Asylum Agency. The negotiations between the European Parliament’s negotiating team and the Maltese Presidency started back in January 2017 and, as a result, the co-legislators reached a broad political agreement on the enacting terms of the text on 28 June 2017. Further work at technical level was carried out under the Estonian Presidency in order to align the recitals with the enacting terms as provisionally agreed. The text of all recitals was, during this technical exercise, updated and agreed at technical level. On 6 December 2017, Coreper took note of the agreement reached on the full text (recitals and enacting terms), excluding the text placed in square brackets referring to other CEAS files under negotiation, which was the only text pending before a possible final adoption. Despite the urgency in establishing a fully-fledged EU Asylum Agency as a key pillar of CEAS, subsequent presidencies showed no willingness to engage with the European Parliament to continue working on the proposal at technical level in order to explore the technical solutions to the different square-bracketed provisions, also in view of the progress of the other CEAS files. On 12 September 2018, the European Commission submitted a new proposal under the same procedure, which amended its proposal of 4 May 2016 (COM(2018) 633 final, hereinafter ‘the amended Commission proposal’), with a view to, as stated in the explanatory memorandum, reinforce the operational capacity of the EU Agency for Asylum–. The amended proposal was presented during the LIBE Committee meeting of 10 October where the overwhelming majority of our Committee evoked several problematic points relating to the time of submission, aim and content of the said Commission proposal. No precedent is known to the European Parliament, and for good reasons, of a Commission amended proposal being submitted under the same procedure number after the point where Parliament had already adopted its mandate. In order for the European Parliament to be able to formally react to the Commission proposal, the Parliament had to overcome considerable procedural difficulties and was forced to act on the limits of its own internal rules. As already stated, a provisional agreement was reached between the co-legislators in June 2017. Regardless of the fact that the text was reworked at technical level resulting in a consolidated text including recitals, and therefore a full text has been since a year now ready for adoption save the square brackets, the Commission re-opens parts of this provisional agreement with its proposal. The Rapporteur believes that the amended Commission proposal does not bring the co- legislators any closer to the adoption of the new EUAA Regulation under the current parliamentary term. Instead, it multiplies the links to currently pending proposals, thus making its adoption more dependent on the progress of other files, even outside the CEAS package. For the future EU Asylum Agency to become operational as soon as possible, the provisional agreement reached with the Maltese Presidency is the only solid basis. Further, preparatory technical work should urgently resume in order to re-examine the square brackets of the provisionally agreed consolidated text, in view of developments in the other CEAS files during the past year and with a view to a final adoption. In its explanatory memorandum, the Commission claims to have included the text of the provisional agreement, but, in fact, the proposed amendments go beyond and change the substance and the spirit of those provisions significantly. What is even more important, already by the Commission’s own words, and by the Rapporteur’s own assessment, the amended proposal is an incomplete proposal. Should the proposed changes be accepted and incorporated by the co-legislators, the Commission already foresees other parts of the provisional agreement to be re-opened, namely “the procedure for providing operational and technical assistance, the deployment of asylum support teams and the data protection provisions, as well as other related instruments”. In that light, the Rapporteur believes that the amended proposal risks to trigger the re-opening of the entire text and lead to the renegotiation of the full text of the provisional agreement. II. Detailed remarks on the amended Commission proposal Article 16 The Commission proposal substantially expands the scope of the operational and technical assistance through the deployment of migration management support teams while delinking the deployment of these teams from disproportionate migratory challenges. The proposal changes the spirit of the operational and technical assistance provided by the Agency. Major concerns regarding the new text are, among others, the involvement of the Asylum Agency in returns, especially in view of an enhanced Frontex mandate adopted in 2016. There is lack of clarity on what preparing decisions on applications for international protection, handling appeals or providing other legal support would entail in practical terms. Moreover, under this paragraph the Agency would also be able to assist the judiciary of the Member States under a very open-ended wording, which raises question marks. Article 16a This article, as proposed, would essentially reshape the mandate of the Agency compared to the provisional agreement. The procedure for launching this type of assistance and relevant deployment, in view of this provision’s links with other non-amended provisions, is very unclear and its goals are questionable. More importantly, it strengthens the link between this regulation and the currently pending proposals on Dublin and the Asylum Procedure Regulation, thus making its adoption more dependent on the progress of these files. In view of the Rapporteur, this contradicts the goal of and the urgency in establishing a fully-fledged Agency. Article 