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Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@en4
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"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@cs1
"Hr. formand! Kommissionen glæder sig meget over Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets udmærkede kompromis om forordningen om hurtige grænseindsatshold.
Til slut vil jeg atter understrege, at Kommissionen er yderst tilfreds med det gode samarbejde mellem de tre institutioner, der er involveret i at skabe enighed om denne meget vigtige nye fællesskabslov, og jeg vil rette en varm tak til ordføreren hr. Deprez, skyggeordførerne samt Udvalget om Borgernes Rettigheder og Retlige og Indre Anliggender for deres udmærkede bidrag til den vellykkede færdiggørelse af dette dokument.
Som De ved, har EU i de seneste fem år oplevet et stigende behov for at yde operativ bistand til de medlemsstater, der på grund af deres geografiske placering og deres ydre grænsers sammensætning har båret de tungeste byrder med hensyn til grænsekontrol. Som svar herpå oprettede EU i 2004 Frontex-agenturet som en foranstaltning til kanalisering af solidariteten mellem medlemsstaterne og Fællesskabet i form af et operativt samarbejde. Endvidere vil man fra næste år bruge en ny Fond for De Ydre Grænser til at sikre finansiel solidaritet ved at øge alle medlemsstaternes evne til at håndtere udfordringerne fra deres forskellige ydre grænser.
Indførelsen af en mekanisme til oprettelse og indsættelse af hurtige grænseindsatshold er en yderligere solidaritetsforanstaltning. Det er et vigtigt fremskridt i samarbejdet mellem medlemsstaterne og Fællesskabet ved at kontrollere EU's ydre grænser og foretage kontroller af folk ved disse grænser.
De hurtige grænseindsatshold bliver en højtuddannet og meget specialiseret reserve af grænsevagter, som Frontex-agenturet kan indsætte med kort varsel i en medlemsstat, der har brug for denne form for bistand. Som noget nyt og banebrydende i denne forbindelse vil de hurtige indsatshold kunne varetage alle nødvendige funktioner vedrørende kontroller af folk ved de ydre grænser på samme måde som kontroller gennemføres af værtsmedlemsstaternes nationale grænsevagter.
I denne forbindelse vil Kommissionen gerne fremsætte følgende mundtlige erklæring om den internationale havret og internationale beskyttelsesforpligtelser.
Alle medlemsstater, der deltager i operationer koordineret af Frontex-agenturet på havene, er fuldt ud bundet af deres individuelle pligt til at overholde princippet om non-refoulement, der er knæsat i specielt Genève-konventionen vedrørende flygtninges status af 28. juli 1951 samt FN-konventionen om tortur og anden grusom, umenneskelig eller nedværdigende behandling eller straf over for alle folk under deres kompetence. Når en opsnappelses- eller redningsoperation foretages i en medlemsstats territorialfarvand, finder den gældende fællesskabsret om asyl anvendelse. Det omfatter Dublin-forordningen. I fraværet af andre relevante kriterier vil den medlemsstat, i hvis farvand en sådan opsnappelses- eller redningsoperation foregår, være ansvarlig for at undersøge alle asylkrav. Disse principper er fuldt gyldige ved fremtidige indsættelser af hurtige grænseindsatshold efter vedtagelsen af denne forordning.
Som Kommissionen fremhævede i sin meddelelse af 30. november 2006 om styrkelse af forvaltningen af de sydlige ydre maritime grænser, er det ikke klart, under hvilke omstændigheder en stat er forpligtet til at påtage sig ansvaret for at undersøge et asylkrav, når en opsnappelses- eller redningsaktion finder sted på åbent hav eller i et tredjelands territorialfarvand. Det er ligeledes uklart, under hvilke omstændigheder en medlemsstat, der er vært for en Frontex-koordineret operation, i sidste ende er ansvarlig for overholdelse af dette princip.
Den videre udvikling af et integreret system til forvaltning af de ydre maritime grænser skal selvfølgelig baseres på en klar fælles forståelse af medlemsstaternes beskyttelsesforpligtelser. Til dette formål foreslog Kommissionen, at medlemsstaterne skal tage disse problemer op sagligt og i fællesskab inden for rammerne af bredere bilaterale eller regionale aftaler eller gennem udviklingen af praktiske retningslinjer i tæt samarbejde med Den Internationale Søfartsorganisation, FN's Flygtningehøjkommissær og andre relevante interessenter.
For at støtte denne proces vil Kommissionen snart offentliggøre en undersøgelse om havretten, hvor disse og andre relevante spørgsmål behandles. Offentliggørelsen af undersøgelsen bliver efterfulgt af et ekspertmøde med medlemsstaterne for at identificere den praktiske opfølgning med hensyntagen til grænserne for Fællesskabets ansvar på dette område samt den mundtlige erklæring."@da2
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Herr Präsident! Die Kommission begrüßt nachdrücklich den zwischen dem Europäischen Parlament und dem Rat erreichten Kompromiss zur Verordnung über die Bildung von Soforteinsatzteams für Grenzsicherungszwecke.
Zur Unterstützung dieses Prozesses wird die Kommission in Kürze eine Studie zum Seerecht veröffentlichen, in der diese und andere relevante Probleme behandelt werden. Auf die Veröffentlichung der Studie folgt dann eine Expertentagung mit den Mitgliedstaaten, auf der unter Berücksichtigung der Zuständigkeitsgrenzen der Gemeinschaft in diesem Bereich und der mündlichen Erklärung die praktischen Folgemaßnahmen festgelegt werden sollen.
