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2007/0182(CNS) EC/Moldova agreement: agreement on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead LIBE MARINESCU Marian-Jean (icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE)
Committee Opinion AFET WIERSMA Jan Marinus (icon: PSE PSE)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 063-p3b, EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 300-p2/3-a1

Events

2007/12/19
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: the conclusion of a Readmission Agreement between Moldova and the Community.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2007/826/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation.

CONTENT: the purpose of this Decision is the conclusion of an Agreement between the Community and Moldova on Readmission.

The main elements of the Decision can be summarised as follows:

the Agreement has been divided into eight sections with 23 Articles. It contains six Annexes and six joint Declarations, all of which form an integral part of the overall Agreement; the readmission obligations are fully reciprocal and comprise of own nationals, third country nationals and stateless persons; this obligation to readmit own nationals extends to former own nationals who have been deprived of or renounced, their nationality without acquiring the nationality of another State; the obligation to readmit own nationals covers family members (i.e. spouses and minor unmarried children) who hold a nationality other than the person to be readmitted and who do not have an independent right of residence in the Requesting State; the obligation to readmit third country nationals and stateless persons is linked to a number of prerequisites, such as: the person concerned holds, or at the time of entry held, a valid visa or resident permit issued by the Requested State; or the person concerned illegally and directly entered the territory of the Requesting State after having stayed on or transited through he territory of the Requested State. Those in airside transit and all persons to whom the Requesting State has issued a visa or residence authorisation before or after entry to its territory are exempted from these obligations; Moldova agrees to accept the use of the EU’s standard travel documents for expulsion purposes – both for own nationals as well as for third country nationals or stateless persons; Section III sets out the necessary technical provisions regarding the readmission procedure. Some procedural flexibility is provided by the fact that no readmission will be needed in cases where the person to be readmitted is in possession of a valid national passport and, if he or she is a third-country national, also holds a valid visa or residence authorisation of the State which has to readmit him or her. Article 6 also contains an important procedural element relating to the so-called “ accelerated procedure ”. This applies to persons apprehended in the “border region”, which extends up to 30 kilometres from the common land border between a Member State and the Republic of Moldova or international airports. Under the accelerated procedure, readmission applications have to be submitted and replies have to be given within 2 working days, whereas under the normal procedure the time limit for replies is 11 working days; a section on transit operations is foreseen as are sections on costs, data protection and relationship to other international obligations;

Moldova as well as individual Member States will be allowed to conclude bilateral implementing Protocols.

Denmark will not be taking part in the adoption of this Agreement.

ENTRY INTO FORCE : the agreement will enter into force when the necessary formalities have been concluded and on the same date as the parallel agreement on the issuance of short-stay visas (see CNS/2007/0175 ).

2007/11/22
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2007/11/22
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2007/11/22
   CSL - Council Meeting
2007/11/13
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2007/11/13
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP-ED, RO) and approved the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Moldova on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation.

Documents
2007/11/07
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2007/11/07
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2007/11/05
   EP - Vote in committee
Details

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted, without amendment at 1 st reading of the consultation procedure, the report drafted by Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP-ED, RO) on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Republic of Moldova on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation.

2007/10/19
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2007/10/15
   CSL - Council Meeting
2007/10/10
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2007/10/09
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2007/10/03
   EP - MARINESCU Marian-Jean (PPE-DE) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2007/09/12
   EP - WIERSMA Jan Marinus (PSE) appointed as rapporteur in AFET
2007/09/05
   EC - Legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE: to sign and conclude a Readmission Agreement between Moldova and the Community.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

BACKGROUND: the 2003 Thessaloniki Summit on the Western Balkans recognised the importance of giving due recognition to matters concerning illegal immigration and the issuing of visas. The “Thessaloniki Agenda”, accordingly recognised the need for the EU to conclude Readmission Agreements with the countries of the Western Balkans, including the Republic of Moldova. In November 2006 the Council formally authorised the Commission to negotiate a Readmission Agreement with Moldova to be negotiated alongside an Agreement on the issuance of short-stay visas. See CNS/2007/0175 . The Member States have been regularly informed and consulted throughout the negotiating process.

CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal, therefore, is to request the Council to sign and conclude an Agreement between the Community and Moldova on Readmission. The Commission is of the view that the objectives set by the Council in its negotiating Directives have been attained and that the draft Readmission Agreement is acceptable to the Community. The draft Agreement with Moldova has been, as far as possible, harmonised with the draft Readmission Agreements of the other Western Balkans countries.

