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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for border management and visa PDF (444 KB) DOC (203 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) ToWith the goal of preserveing the integrity of the Schengen area and to strengthen its functioning, Member States have, since 6 April 2017, been obliged to carry out systematic checks against relevant databases on EU citizens who are crossing the EU’s external borders. Furthermore, the Commission issued a Recommendation to Member States to make better use of police checks and cross- border cooperation. However, it has proven necessary in to use targeted checks in place of systematic checks at a number of external border crossing in certain cases.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Commission has also issued Recommendation (EU) 2017/1804 to Member States to make better use of police checks and cross-border cooperation. Notwithstanding this recommendation, a number of Member States continue to maintain internal border controls, which run the risk of undermining the basic principle of the Schengen Area.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The instrument should support measures linked to border control in the territory of the Schengen countries that are linked to border control as part of the development of a common integrated border management system, which strengthens the overall functioning of the Schengen area.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The instrument should support the implementation of the hotspot approach as outlined in the Commission’s Communication on A European Agenda on Migration and endorsed by the European Council of 25 and 26 June 201530 . The hotspot approach provides operational support to Member States affected by disproportionate migratory pressure at the Union’s external borders. It offers integrated, comprehensive and targeted assistance in a spirit of solidarity and shared responsibility, allowing the arrival of large numbers of persons at the Union's external borders to be handled humanely and efficiently, as well as with a view to safeguarding the integrity of the Schengen area. _________________ 30 EUCO 22/15 CO EUR 8 CONCL 3. EUCO 22/15 CO EUR 8 CONCL 3.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To contribute to the achievement of the policy objective of the instrument, Member States should ensure that their programmes address the specific objectives of the instrument, that the priorities chosen are in line with the agreed EU priorities and the implementing measures as set out in Annex II and that the allocation of resources between objectives and actions is proportionate to the challenges and needs they are faced with. In that regard, it is important to achieve a transparent distribution of resources among the specific objectives of this instrument.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Measures in and in relation to third countries supported through the instrument should be implemented in full synergy and coherence with and should complement other actions outside the Union supported through the Union's external financing instruments. In particular, in implementing such actions, full coherence should be sought with the principles and general objectives of the Union’s external action and foreign policy related to the country or region in question. In relation to the external dimension, the instrument should target support to enhance cooperation with third countries and to reinforce key aspects of their border surveillance and border management capabilities in areas of interest to the Union’s migration policy and Union’s security objectives. Any measures funded in and in relation to third countries should be subject to appropriate safeguards.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Part of the available resources under the instrument could also be allocated to Member States’ programmes for the implementation of specific actions in addition to their initial allocation. These specific actions should be identified at Union level and should concern actions which require cooperative effort or actions necessary to address developments in the Union which require additional funding to be made available to one or more Member States, such as the purchase through the national programmes of Member States of technical equipment needed by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to perform its operational activities, the modernisation of the processing of visa applications, the development of new large-scale IT systems and the setting-up of interoperability between those systems. These specific actions will be defined by the Commission in its work programmes.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) In order to strengthen the Union’s capacity to immediately address unforeseen, urgent or disproportionate migratory pressurepressure, including in the event of an emergency situation at its external borders, in particular at those border sections where the impact level has been identified in line with Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 as such that it jeopardises the functioning of the Schengen area as a whole, as well as pressure on the visa sections of Member States’ consulates or risks to border security, it should be possible tothis instrument should exceptionally provide emergency assistance in accordance with the framework set out in this Regulation. _________________ 38 Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 establishing the European Border Surveillance System (Eurosur) (OJ L 295, 6.11.2013, p. 11).
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. As part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the policy objective of the instrument shall be ensuring strong and effective European integrated border management at the external borders while safeguarding the free movement of persons within it, in full compliance with the Union’s commitments on fundamental rights, thereby contributing to guaranteeing a high level of security in the Union, in full compliance with the Union’s acquis and obligations of the Union and its member states arising from international instruments to which they are signatory.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) supporting the common visa policy to ensure a more harmonised approach among the Member States with regard to the issuance of visas, to facilitate legitimate travel and prevent migratory andaddress security risks.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Legal entities established in a third country are exceptionally eligible to participate where this is necessary for the achievement of the objectives of a given action, and where this is in full accordance with the Union's acquis and Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts in order to set out financing decisions as referred to in Article 110 of the Financial Regulation for the thematic facility, identifying the objectives and the actions to be supported and specifying the amounts for each of its components, as referred to in paragraph 1. Financing decisions contained shall set out, where applicable, the overall amount reserved for blending operations.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. Following the adoption of a financing decisionn implementing act as referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission may amend the programmes implemented under shared management accordingly.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. InFollowing a mid-term review, to be presented by April 2024, the Commission shall allocate to the programmes of Member States concerned the additional amount referred to in Article 10(1)(b) in accordance with the criteria referred to in paragraph 1(c) of and in paragraphs 2 to 11 of Annex I. The allocation shall be based on the latest available statistical data for the criteria referred to in paragraph 1(c) and in paragraphs 2 to 11 of Annex I. Funding shall be effective for the period as of the calendar year 2025.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The instrument shall provide financial assistance to address urgent and specific needs in the event of an emergency situation resulting from an urgent and exceptional pressure where a large or disproportionate number of third-country nationals have crossed, are crossing or are expected to cross the external borders of one or more Member States, in particular at border sections where the impact level has been identified as such that it jeopardises the functioning of the whole Schengen area, or any other duly substantiated situation of an urgent and exceptional pressnature, within the scope of this Regulation that requires immediate action.