Abschließend möchte ich noch einmal hervorheben, dass die Kommission mit großer Genugtuung die gute Zusammenarbeit zwischen den drei an der Erreichung einer Vereinbarung über diese äußerst wichtige neue Gemeinschaftsvorschrift beteiligten Institutionen vermerkt, und dem Berichterstatter, Herrn Deprez, den Schattenberichterstattern und dem Ausschuss für bürgerliche Freiheiten, Justiz und Inneres für ihre ausgezeichneten Beiträge zum Erfolg dieses Dossiers herzlich dankt.
Bekanntlich besteht in der Europäischen Union seit den vergangenen fünf Jahren zunehmender Bedarf an der Bereitstellung von operativer Hilfe für die Mitgliedstaaten, die aufgrund ihrer geografischen Lage und der Kompliziertheit ihrer Außengrenzen die schwersten Lasten in Fragen der Grenzkontrolle zu tragen haben. Als Reaktion darauf gründete die Europäische Union 2004 die Frontex-Agentur als Maßnahme zur Kanalisierung der Solidarität zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten und der Gemeinschaft mit dem Ziel der operationellen Zusammenarbeit. Darüber hinaus wird ab dem nächsten Jahr ein neuer Außengrenzenfonds zur Absicherung der finanziellen Solidarität eingesetzt werden, wodurch die Kapazität alle Mitgliedstaaten gestärkt wird, damit sie den Anforderungen gerecht werden können, die sich durch die verschiedenen Außengrenzen ergeben.
Die Einrichtung eines Mechanismus zur Schaffung und zum Einsatz von Soforteinsatzteams für Grenzsicherungszwecke stellt eine weitere Solidaritätsmaßnahme dar. Sie ist in der Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten und der Gemeinschaft ein wichtiger Schritt nach vorn, indem die Außengrenzen der Europäischen Union überwacht und an diesen Grenzen Personenkontrollen vorgenommen werden.
Die Soforteinsatzteams werden zu einer gut ausgebildeten, spezialisierten Grenzsicherungsreserve werden, die von der Frontex-Agentur kurzfristig in einen Mitgliedstaat entsandt wird, der solcher Hilfe bedarf. Als etwas in dieser Hinsicht Neues und Bahnbrechendes werden die Soforteinsatzteams in die Lage versetzt, alle notwendigen Funktionen im Zusammenhang mit Personenkontrollen an Außengrenzen genau so auszuüben wie die nationalen Grenzwachen des gastgebenden Mitgliedstaats.
In diesem Zusammenhang möchte die Kommission die folgende mündliche Erklärung zum Internationalen Seerecht und zu den internationalen Verpflichtungen auf dem Gebiet des Schutzes abgeben.
Jeder Mitgliedstaat, der sich an Operationen beteiligt, die von Frontex auf hoher See koordiniert werden, bleibt völlig an seine individuelle Verpflichtung gebunden, den vor allem in der Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention vom 28. Juli 1951 und in dem Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen gegen
und andere grausame, unmenschliche oder erniedrigende Behandlung oder Strafe verankerten Grundsatz der Nichtabweisung gegenüber allen Menschen in seinem Zuständigkeitsbereich zu achten. Findet in den Territorialgewässern eines Mitgliedstaats eine Aufbringung statt oder wird eine Rettungsaktion ausgeführt, dann ist der gemeinschaftliche Besitzstand in Fragen des Asylrechts anzuwenden. Dazu gehört die Verordnung von Dublin. In Ermangelung anderer einschlägiger Kriterien wäre also der Mitgliedstaat, in dessen Gewässern die Aufbringung oder die Rettungsaktion vorgenommen wurde, für die Prüfung jeglicher Asylansprüche zuständig. Nach Annahme dieser Verordnung behalten diese Grundsätze im Fall künftiger Aufgaben der Soforteinsatzteams ihre volle Gültigkeit.
Wie die Kommission in ihrer Mitteilung vom 30. November 2006 über den Ausbau von Grenzschutz und -verwaltung an den südlichen Seegrenzen der Europäischen Union hervorhob, ist nicht klar, unter welchen Bedingungen ein Staat verpflichtet sein könnte, die Verantwortung für die Prüfung eines Asylantrags zu übernehmen, sofern die Aufbringung oder Rettungsaktion auf hoher See oder in den Territorialgewässern eines Drittlandes vorgenommen wird. Auch ist unklar, unter welchen Bedingungen der Mitgliedstaat, in dem eine von der Frontex-Agentur koordinierte Operation stattfindet, als letztendlich zuständig für die Einhaltung dieses Grundsatzes angesehen werden kann.
Natürlich sollte die künftige Entwicklung eines integrierten Systems der Verwaltung der äußeren Seegrenzen auf einem eindeutigen gemeinschaftlichen Verständnis der Schutzpflichten der Mitgliedstaaten beruhen. Dazu hat die Kommission vorgeschlagen, dass die Mitgliedstaaten diese Probleme kollektiv und pragmatisch entweder im Kontext umfassenderer bilateraler oder regionaler Vereinbarungen oder aber durch die Ausarbeitung praktischer Leitlinien in enger Zusammenarbeit mit der Internationalen Seeschifffahrts-Organisation, dem Hochkommissar für Flüchtlinge der Vereinten Nationen und anderen einschlägigen Stellen angehen."@de9
"Κύριε Πρόεδρε, η Επιτροπή χαιρετίζει θερμά τον εξαιρετικό συμβιβασμό που επετεύχθη από το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο και το Συμβούλιο σχετικά με τον κανονισμό που αφορά τις ομάδες ταχείας επέμβασης στα σύνορα.