21 As expressed in the explanatory memorandum of the Commission, the aim of this amendment is to align the text with the Commission’s new proposal on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, thereby linking the fate of the EU Asylum Agency to yet another pending proposal. According to Article 21 of the proposed text, migration management support teams could provide all operational and technical measures listed in Article 16 and 16a in contrast to the text of the provisional agreement. Likewise, the migration management support teams could also be deployed where Member States do not face disproportionate migratory challenges, which for the Rapporteur is not purely a technical issue, and reopens therefore the essence of what was provisionally agreed in June 2017. Article 47 The co-legislators agreed in June 2017 to deviate from the common approach on Union decentralised agencies in the appointment of the Deputy Executive Director and decided to follow the same approach taken during the negotiations on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in 2016. III. Conclusion The above-mentioned reflections led the Rapporteur to the conclusion that the Commission proposal presents a major shift regarding the mandate and the functioning of the Agency. Given the necessity and urgency to establish this Agency, the Rapporteur is convinced that such a major policy shift could fatally jeopardise the future of this regulation. The text of the provisional agreement emerged as a result political choices made by the two co-legislators and as part of a political compromise, so the Rapporteur is astonished that the Commission is bringing this issue back on the table. In sum, the Rapporteur would reiterate his position that the provisional agreement reached with the Maltese Presidency is the only solid basis for the future EU Asylum Agency and that the work on the square brackets should commence as soon as possible. Therefore, the draft updated mandate contains, in form of amendments, the text of the provisional agreement on all the provisions touched by the amended Commission proposal. Vote on the text as modified - update to the original negotiating mandate (Final vote to be taken by roll–call (pursuant to Rules 208(3) and 180(2)) ALDE ECR GUE/NGL PPE S&D VERTS/ALE ENF Key to symbols: + : in favour - : against 0 : abstentionon a proposal of the Executive Director. The Deputy Executive Director shall be appointed on the grounds of merit and appropriate administrative and management skills, including relevant professional experience in the field of asylum. The Executive Director shall propose at least three candidates for the post of the Deputy Executive Director. The Management Board shall have the power to extend the term of office or to remove the Deputy Executive Director from office acting on the proposal from the Executive Director. The provisions of Article 45 (1), (4), (7) and (9) shall apply to the Deputy Executive Director. Or. en FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE 30 + Nathalie Griesbeck, Sophia in 't Veld, Angelika Mlinar, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz Jussi Halla-aho, Anthea McIntyre, Helga Stevens Martina Anderson, Cornelia Ernst, Barbara Spinelli Michał Boni, Monika Hohlmeier, Roberta Metsola, Csaba Sógor, Axel Voss Lucy Anderson, Monika Beňová, Caterina Chinnici, Dietmar Köster, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Andrejs Mamikins, Claude Moraes, Péter Niedermüller, Ivari Padar, Birgit Sippel, Josef Weidenholzer Margrete Auken, Romeo Franz, Jean Lambert, Bodil Valero 2 - Giancarlo Scottà, Harald Vilimsky 0 0
Amendment 71 #
2. The Deputy Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following an open and transparent selection procedureon a proposal of the Executive Director. The Deputy Executive Director shall be appointed on the grounds of merit and appropriate administrative and management skills, including relevant professional experience in the field of migration and asylum. The Executive Director Commission shall propose at least three candidates for the post of the Deputy Executive Director. The Management Board shall have the power to extend the term of office or to remove the Deputy Executive Director from office acting on the proposal from the Executive Director. The provisions of Article 45 (1), (4), (5), (7), (87) and (9) shall apply to the Deputy Executive Director.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall, at the request of provide the Commission, provide it with information on specific third countries which could be considered for inclusion in the common EU list of safe countries of origin in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX.
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. To carry out the tasks referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Agency shall consult the UNHCR and relevant civil society organisations and take into consideration the information provided by them, including information provided within the Consultative Forum.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall, on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission, and in consultation with the Commission, develop operational standards on the implementation of the instruments of Union law on asylum and indicators for monitoring compliance with those operational standards as well as guidelines and best practices related to the implementation of the instruments of Union law on asylum. In developing these guidelines, the Agency shall consult with European Judicial Training Network and relevant associations to ensure full respect for the independence of the judiciary. The Agency shall, following consultation with the Commission and after adoption by the Management Board, communicate those standards, indicators, guidelines or best practices to the Member States.