The main elements of the proposal can be summarised as follows:

the Agreement has been divided into eight sections with 23 Articles. It contains six Annexes and six joint Declarations, all of which form an integral part of the overall Agreement; the readmission obligations are fully reciprocal and comprise of own nationals, third country nationals and stateless persons; this obligation to readmit own nationals extends to former own nationals who have been deprived of or renounced, their nationality without acquiring the nationality of another State; the obligation to readmit own nationals covers family members (i.e. spouses and minor unmarried children) who hold a nationality other than the person to be readmitted and who do not have an independent right of residence in the Requesting State; the obligation to readmit third country nationals and stateless persons is linked to a number of prerequisites, such as: the person concerned holds, or at the time of entry held, a valid visa or resident permit issued by the Requested State; or the person concerned illegally and directly entered the territory of the Requesting State after having stayed on or transited through he territory of the Requested State. Those in airside transit and all persons to whom the Requesting State has issued a visa or residence authorisation before or after entry to its territory are exempted from these obligations; Moldova agrees to accept the use of the EU’s standard travel documents for expulsion purposes – both for own nationals as well as for third country nationals or stateless persons; Section III sets out the necessary technical provisions regarding the readmission procedure. Some procedural flexibility is provided by the fact that no readmission will be needed in cases where the person to be readmitted is in possession of a valid national passport and, if he or she is a third-country national, also holds a valid visa or residence authorisation of the State which has to readmit him or her. Article 6 also contains an important procedural element relating to the so-called “ accelerated procedure ”. This applies to persons apprehended in the “border region”, which extends up to 30 kilometres from the common land border between a Member State and the Republic of Moldova or international airports. Under the accelerated procedure, readmission applications have to be submitted and replies have to be given within 2 working days, whereas under the normal procedure the time limit for replies is 11 working days; a section on transit operations is foreseen as are sections on costs, data protection and relationship to other international obligations; Moldova as well as individual Member States will be allowed to conclude bilateral implementing Protocols.

Denmark will not be taking part in the adoption of this Agreement.

2007/09/04
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to sign and conclude a Readmission Agreement between Moldova and the Community.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

BACKGROUND: the 2003 Thessaloniki Summit on the Western Balkans recognised the importance of giving due recognition to matters concerning illegal immigration and the issuing of visas. The “Thessaloniki Agenda”, accordingly recognised the need for the EU to conclude Readmission Agreements with the countries of the Western Balkans, including the Republic of Moldova. In November 2006 the Council formally authorised the Commission to negotiate a Readmission Agreement with Moldova to be negotiated alongside an Agreement on the issuance of short-stay visas. See CNS/2007/0175 . The Member States have been regularly informed and consulted throughout the negotiating process.

CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal, therefore, is to request the Council to sign and conclude an Agreement between the Community and Moldova on Readmission. The Commission is of the view that the objectives set by the Council in its negotiating Directives have been attained and that the draft Readmission Agreement is acceptable to the Community. The draft Agreement with Moldova has been, as far as possible, harmonised with the draft Readmission Agreements of the other Western Balkans countries.

The main elements of the proposal can be summarised as follows:

the Agreement has been divided into eight sections with 23 Articles. It contains six Annexes and six joint Declarations, all of which form an integral part of the overall Agreement; the readmission obligations are fully reciprocal and comprise of own nationals, third country nationals and stateless persons; this obligation to readmit own nationals extends to former own nationals who have been deprived of or renounced, their nationality without acquiring the nationality of another State; the obligation to readmit own nationals covers family members (i.e. spouses and minor unmarried children) who hold a nationality other than the person to be readmitted and who do not have an independent right of residence in the Requesting State; the obligation to readmit third country nationals and stateless persons is linked to a number of prerequisites, such as: the person concerned holds, or at the time of entry held, a valid visa or resident permit issued by the Requested State; or the person concerned illegally and directly entered the territory of the Requesting State after having stayed on or transited through he territory of the Requested State. Those in airside transit and all persons to whom the Requesting State has issued a visa or residence authorisation before or after entry to its territory are exempted from these obligations; Moldova agrees to accept the use of the EU’s standard travel documents for expulsion purposes – both for own nationals as well as for third country nationals or stateless persons; Section III sets out the necessary technical provisions regarding the readmission procedure. Some procedural flexibility is provided by the fact that no readmission will be needed in cases where the person to be readmitted is in possession of a valid national passport and, if he or she is a third-country national, also holds a valid visa or residence authorisation of the State which has to readmit him or her. Article 6 also contains an important procedural element relating to the so-called “ accelerated procedure ”. This applies to persons apprehended in the “border region”, which extends up to 30 kilometres from the common land border between a Member State and the Republic of Moldova or international airports. Under the accelerated procedure, readmission applications have to be submitted and replies have to be given within 2 working days, whereas under the normal procedure the time limit for replies is 11 working days; a section on transit operations is foreseen as are sections on costs, data protection and relationship to other international obligations; Moldova as well as individual Member States will be allowed to conclude bilateral implementing Protocols.