Τέλος, θέλω να τονίσω ξανά ότι η Επιτροπή είναι ιδιαίτερα ικανοποιημένη από την καλή συνεργασία μεταξύ των τριών θεσμικών οργάνων που συμμετείχαν στην επίτευξη συμφωνίας γι’ αυτή την εξαιρετικά σημαντική νέα νομοθεσία και θέλω να ευχαριστήσω θερμά τον εισηγητή, κ. Deprez, τους σκιώδεις εισηγητές και την Επιτροπή Πολιτικών Ελευθεριών, Δικαιοσύνης και Εσωτερικών Υποθέσεων για την εξαιρετική συμβολή τους στην επιτυχία αυτού του φακέλου.
Όπως γνωρίζετε, τα τελευταία χρόνια η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση βιώνει μια αυξανόμενη ανάγκη για παροχή επιχειρησιακής βοήθειας στα κράτη μέλη τα οποία, λόγω της γεωγραφικής θέσης τους και της πολυπλοκότητας των εξωτερικών συνόρων τους, πρέπει να επωμιστούν τα μεγαλύτερα βάρη όσον αφορά τους συνοριακούς ελέγχους. Σε απάντηση αυτού του προβλήματος, η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση δημιούργησε το 2004 τον Οργανισμό Frontex ως μέτρο για τη διοχέτευση της αλληλεγγύης μεταξύ των κρατών μελών και της Κοινότητας όσον αφορά την επιχειρησιακή συνεργασία. Επίσης, ένα νέο Ταμείο Εξωτερικών Συνόρων θα χρησιμοποιείται από το προσεχές έτος για τη διασφάλιση της χρηματοδοτικής αλληλεγγύης, με την ενίσχυση της ικανότητας όλων των κρατών μελών να αντιμετωπίσουν τις προκλήσεις που δημιουργούν τα διαφορετικά εξωτερικά τους σύνορα.
Η θέσπιση ενός μηχανισμού για τη δημιουργία και την ανάπτυξη ομάδων ταχείας επέμβασης στα σύνορα αποτελεί ένα περαιτέρω μέτρο αλληλεγγύης. Είναι ένα σημαντικό βήμα στη συνεργασία μεταξύ των κρατών μελών και της Κοινότητας, με τον έλεγχο των εξωτερικών συνόρων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης και τη διενέργεια ελέγχων των προσώπων σε αυτά τα σύνορα.
Οι ομάδες ταχείας επέμβασης στα σύνορα θα συγκροτούνται από ειδικά εκπαιδευμένους και εξειδικευμένους συνοριοφύλακες, οι οποίοι θα επιστρατεύονται άμεσα από τον Οργανισμό Frontex σε ένα κράτος μέλος που χρειάζεται τη βοήθειά τους. Ως κάτι νέο και καινοτόμο σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, οι ομάδες ταχείας επέμβασης θα έχουν τη δυνατότητα να εκτελούν όλες τις απαραίτητες λειτουργίες που σχετίζονται με τους ελέγχους προσώπων στα εξωτερικά σύνορα, με τον ίδιο τρόπο όπως διεξάγονται οι έλεγχοι από τους εθνικούς συνοριοφύλακες του κράτους μέλους υποδοχής.
Σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, η Επιτροπή θέλει να προβεί στην ακόλουθη προφορική δήλωση σχετικά με το διεθνές δίκαιο της θάλασσας και τις διεθνείς υποχρεώσεις προστασίας.
Κάθε κράτος μέλος που μετέχει στις επιχειρήσεις οι οποίες συντονίζονται από τον Οργανισμό Frontex στα ανοιχτά ύδατα παραμένει απολύτως προσηλωμένο στη μεμονωμένη υποχρέωσή του να σέβεται την αρχή της μη επανόρθωσης όπως αυτή καθορίζεται, συγκεκριμένα, στη Σύμβαση της Γενεύης σχετικά με το καθεστώς των προσφύγων της 28ης Ιουλίου 1951 και της Σύμβασης των Ηνωμένων Εθνών κατά των βασανιστηρίων και άλλων τρόπων σκληρής, απάνθρωπης ή ταπεινωτικής μεταχείρισης ή τιμωρίας για όλα τα άτομα που υπάγονται στη δικαιοδοσία του. Όταν διενεργείται μια επιχείρηση αναχαίτισης ή διάσωσης στα χωρικά ύδατα ενός κράτους μέλους, ισχύει το κοινοτικό κεκτημένο για την παροχή ασύλου. Αυτό περιλαμβάνει τον κανονισμό του Δουβλίνου. Συνεπώς, απουσία άλλων συναφών κριτηρίων, το κράτος μέλος στα χωρικά ύδατα του οποίου διενεργήθηκε η επιχείρηση αναχαίτισης ή διάσωσης, θα είναι υπεύθυνο για την εξέταση τυχόν αιτήσεων παροχής ασύλου. Αυτές οι αρχές εξακολουθούν να ισχύουν πλήρως σε περιπτώσεις μελλοντικών αναπτύξεων των ομάδων ταχείας επέμβασης στα σύνορα μετά την έγκριση αυτού του κανονισμού.