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the Agency shall have access to aggregated data from Eurodac and other relevant databases.
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Executive Director, after consultation with the Commission, shall submit draft recommendations to the Member State concerned outlining the necessary measures to address shortcomings identified in the monitoring report. The Member State concerned shall be given one month to comment on the draft recommendations and ten days in the event of the situation referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1. The draft recommendations shall be transmitted to the European Parliament. After giving consideration to those comments, the Management Board shall adopt the recommendations and it shall invite the Member State concerned to draw up an action plan outlining the measures to remedy any shortcomings. The recommendations shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. The Agency shall inform the European Parliament on an annual basis of the number of experts deployed to the asylum support teams in accordance with this Article. This report shall list the Member States that have invoked the exceptional situation referred to in paragraph 6 in the previous year. It shall also include the reasons and information provided by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Executive Director may verify whether the experts proposed by Member States correspond to the defined profiles and qualifications and shall decide on the experts to be chosen from the asylum intervention pool. The Executive Director may request the Member State to remove an expert from the asylum intervention pool where those requirements are not met or in case of misconduct or infringement of the applicable deployment rules.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. The Agency shall inform the European Parliament on an annual basis of the number of experts that each Member State has committed and the number experts actually deployed from the pool to the different teams in accordance with this Article.
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 21 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Where a Member State faces disproportionate migratory challenges at particular hotspot areas of its external borders characterised by large inward mixed migratory flows, that Member State may request technical and operational reinforcement by migration management support teams. That Member State shall submit a request for reinforcement and an assessment of its needs to the Agency and other relevant Union agencies, in particular European Border and Coast Guard and Europol as set out in Article 18 (1) of Regulation 2016/1624. The Executive Director, in coordination with other relevant Union agencies, shall assess a Member State's request for reinforcement and the assessment of its needs for the purpose of defining a comprehensive reinforcement package consisting of various activities coordinated by the relevant Union agencies to be agreed upon by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Member State requests operational and technical reinforcement by migration management support teams as referred to in Article 17 of Regulation No XXX/XXX or wThe Commission shall, in cooperation with the host Member State and the re migration management support teams are deployed atlevant agencies, establish the terms of cooperation at the hotspot areas as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation No XXX/XXX, the Executive Director shall ensurnd be responsible for the coordination of the Agency's activities inof the migration management support teams with the Commission and with other relevant Union agencies, in particular, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States.
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Executive Director shall, as appropriate, launch the procedure for deployment of asylum support teams or experts from the asylum intervention pool in accordance with Articles 17 and 18as part of migration management support teams in accordance with Articles 17, 18, 20 and 22, including where the procedure set out in paragraph - 1 (new) of the present article or Article 19(3)(b) of the Regulation 1624/2016 applies. The operational and technical reinforcement provided by the asylum support teams or experts from the asylum intervention pool in the framework of the migration management support teams may include:
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency may cooperate with the authorities of third countries competent in matters covered by this Regulation with the support of and in coordination with Union delegations, in particular with a view to promoting Union standards on asylum and assisting third countries as regards expertise and capacity building for their own asylum and reception systems as well as implementing regional development and protection programmes and other actions. The Agency may carry out such cooperation within the framework of working arrangements concluded with those authorities in accordance with Union law and policy. The Agency shall seek the prior approval of the Commission for such working arrangements and it shall inform the European Parliament. The Agency shall inform the European Parliament before a working arrangement is concluded.
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. The Agency shall inform the European Parliament of activities conducted pursuant to this Article. It shall include an assessment of the cooperation with third countries in its annual reports
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) before 30 November each year, and after taking into account the opinion of the Commission, adopt, by a two- thirds majority of the members with a right to vote, a single programming document containing the Agency's multiannual programming and its work programme for the following year and forward it to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission;
Amendment 676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 a (new)
Article 59 a (new)
Article 59 a Prevention of conflicts of interest The Agency shall adopt internal rules requiring the members of its bodies and its staff members to avoid any situation liable to give rise to a conflict of interest during their employment or term of office and to report such situations.