Denmark will not be taking part in the adoption of this Agreement.

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  • date: 2007-09-05T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2007/0504/COM_COM(2007)0504_EN.pdf title: COM(2007)0504 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2007&nu_doc=504 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to sign and conclude a Readmission Agreement between Moldova and the Community. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the 2003 Thessaloniki Summit on the Western Balkans recognised the importance of giving due recognition to matters concerning illegal immigration and the issuing of visas. The “Thessaloniki Agenda”, accordingly recognised the need for the EU to conclude Readmission Agreements with the countries of the Western Balkans, including the Republic of Moldova. In November 2006 the Council formally authorised the Commission to negotiate a Readmission Agreement with Moldova to be negotiated alongside an Agreement on the issuance of short-stay visas. See CNS/2007/0175 . The Member States have been regularly informed and consulted throughout the negotiating process. CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal, therefore, is to request the Council to sign and conclude an Agreement between the Community and Moldova on Readmission. The Commission is of the view that the objectives set by the Council in its negotiating Directives have been attained and that the draft Readmission Agreement is acceptable to the Community. The draft Agreement with Moldova has been, as far as possible, harmonised with the draft Readmission Agreements of the other Western Balkans countries. The main elements of the proposal can be summarised as follows: the Agreement has been divided into eight sections with 23 Articles. It contains six Annexes and six joint Declarations, all of which form an integral part of the overall Agreement; the readmission obligations are fully reciprocal and comprise of own nationals, third country nationals and stateless persons; this obligation to readmit own nationals extends to former own nationals who have been deprived of or renounced, their nationality without acquiring the nationality of another State; the obligation to readmit own nationals covers family members (i.e. spouses and minor unmarried children) who hold a nationality other than the person to be readmitted and who do not have an independent right of residence in the Requesting State; the obligation to readmit third country nationals and stateless persons is linked to a number of prerequisites, such as: the person concerned holds, or at the time of entry held, a valid visa or resident permit issued by the Requested State; or the person concerned illegally and directly entered the territory of the Requesting State after having stayed on or transited through he territory of the Requested State. Those in airside transit and all persons to whom the Requesting State has issued a visa or residence authorisation before or after entry to its territory are exempted from these obligations; Moldova agrees to accept the use of the EU’s standard travel documents for expulsion purposes – both for own nationals as well as for third country nationals or stateless persons; Section III sets out the necessary technical provisions regarding the readmission procedure. Some procedural flexibility is provided by the fact that no readmission will be needed in cases where the person to be readmitted is in possession of a valid national passport and, if he or she is a third-country national, also holds a valid visa or residence authorisation of the State which has to readmit him or her. Article 6 also contains an important procedural element relating to the so-called “ accelerated procedure ”. This applies to persons apprehended in the “border region”, which extends up to 30 kilometres from the common land border between a Member State and the Republic of Moldova or international airports. Under the accelerated procedure, readmission applications have to be submitted and replies have to be given within 2 working days, whereas under the normal procedure the time limit for replies is 11 working days; a section on transit operations is foreseen as are sections on costs, data protection and relationship to other international obligations; Moldova as well as individual Member States will be allowed to conclude bilateral implementing Protocols. Denmark will not be taking part in the adoption of this Agreement.
  • date: 2007-10-10T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2007-11-05T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted, without amendment at 1 st reading of the consultation procedure, the report drafted by Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP-ED, RO) on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Republic of Moldova on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation.
  • date: 2007-11-07T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2007-427&language=EN title: A6-0427/2007
  • date: 2007-11-13T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=14263&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2007-11-13T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2007-496 title: T6-0496/2007 summary: The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP-ED, RO) and approved the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Moldova on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation.
  • date: 2007-11-22T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament body: EP/CSL