Όπως υπογράμμισε η Επιτροπή στην ανακοίνωσή της στις 30 Νοεμβρίου 2006 σχετικά με τη βελτίωση της διαχείρισης των βόρειων εξωτερικών θαλάσσιων συνόρων, δεν είναι σαφές υπό ποιες συνθήκες μπορεί ένα κράτος να είναι υποχρεωμένο να αναλάβει την ευθύνη για την εξέταση μιας αίτησης παροχής ασύλου όταν η επιχείρηση αναχαίτισης ή διάσωσης λαμβάνει χώρα στα ανοιχτά ύδατα ή στα χωρικά ύδατα μιας τρίτης χώρας. Ομοίως, δεν είναι σαφές υπό ποιες συνθήκες το κράτος μέλος υποδοχής μιας επιχείρησης που συντονίζεται από τον Οργανισμό Frontex θα μπορούσε να θεωρηθεί τελικά υπεύθυνο για τη συμμόρφωση με αυτή την αρχή.
Είναι προφανές ότι η περαιτέρω ανάπτυξη ενός ολοκληρωμένου συστήματος για τη διαχείριση των εξωτερικών θαλάσσιων συνόρων πρέπει να βασίζεται σε μια σαφή κοινή κατανόηση των υποχρεώσεων προστασίας των κρατών μελών. Για τον λόγο αυτόν, η Επιτροπή πρότεινε να αντιμετωπίζουν τα κράτη μέλη αυτά τα θέματα συλλογικά και ρεαλιστικά, είτε στο πλαίσιο ευρύτερων διμερών ή περιφερειακών συμφωνιών είτε μέσω της ανάπτυξης πρακτικών κατευθυντηρίων γραμμών σε στενή συνεργασία με τον Διεθνή Οργανισμό Ναυτιλίας, τον Ύπατο Αρμοστή του ΟΗΕ για τους Πρόσφυγες και άλλους συναφείς ενδιαφερομένους.
Για να υποστηρίξει αυτή τη διαδικασία, η Επιτροπή θα δημοσιεύσει προσεχώς μελέτη σχετικά με το δίκαιο της θάλασσας που θα αφορά αυτά και άλλα συναφή θέματα. Η δημοσίευση της μελέτης θα συνοδευτεί από συνάντηση των εμπειρογνωμόνων με εκπροσώπους των κρατών μελών για να καθοριστεί η πρακτική παρακολούθηση του θέματος, έχοντας υπόψη τα όρια της ευθύνης της Κοινότητας σε αυτόν τον τομέα καθώς και την προφορική δήλωση."@el10
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Señor Presidente, la Comisión acoge con sumo agrado el excelente compromiso alcanzado por el Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo en torno al Reglamento sobre equipos de intervención rápida en las fronteras.
Por último, quiero hacer hincapié una vez más en que la Comisión está muy satisfecha por la buena cooperación que existe entre las tres instituciones implicadas con vistas a llegar a un acuerdo sobre este importantísimo nuevo instrumento legislativo de la Comunidad. Me gustaría dar las gracias encarecidamente al ponente, el señor Deprez, a los ponentes alternativos y a la Comisión de Libertades Civiles, Justicia y Asuntos de Interior por sus excelentes contribuciones a los logros obtenidos en este sentido.
Como usted ya sabe, en los últimos años la Unión Europa ha experimentado una creciente necesidad de prestar asistencia operativa a los Estados miembros que, debido a su situación geográfica y a la complejidad de sus fronteras exteriores, han de llevar la carga más pesada desde el punto de vista del control fronterizo. En respuesta a ello, la Unión Europea creó en 2004 la Agencia Frontex con vistas a canalizar la solidaridad entre los Estados miembros y la Comunidad con respecto a la cooperación operativa. Además, a partir del año que viene se utilizará el Fondo para las fronteras exteriores con el fin de garantizar la solidaridad financiera, impulsando la capacidad de todos los Estados miembros para abordar los problemas que plantean sus distintas fronteras exteriores.
El establecimiento de un mecanismo para la creación y el despliegue de equipos de intervención rápida en las fronteras es una medida más de solidaridad. Supone un gran paso en la cooperación entre los Estados miembros y la Comunidad mediante el control de las fronteras exteriores de la Unión Europea y de las personas que cruzan esas fronteras.
Los equipos de intervención rápida en las fronteras pasarán a ser una reserva bien instruida y especializada de guardias de fronteras, que se desplegará con celeridad bajo las órdenes de la Agencia Frontex en un Estado miembro que precise esa ayuda. Un aspecto nuevo y pionero a este respecto es que los equipos de intervención rápida podrán desempeñar todas las funciones necesarias asociadas a los controles de personas en las fronteras exteriores, de la misma manera que hacen los guardias de fronteras nacionales en el Estado miembro de acogida.
En este contexto, la Comisión quiere hacer la siguiente declaración oral sobre el Derecho Internacional Marítimo y las obligaciones de protección internacional.
Cada uno de los Estados miembros que participa en operaciones coordinadas de la Agencia Frontex en alta mar sigue estando totalmente sujeto a su obligación individual de respetar el principio de no devolución consagrado, en particular, en la Convención de Ginebra sobre el estatuto de los refugiados, de 28 de julio de 1951, y la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes con respecto a todas las personas bajo su jurisdicción. Cuando se lleva a cabo una operación de interceptación o rescate en aguas territoriales de un Estado miembro, se aplica el acervo comunitario en materia de asilo. Este incluye el Reglamento de Dublín. Por consiguiente, a falta de otros criterios relevantes, el Estado miembro en cuyas aguas se lleve a cabo la operación de interceptación o rescate se responsabilizará de estudiar todas las peticiones de asilo. Estos principios siguen siendo totalmente válidos en casos de futuros despliegues de los equipos de intervención rápida en las fronteras, una vez aprobado este reglamento.
