13 Amendments of Miltiadis KYRKOS related to 2016/0131(COD)
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 517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7
Article 17 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that the experts that they contribute match the profiles and numbers decided upon by the Management Board. The duration of deployment shall be determined by the home Member State but it shall not be less than 360 days.
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 524 #
3. Member States shall contribute to the asylum intervention pool through a national expert pool on the basis of the various defined profiles and by nominating experts corresponding to the required profiles. The duration of deployment shall be determined by the home Member State but it shall not be less than 360 days.
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 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency, on its own initiative or at the request of Member States, may acquire or lease technical equipment by decision of the Executive Director, in consultation with the Management Board. Any acquisition or leasing of equipment shall be preceded by a thorough needs and cost/benefit analysis. Any such expenditure shall be provided for in the Agency's budget as adopted by the Management Board and in accordance with the financial rules applicable to the Agency.
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 628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. The Management Board shall include one representative of UNHCR, withoutone representative of Frontex and one representative of the FRA, none of whom shall have the right to vote.
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.