  • date: 2007-11-22T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2007-12-19T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: the conclusion of a Readmission Agreement between Moldova and the Community. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2007/826/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation. CONTENT: the purpose of this Decision is the conclusion of an Agreement between the Community and Moldova on Readmission. The main elements of the Decision can be summarised as follows: the Agreement has been divided into eight sections with 23 Articles. It contains six Annexes and six joint Declarations, all of which form an integral part of the overall Agreement; the readmission obligations are fully reciprocal and comprise of own nationals, third country nationals and stateless persons; this obligation to readmit own nationals extends to former own nationals who have been deprived of or renounced, their nationality without acquiring the nationality of another State; the obligation to readmit own nationals covers family members (i.e. spouses and minor unmarried children) who hold a nationality other than the person to be readmitted and who do not have an independent right of residence in the Requesting State; the obligation to readmit third country nationals and stateless persons is linked to a number of prerequisites, such as: the person concerned holds, or at the time of entry held, a valid visa or resident permit issued by the Requested State; or the person concerned illegally and directly entered the territory of the Requesting State after having stayed on or transited through he territory of the Requested State. Those in airside transit and all persons to whom the Requesting State has issued a visa or residence authorisation before or after entry to its territory are exempted from these obligations; Moldova agrees to accept the use of the EU’s standard travel documents for expulsion purposes – both for own nationals as well as for third country nationals or stateless persons; Section III sets out the necessary technical provisions regarding the readmission procedure. Some procedural flexibility is provided by the fact that no readmission will be needed in cases where the person to be readmitted is in possession of a valid national passport and, if he or she is a third-country national, also holds a valid visa or residence authorisation of the State which has to readmit him or her. Article 6 also contains an important procedural element relating to the so-called “ accelerated procedure ”. This applies to persons apprehended in the “border region”, which extends up to 30 kilometres from the common land border between a Member State and the Republic of Moldova or international airports. Under the accelerated procedure, readmission applications have to be submitted and replies have to be given within 2 working days, whereas under the normal procedure the time limit for replies is 11 working days; a section on transit operations is foreseen as are sections on costs, data protection and relationship to other international obligations; Moldova as well as individual Member States will be allowed to conclude bilateral implementing Protocols. Denmark will not be taking part in the adoption of this Agreement. ENTRY INTO FORCE : the agreement will enter into force when the necessary formalities have been concluded and on the same date as the parallel agreement on the issuance of short-stay visas (see CNS/2007/0175 ). docs: title: Decision 2007/826 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32007D0826 title: OJ L 334 19.12.2007, p. 0148 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:334:SOM:EN:HTML
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  • date: 2007-09-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2007/0504/COM_COM(2007)0504_EN.pdf celexid: CELEX:52007PC0504(02):EN type: Legislative proposal published title: COM(2007)0504 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/ title: Justice Commissioner: FRATTINI Franco
  • date: 2007-10-10T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: AFET date: 2007-09-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Foreign Affairs rapporteur: group: PSE name: WIERSMA Jan Marinus body: EP responsible: True committee: LIBE date: 2007-10-03T00:00:00 committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: MARINESCU Marian-Jean
  • date: 2007-10-15T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: General Affairs meeting_id: 2823
  • date: 2007-11-05T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: AFET date: 2007-09-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Foreign Affairs rapporteur: group: PSE name: WIERSMA Jan Marinus body: EP responsible: True committee: LIBE date: 2007-10-03T00:00:00 committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: MARINESCU Marian-Jean type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2007-11-07T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2007-427&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A6-0427/2007 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: AFET date: 2007-09-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Foreign Affairs rapporteur: group: PSE name: WIERSMA Jan Marinus body: EP responsible: True committee: LIBE date: 2007-10-03T00:00:00 committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: MARINESCU Marian-Jean type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2007-11-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=14263&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2007-496 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0496/2007 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2007-11-22T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space) meeting_id: 2832
  • date: 2007-11-22T00:00:00 body: EP type: End of procedure in Parliament
  • date: 2007-11-22T00:00:00 body: EP/CSL type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
  • date: 2007-12-19T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32007D0826 title: Decision 2007/826 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:334:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ L 334 19.12.2007, p. 0148
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  • body: EP responsible: False committee: AFET date: 2007-09-12T00:00:00 committee_full: Foreign Affairs rapporteur: group: PSE name: WIERSMA Jan Marinus
  • body: EP responsible: True committee: LIBE date: 2007-10-03T00:00:00 committee_full: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: MARINESCU Marian-Jean
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