Tal y como subraya la Comisión en su Comunicación de 30 de noviembre de 2006 sobre el refuerzo del control de las fronteras marítimas exteriores meridionales, no está claro en qué circunstancias un Estado puede estar obligado a asumir la responsabilidad de estudiar una petición de asilo cuando la operación de interceptación o rescate se produce en alta mar o en aguas territoriales de un país tercero. De forma similar, no está claro en qué casos el Estado miembro donde se efectúa una operación coordinada por la Agencia Frontex puede considerarse responsable último del cumplimiento de este principio.
Evidentemente, el desarrollo ulterior de un sistema integrado para gestionar las fronteras marítimas exteriores debería basarse en un claro entendimiento común de las obligaciones de protección de los Estados miembros. A este fin, la Comisión ha propuesto que los Estados miembros aborden estas cuestiones de forma colectiva y pragmática, bien en el contexto de acuerdos bilaterales o regionales más amplios, bien mediante el desarrollo de directrices prácticas en estrecha colaboración con la Organización Marítima Internacional, el Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados y otras entidades interesadas.
A fin de apoyar este proceso, la Comisión publicará pronto un estudio sobre el Derecho marítimo, que abordará estas y otras cuestiones de interés. Tras la publicación del estudio se convocará una reunión de expertos con los Estados miembros para determinar las consecuencias prácticas, teniendo en cuenta los límites de la responsabilidad comunitaria en este ámbito, así como la declaración oral."@es21
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@et5
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Arvoisa puhemies, komissio pitää Euroopan parlamentin ja neuvoston aikaansaamaa kompromissia nopeiden rajainterventioryhmien perustamista koskevasta asetuksesta erittäin myönteisenä.
Lopuksi haluan korostaa vielä kerran, että komissio on hyvin tyytyväinen toimielinten väliseen hyvään yhteistyöhön, jolla saatiin aikaan sopimus tästä äärimmäisen tärkeästä uudesta yhteisön säädöksestä. Haluan kiittää lämpimästi esittelijä Deprez'tä, varjoesittelijöitä ja kansalaisvapauksien sekä oikeus- ja sisäasioiden valiokuntaa erinomaisesta panoksesta asian saattamisessa onnistuneesti päätökseen.
Kuten tiedätte, viime vuosina Euroopan unionissa on tunnettu jatkuvasti lisääntyvää tarvetta tarjota operatiivista apua niille jäsenvaltioille, jotka maantieteellisen sijaintinsa ja pitkien ulkorajojensa vuoksi joutuvat kantamaan raskaimman vastuun rajavalvonnasta. Vastauksena tähän Euroopan unioni perusti vuonna 2004 Euroopan unionin rajaturvallisuusviraston (Frontex) kanavoimaan jäsenvaltioiden ja yhteisön keskinäistä solidaarisuutta operatiiviseen yhteistyöhön. Lisäksi ensi vuodesta alkaen käytetään ulkorajarahastoa taloudellisen solidaarisuuden takaamiseen. Sen avulla tuetaan kaikkien jäsenvaltioiden valmiuksia vastata erilaisten ulkorajojensa asettamiin haasteisiin.
Nopeiden rajainterventioryhmien perustamiseen ja lähettämiseen tarvittavan mekanismin luominen on myös yksi keino edistää keskinäistä solidaarisuutta. Se on tärkeä edistysaskel jäsenvaltioiden ja yhteisön välisessä yhteistyössä, joka liittyy Euroopan unionin ulkorajojen valvontaan ja näillä rajoilla tehtäviin henkilötarkastuksiin.
Nopeista rajainterventioryhmistä tulee erityiskoulutuksen saanut rajavartioston valmiusjoukko, jonka rajaturvallisuusvirasto voi lähettää lyhyellä varoitusajalla jäsenvaltioon, joka tarvitsee apua rajavalvonnassa. Uutta ja uraauurtavaa tässä on se, että nopeilla rajainterventioryhmillä tulee olemaan valmiudet hoitaa kaikkia ulkorajoilla suoritettaviin henkilötarkastuksiin liittyviä tehtäviä samaan tapaan kuin vastaanottavan jäsenvaltion kansallisilla rajavartioilla.
Tähän liittyen komissio haluaa esittää seuraavanlaisen suullisen julkilausuman, joka liittyy kansainväliseen merioikeuteen ja kansainvälisiin suojeluvelvoitteisiin.
Jokaisella rajaturvallisuusviraston koordinoimiin operaatioihin aavalla merellä osallistuvalla jäsenvaltiolla on edelleen velvollisuus soveltaa kaikkiin lainkäyttövaltaansa kuuluvalla alueella oleviin ihmisiin palauttamiskiellon periaatetta, joka on vahvistettu erityisesti 28. heinäkuuta 1951 tehdyssä pakolaisten asemaa koskevassa Geneven yleissopimuksessa sekä kidutuksen ja muun julman, epäinhimillisen tai halventavan kohtelun tai rangaistuksen vastaisessa YK:n yleissopimuksessa. Kun pysäyttämis- tai pelastustoimia toteutetaan jäsenvaltion aluevesillä, sovelletaan yhteisön turvapaikkasäännöstöä. Siihen sisältyy myös Dublinin yleissopimusta koskeva asetus. Näin ollen jos muita soveltuvia ehtoja ei ole, jäsenvaltio, jonka vesillä pysäyttämis- tai pelastustoimia toteutetaan, vastaa mahdollisten turvapaikkahakemusten tutkimisesta. Nämä periaatteet soveltuvat täysimääräisesti myös tulevaisuudessa, tämän asetuksen hyväksymisen jälkeen, nopeiden rajainterventioryhmien lähettämiseen.
