18 Amendments of Sophia IN 'T VELD related to 2016/0131(COD)
Amendment 397 #
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 inor removal from the common EU list of safe countries of origin in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The European Parliament, the Council or the Commission may request the Agency to carry out a review of the situation in any such third country with a view to assess whether the relevant conditions and criteria set out in that Directive are respected.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Agency may, in particular, base its assessment on information provided by Member States, information analysis on the situation of asylum developed by the Agency, on-site visits, information provided by applicants, and case sampling.
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In order to assist in these duties the agency may conduct unannounced on-site visits without prior notification to the Member State concerned. General guidelines on practical arrangements for such visits shall be established by the Commission in close cooperation with the Member States.
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The multi-annual programming shall list the Member States whose asylum and reception systems shall be monitored each year, ensuring that each Member State shall be monitored at least once in every fivthree-year period.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The Agency mayshall initiate a monitoring exercise for the assessment of the asylum or reception systems of a Member State on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission whenever there are serious concerns regarding the functioning of any aspect of that Member State's asylum or reception systems.
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Where, after the period referred to in Article 14(5), the Member State concerned has not fully implemented the action plan and the shortcomings in the asylum and reception systems are so serious that they jeopardize the functioning of the CEAS, the Commission shall, based on its own assessment of the implementation of the action plan and the seriousness of the shortcomings, adopt recommendations addressed to that Member State outlining the measures needed to remedy the serious shortcomings, and where necessary setting out the measures to be taken by the Agency to support that Member State.
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) assist withperform its tasks and obligations with regards to the relocation or transfer of beneficiaries ofand applicants for international protection within the Union in accordance with the provisions of regulation xxx/xxx [Dublin regulation];
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(j a) provide any additional form of operational and technical assistance requested by the Member State in accordance with paragraph 1
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall, on a proposal of the Executive Director, decide by a three-fourths majority of members with a right to vote on the profiles of experts and on the share that each Member State shall contribute to constitute the asylum intervention pool. The same procedure shall apply to any subsequent changes in the profiles and the overall number of experts.
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. In matters related to its activities and, to the extent required for the fulfilment of its tasks, the Agency shall facilitate and encourage operational cooperation between Member States and third countries, within the framework of the Union's external relations policy, including with regard to the protection of fundamental rights, and in cooperation with the European External Action Service. The Agency and the Member States shall promote and comply with norms and standards equivalent to those set by Union legislation, including the EU charter of Fundamental Rights, the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention and its 1967 protocol, also when carrying out activities on the territory of those third countries.
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3
Article 35 – paragraph 3
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Board shall be composed of one representative from each Member State, two representatives of the European Parliament and two representatives of the Commission, which shall have the right to vote.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. The Mmanagement Bboard may establish an E small-sized executive Bboard, composed of the Chairperson of the Management Board, the two representatives of the Commission toto assist it and the executive director with regard to the preparation of the decisions, programmes and activities to be adopted by the Mmanagement Bboard and three other memberso take certain provisional, urgent decisions on behalf of the Mmanagement Bboard, to assist it and t when necessary. The Eexecutive Director with regard to the preparation ofboard shall not take decisions, the annual and multi-annual programming and activities to be adopted byat must be passed by either a two-thirds or three-quarters majority of the Mmanagement Bboard. WThen necessary, because of urgency, management board may delegate certain clearly defined tasks to the Eexecutive Bboard may take certain provisional decisions on behalf of the Management Board, in particular on administrativ, in particular where this improves the efficiency of the Agency. It may not delegate to the executive board tasks related to decisions that must be passed by either a two-thirds or three-quarters majority of the management matters. board.
Amendment 651 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 5 – point o a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 5 – point o a (new)
(o a) submitting reports on compliance with the duty to cooperate in good faith to the Management Board and the European Commission in accordance with article 3(4)
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
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