34 Amendments of Bodil VALERO related to 2016/0225(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
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 commitments. The European Union Resettlement Framework should be based on humanitarian needs, contribute to meeting the global resettlement needs and alleviate protracted refugee situations.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Such a framework is a necessary part of a well-managed migration policy to reduce divergences amongincrease and complement national resettlement practices and procedures, provide for the legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection, help reduce the risk of a large-scalepoorly managed irregular inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States and thereby reducing the pressure of spontaneous arrivals on the Member States' asylum systems, be an expression of solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, help achieve Union's foreign policy objectives by increasing the Union's leverage vis-à-visaiming at alleviating protracted refugee situations in third countries, and effectively contribute to global resettlement initiatives through speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countries. Together with development actions and policies, resettlement can effectively contribute to decreasing tensions and alleviating protracted refugee situations in third countries.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The common standard procedures should build on the existing resettlement experience and standards of the Member States and UNHCR, in particular the Standard Operating Procedures guidingAnnual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR), with the aimplementation of the resettlement scheme with Turkey set out in the EU- Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 of gradually scaling up Member States' collective resettlement efforts to reach at least 25% of the global resettlement needs as outlined in UNHCR's annual Projected Global Resettlement Needs. The Union Resettlement Framework should allow the use of two types of standard resettlement procedures.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The resettlement procedure should be concluded as soon as possible in order to discourage persons in need of international protection to use irregular ways to enter the European Union to seekensure expedited access to the Union for persons in need of international protection. At the same time it should ensure that Member States have sufficient time for a full and adequate examination of each case. The time-limits should correspond to what is necessary to make the different types of assessment foreseen for the ordinary and expedited procedure.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
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 resettlement to another Member State, that period should be considered a necessary period for the storage of personal details, including fingerprints and facial images.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
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 maxinimum total number of persons to be resettled, the details about the participation of the Member States in the plan and their contributions to the total number of persons to be resettled, as well as overall geographical priorities.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) These powers should be exercised on a proposal from the Commission on the maxinimum total number of persons to be resettled and overall geographical prioritiespriorities concerning persons in most urgent need of protection. The Commission should make its proposal simultaneously with its proposal on the draft Union annual budget. The Council should aim to adopt the proposal within two months. The Commission and the Council should take into account the discussions within the High-Level Resettlement Committee and align its proposal with the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR), with the aim of gradually scaling up Member States' collective resettlement efforts to reach at least 25% of the global resettlement needs as outlined in UNHCR's annual Projected Global Resettlement Needs.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, the Commission should be empowered to establish targeted Union resettlement schemes laying down the precise number out of the total number of persons to be resettled and participation of the Member State, consistent with the annual Union Resettlement plan. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers34 . The examination procedure should be used for establishing targeted Union resettlement schemes given that those schemes have substantial implications. The Commission should aim to establish targeted Union resettlement schemes as soon as possible after the adoption of the annual Union resettlement plan and whenever necessary during the period covered by the annual Union resettlement plan. The Commission should take into account the discussions within the High-Level Resettlement Committee. _________________ 34 and align its proposal with the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR). _________________ 34 OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13. OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Each targeted Union resettlement scheme should determine which standard procedural rules should apply to its implementation. It should in addition set out local cooperation arrangements where and as appropriate and cooperation arrangements with UNHCR to facilitate its implementation.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Resettled persons should be granted international protection. Accordingly, the provisions on the content of international protection contained in the asylum acquis should apply as of the moment when resettled persons arrive on the territory of the Member States, including the rules to discourage secondary movement of beneficiaries of international protection.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) This Regulation does not affect the ability of the Member States to adopt or implement national resettlement schemes, which do not jeopardise the attainment of the Union’s objectives under this Regulation, for example where they contribute an additional number of resettlement places to targeted Union resettlement schemes established under this Regulation going beyond their contribution to the maxinimum number of persons to be resettled under the annual Union resettlement plan.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) contribute to the reduction of the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow ofensuring expedited access to the Union for third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection to the territory of the Member Stateand increase Member States' resettlement efforts;
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the number of persons in need of international protection displaced to orvulnerable refugees in need of resettlement within a third country and any onward movement of those persons to the territory of the Member States in accordance with the global resettlement needs as per the UNHCR's Projected Global Resettlement Needs;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) persons for whom there are reasonable grounds for considering that they are a danger to the community, public policy, security, public health or the international relations of the Member State examining the resettlement file, including where a second Member State has required the Member State examining the resettlement file to consult that second Member State during the examination in relation to specific third-country nationals or stateless persons or specific categories of third-country nationals or stateless persons, that second Member State has objected to their resettlement on these groundspublic security of the Member State examining the resettlement file;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) persons who have already been resettled by another Member State in the implementation of this Regulation, the Conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council 11097/15 of 20 July 2015, the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016, the Commission Recommendation C(2015) 9490 of 15 December 2015, or a national resettlement scheme; and
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 1
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 2
Point (a) of this paragraph may appliesy to persons who incite or otherwise participate in the commission of the crimes or acts mentioned therein.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of a proposal from the Commission and in line with the UNHCR'S Projected Global Resettlement Needs, the Council shall adopt an annual Union resettlement plan in the year preceding that in which it is to be implemented.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the maxinimum total number of persons to be resettled;
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the precise number of persons to be resettled from the maxinimum 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 States in the targeted Union resettlement scheme;
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the non-exhaustive specification of the regions or third countries from which resettlement is to occur as referred to in Article 4;
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) a description of the specific group or groups of third-country nationals or stateless persons to whom the targeted Union resettlement scheme shall apply, according to the vulnerability criteria established by UNHCR;
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
The resettlement procedures laid down in Articles 10 and 11 shall apply to third- country nationals or stateless persons who have given their consent to be resettled and have not subsequently withdrawn their consent, including refusing resettlement to a particular Member State.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall make that assessment on the basis of documentary evidence, including, where applicable, inform close cooperation fromwith UNHCR on whether the third-country nationals or the stateless persons qualify as refugees or on the basis of a personal interview or a combination of both.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – point b – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – point b – paragraph 2
Member States mayshall also request UNHCR to fully assess whether third-country nationals or stateless persons referred to them by UNHCR qualify as refugees within the meaning of Article 1 of the 1951 Geneva Convention.