Kuten komissio korosti 30. marraskuuta 2006 Euroopan unionin eteläisten merirajojen hallinnoinnin tehostamisesta antamassaan tiedonannossa, ei ole selvää, missä olosuhteissa valtio voidaan velvoittaa ottamaan vastuu turvapaikkahakemuksen tutkimisesta silloin, kun pysäyttämis- tai pelastustoimet toteutetaan aavalla merellä tai toisen valtion aluevesillä. Samoin on epäselvää, missä olosuhteissa rajaturvallisuusviraston koordinoimia toimia vastaanottavan jäsenvaltion voitaisiin katsoa olevan viime kädessä vastuussa periaatteen noudattamisesta.
Ilmeistä on, että merirajoja koskevan yhdennetyn rajahallintojärjestelmän jatkokehittäminen vaatii selkeää yksimielisyyttä jäsenvaltioiden suojeluvelvoitteesta. Tätä varten komissio ehdotti, että jäsenvaltiot pohtisivat yhdessä näitä kysymyksiä käytännön tasolla joko tekemällä asiasta kahdenvälisiä tai alueellisia sopimuksia tai laatimalla käytännön suuntaviivoja tiiviissä yhteistyössä Kansainvälisen merenkulkujärjestön (IMO), YK:n pakolaisasiain päävaltuutetun (UNHCR) ja muiden osapuolten kanssa.
Tukeakseen tätä prosessia komissio aikoo lähiaikoina julkaista kansainvälistä merioikeutta koskevan selvityksen, jossa käsitellään näitä ja muita aiheeseen liittyviä kysymyksiä. Selvityksen julkistamista seuraa jäsenvaltioiden kanssa järjestettävä asiantuntijakokous, jossa on tarkoitus päättää käytännön seurantatoimista – joissa kuitenkin otetaan huomioon yhteisön vähäinen vastuu tällä alalla – sekä antaa suullinen julkilausuma."@fi7
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Monsieur le Président, la Commission se félicite de l’excellent compromis auquel sont parvenus le Parlement européen et le Conseil sur le règlement instituant des équipes d’intervention rapide aux frontières.
Pour finir, je souhaiterais souligner une nouvelle fois que la Commission se réjouit de la bonne coopération entre les trois institutions impliquées dans cet accord sur un nouvel acte extrêmement important de la législation communautaire. Je souhaite remercier chaleureusement le rapporteur, M. Deprez, les rapporteurs fictifs et la commission des libertés civiles, de la justice et des affaires intérieures pour leurs excellentes contributions afin de parvenir à un accord sur ce dossier.
Comme vous le savez, au cours de ces dernières années, l’Union européenne a été confrontée à la nécessité croissante de fournir une assistance opérationnelle aux États membres qui, en raison de leur situation géographique et de la complexité de leurs frontières extérieures, devaient supporter les plus lourdes charges en matière de surveillance aux frontières. En réponse à cette demande, l’Union européenne a créé l’agence Frontex, en 2004, afin de canaliser la solidarité entre les États membres et la Communauté en terme de coopération opérationnelle. De plus, un nouveau fonds pour les frontières extérieures sera utilisé, dès l’année prochaine, pour assurer la solidarité financière et renforcer la capacité de tous les États membres à affronter les défis posés par leurs différentes frontières extérieures.
L’institution d’un mécanisme pour la création et le déploiement d’équipes d’intervention rapide aux frontières est une mesure de solidarité supplémentaire. C’est une avancée importante dans la coopération entre les États membres et la Communauté dans la surveillance aux frontières extérieures de l’Union européenne et la réalisation de contrôles sur les citoyens traversant ces frontières.
Les équipes d’intervention rapide aux frontières deviendront une réserve de gardes-frontières hautement entraînés et spécialisés qui sera déployée, pour une durée limitée, par l’agence Frontex, dans un État membre qui aura besoin d’une telle assistance. Ce qui est nouveau et révolutionnaire sur ce point, c’est que les équipes d’intervention rapide seront habilitées à pratiquer toutes les opérations nécessaires de vérification sur les personnes aux frontières extérieures, comme les gardes-frontières nationaux de l’État membre qui les accueille.
Dans ce contexte, la Commission souhaiterait faire la déclaration orale suivante concernant le droit international de la mer et les obligations de protection internationales.
Chaque État membre, participant à des opérations coordonnées par l’agence Frontex dans les eaux internationales, demeure totalement lié par son obligation individuelle à respecter le principe de non-refoulement garanti, en particulier, par la Convention de Genève relative au statut des réfugiés du 28 juillet 1951 et la Convention des Nations unies contre la torture et autres traitements ou sanctions cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, vis-à-vis de toute personne sous sa juridiction. Lorsqu’une interception ou une opération de sauvetage est réalisée dans les eaux territoriales d’un État membre, l’acquis communautaire sur le droit d’asile est applicable. Cela inclut le règlement de Dublin. En conséquence, en l’absence de tout autre critère pertinent, l’État membre, dans les eaux territoriales duquel l’interception ou l’opération de sauvetage est réalisée, sera chargé d’examiner toute demande d’asile. Ces principes demeurent totalement applicables dans le cas de futurs déploiements des équipes d’intervention rapide aux frontières suite à l’adoption de ce règlement.
