21 Amendments of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2016/0225(COD)
Amendment 25 #
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 national rules of Member States shall take precedence over the Resettlement Framework.
Amendment 27 #
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 among national resettlement practices and procedures, provide for the legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States only of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection, help reduce the risk of a large-scale 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 displacgathered by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, and help achieve the Union's foreign policy objectives by increasing the Union's leverage vis-à-vis third countries, and effectively contribute to global resettlement initiatives through speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countries.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Both types of procedure consist of the following stages: identification, registration, assessment and, decision and execution of decision.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) An expedited procedure should be established with the same level of security checks as in the ordinary procedure in order to speed up the procedures of refoulement and the allocation of applicants and those who have been granted asylum according to the planned quota to all EU countries. However, in the expedited procedure, the assessment of the international protection needs of third- country nationals or stateless persons should be limited to an assessment of their eligibility for subsidiary protection without assessing their qualification for refugee status.
Amendment 45 #
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 seek protection. Furthermore, measures should be taken to avoid concentrating large numbers of applicants within the territory of the country of entry which is likely to lead to pressure also to grant asylum to those with no claim to it. 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 50 #
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 natioequal to the longest period of limitation for criminals or stateless persons who have already been resettled by onffences provided by the legislation of the Member State orin 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 imagesich the application for asylum or subsidiary protection had originally been submitted, from the date of resettlement.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 60 #
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 which should take account of capacity of each State to absorb asylum seekers. 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 OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 70 #
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 maximum number of persons to be resettled under the annual Union resettlement pla operating in the Union.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) (i) third-country nationals, who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, are outside the country of nationality or the part of that country in which they formerly habitually resided, and are unable or, owing to such fear, are unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that countrto stay in their country of nationality, or stateless persons, who, being outside of the country of former habitual residence or of the part of that country in which they formerly habitually resided, for the same reasons as mentioned above, are unable tor, owing to such fear, unwilling to return to or stay in it, or, failing that,
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) third-country nationals, who are outside the country of nationality or the part of that country in which they formerly habitually resided, or stateless persons, who are outside of the country of former habitual residence or of the part of that country in which they formerly habitually resided, and in respect of whom substantial grounds have been shown for believing that they, if returned to or staying in their country of origin or former habitual residence, would face a real risk of suffering serious harm and risk their lives, and are unable, or, owing to such risk, are unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country;
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 6
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 6
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 1
– 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;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 3
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 4
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 4
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 5
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 5
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall store the data referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4 for five years from the date of resettlementa maximum period equal to the longest period of limitation for criminal offences provided by the law, as determined by the national legislation of the Member State in which an application for asylum was submitted.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11