Comme l’a souligné la Commission dans sa communication du 30 novembre 2006 sur le renforcement de la gestion des frontières maritimes méridionales extérieures, les circonstances dans lesquelles un État est obligé d’assumer la responsabilité d’étudier une demande d’asile, quand une interception ou une opération de sauvetage est réalisée dans les eaux internationales ou dans les eaux territoriales d’un pays tiers, ne sont pas claires. De la même façon, les circonstances dans lesquelles un État membre, accueillant une opération coordonnée par l’agence Frontex, peut être considéré comme responsable en dernier ressort du respect de ce principe, ne sont pas claires.
Évidemment, le futur développement d’un système intégré de gestion des frontières maritimes extérieures devra être fondé sur une bonne compréhension mutuelle des obligations de protection incombant aux États membres. À cette fin, la Commission suggère que les États membres abordent ces problèmes de façon collective et pragmatique, à la fois dans le contexte d’accords bilatéraux ou régionaux plus larges ou par le développement de directives pratiques en étroite coopération avec l’Organisation maritime internationale, le Haut-commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés et les autres parties compétentes.
Afin de soutenir ce processus, la Commission publiera prochainement une étude sur le droit de la mer abordant ces problèmes et d’autres sujets pertinents. La publication de cette étude sera suivie par une rencontre d’experts avec les États membres pour définir la marche à suivre en tenant compte des limites de la responsabilité de la Communauté dans ce domaine ainsi que de la déclaration orale."@fr8
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@hu11
"Signor Presidente, la Commissione si compiace dell’eccellente compromesso raggiunto dal Parlamento europeo e dal Consiglio sul regolamento relativo alle squadre di intervento rapido alle frontiere.
Infine, vorrei sottolineare ancora una volta che la Commissione è molto soddisfatta della buona cooperazione fra le tre Istituzioni coinvolte nella conclusione di un accordo su questo strumento estremamente importante della nuova legislazione comunitaria; vorremmo quindi ringraziare calorosamente il relatore, onorevole Deprez, i relatori ombra e la commissione per le libertà civili, la giustizia e gli affari interni per il loro ottimo contributo al successo di questo
.
Come sapete, negli ultimi anni nell’Unione europea si è percepita più intensamente la necessità di offrire assistenza operativa agli Stati membri che, per la loro ubicazione geografica e per la complessità delle loro frontiere esterne, devono sopportare gli oneri più pesanti in termini di controllo delle frontiere. In risposta a questo problema, nel 2004 l’Unione europea ha istituito l’Agenzia FRONTEX al fine di indirizzare su un percorso comune la solidarietà tra Stati membri e Comunità in termini di cooperazione operativa. Inoltre, a partire dall’anno prossimo sarà utilizzato un nuovo Fondo per le frontiere esterne che garantirà la solidarietà finanziaria, così da consentire a tutti gli Stati membri di affrontare con maggiore efficacia le sfide poste dall’esistenza di diverse frontiere esterne.
La realizzazione di un meccanismo per l’istituzione e il dispiego di squadre di intervento rapido alle frontiere rappresenta un’ulteriore misura di solidarietà. E’ un importante passo avanti nella cooperazione fra Stati membri e Comunità, che si esplica nella sorveglianza delle frontiere esterne dell’Unione europea e nel controllo delle persone a queste frontiere.
Le squadre di intervento rapido alle frontiere andranno a formare una riserva specializzata e altamente qualificata di guardie di frontiera, che sarà dispiegata con breve preavviso da parte dell’Agenzia FRONTEX, la quale offrirà tale assistenza agli Stati membri che ne abbiano bisogno. Da questo punto di vista le squadre di intervento rapido rappresentano una novità eccezionale, e saranno in grado di svolgere tutte le necessarie funzioni legate ai controlli delle persone alle frontiere esterne, nello stesso modo in cui tali controlli sono effettuati dalle guardie di frontiera nazionali degli Stati membri ospitanti.
In tale contesto, la Commissione desidera fare la seguente dichiarazione orale sul diritto internazionale del mare e sugli obblighi in materia di protezione internazionale.
Ogni Stato membro che partecipi a operazioni coordinate dall’Agenzia FRONTEX in alto mare rimane vincolato al rispetto del principio di non respingimento sancito, in particolare, nella Convenzione di Ginevra sullo
dei rifugiati del 28 luglio 1951 e nella Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite contro la tortura e altre pene o trattamenti crudeli o degradanti, nei confronti di tutti gli individui che ricadano nella sua giurisdizione. Quando si svolge un’operazione di intercettazione o di salvataggio nelle acque territoriali di uno Stato membro, si applica l’
comunitario in materia di diritto d’asilo. Questo comprende il regolamento di Dublino. Di conseguenza, in mancanza di altri criteri pertinenti, lo Stato membro nelle cui acque sia stata effettuata l’operazione di intercettazione o salvataggio sarà responsabile dell’esame delle richieste d’asilo. Questi principi rimarranno validi nei casi di futuri dispiegamenti delle squadre di intervento rapido alle frontiere in seguito all’adozione di questo regolamento.
Come la Commissione ha sottolineato nella sua comunicazione del 30 novembre 2006 sul rafforzamento dei controlli e della sorveglianza lungo la frontiera marittima meridionale dell’UE, non è chiaro in quali circostanze uno Stato potrebbe essere obbligato ad assumere responsabilità per l’esame di una richiesta d’asilo quando l’intercettazione o l’operazione di salvataggio si svolga in alto mare o nelle acque territoriali di un paese terzo. Ugualmente, non è chiaro in quali circostanze lo Stato membro che ospiti un’operazione coordinata dall’Agenzia FRONTEX potrebbe essere considerato, in definitiva, responsabile del rispetto di questo principio.
Evidentemente, l’ulteriore sviluppo di un sistema integrato di gestione delle frontiere marittime esterne deve basarsi su una chiara e comune comprensione degli obblighi di protezione degli Stati membri. A tal fine, la Commissione ha proposto che gli Stati membri affrontino tali questioni in maniera collettiva e pragmatica, o nel contesto di più ampi accordi bilaterali o regionali, o ancora mediante lo sviluppo di orientamenti pratici in stretta collaborazione con l’Organizzazione marittima internazionale, l’Alto Commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i rifugiati e altre parti in causa.
Per sostenere tale processo, la Commissione pubblicherà presto uno studio sul diritto del mare per affrontare questa e altre questioni pertinenti. La pubblicazione dello studio sarà seguita da una riunione di esperti con gli Stati membri per individuare il
pratico, in considerazione dei limiti della responsabilità comunitaria in questo settore e della dichiarazione orale."@it12
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@lt14
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@lv13
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@mt15
"Mijnheer de Voorzitter, de Commissie is zeer ingenomen met het uitstekende compromis dat het Europees Parlement en de Raad hebben gesloten over de verordening voor de oprichting van snelle-grensinterventieteams.
Tot slot wil ik nogmaals benadrukken dat de Commissie zeer is ingenomen met de goede samenwerking tussen de drie instellingen bij het bereiken van overeenstemming over dit uitermate belangrijke nieuwe stuk Gemeenschapswetgeving en ik wil de rapporteur, de heer Deprez, de schaduwrapporteurs en de Commissie burgerlijke vrijheden, justitie en binnenlandse zaken zeer bedanken voor hun uitmuntende bijdragen aan het welslagen van dit dossier.
Zoals u weet is de Europese Unie in de afgelopen jaren steeds vaker gevraagd om operationele bijstand te geven aan de lidstaten die vanwege hun geografische ligging en de complexiteit van hun buitengrenzen de zwaarste lasten moeten dragen waar het de grenscontroles betreft. Als antwoord daarop, en om de solidariteit tussen de lidstaten en de Gemeenschap op het gebied van operationele samenwerking te kanaliseren, heeft de Europese Unie in 2004 het Agentschap Frontex opgericht. Bovendien zal er vanaf volgend jaar een nieuw Buitengrenzenfonds in gebruik worden genomen om de financiële solidariteit te garanderen en ervoor te zorgen dat alle lidstaten voldoende capaciteit hebben om de uitdagingen waarvoor hun verschillende buitengrenzen hen stellen, het hoofd te kunnen bieden.
De instelling van een mechanisme voor de oprichting en inzet van snelle-grensinterventieteams is een verdere maatregel in het kader van de solidariteit. Dit is een belangrijke stap vooruit in de samenwerking tussen de lidstaten en de Gemeenschap, door het bewaken van de buitengrenzen van de Europese Unie en het controleren van mensen aan deze grenzen.
De snelle-grensinterventieteams zullen een zeer goed getrainde en gespecialiseerde reserve-eenheid van grenswachten vormen, die op zeer korte termijn door Frontex kunnen worden ingezet in lidstaten die bijstand nodig hebben. Als in dit verband nieuwe en baanbrekende operationele eenheden, zullen de snelle-interventieteams alle taken kunnen uitvoeren die nodig zijn bij het controleren van mensen aan de buitengrenzen, op dezelfde manier waarop de nationale grenswachten van de ontvangende lidstaat dat doen.
In verband hiermee wil de Commissie de volgende mondelinge verklaring afleggen met betrekking tot het internationale zeerecht en de internationale beschermingsverplichting.
Elke lidstaat die deelneemt aan door Frontex gecoördineerde operaties op zee blijft volledig gehouden, door een individuele verplichting, aan de eerbiediging van het beginsel van non-refoulement, zoals dat met name is vervat in het Verdrag van Genève van 28 juli 1951 betreffende de status van vluchtelingen en het VN-verdrag ter voorkoming van foltering en andere wrede, onmenselijke of mensonterende behandeling of bestraffing, vis-à-vis alle mensen die onder de jurisdictie van die lidstaat vallen. Bij onderscheppingen of reddingsoperaties in de territoriale wateren van een lidstaat is het communautaire acquis inzake asiel van toepassing. Hieronder valt ook de Dublin-verordening. Op grond daarvan is, bij afwezigheid van andere relevante criteria, de lidstaat in wiens territoriale wateren de onderschepping of reddingsoperatie plaatsvindt, verantwoordelijk voor de behandeling van eventuele asielaanvragen. Deze beginselen blijven ook na de aanneming van deze verordening volledig geldig in alle gevallen waarbij de snelle-grensinterventieteams zullen worden ingezet.
Zoals de Commissie heeft benadrukt in haar mededeling van 30 november 2006 over de versterking van het beheer van de zuidelijke maritieme grenzen van de Europese Unie, is het niet duidelijk onder welke omstandigheden een lidstaat kan worden gedwongen om de verantwoordelijkheid voor het beoordelen van een asielaanvraag op zich te nemen wanneer de reddingsoperatie plaatsvindt in de internationale wateren of in de territoriale wateren van een derde land. Ook is het onduidelijk onder welke omstandigheden de lidstaat waarin Frontex een operatie uitvoert in laatste instantie verantwoordelijk kan worden gesteld voor het naleven van dit beginsel.
De verdere ontwikkeling van een geïntegreerd systeem voor het beheer van de maritieme grenzen moet uiteraard gebaseerd zijn op een duidelijke en gemeenschappelijke opvatting over wat de beschermingsverplichting van lidstaten inhoudt. Met dit doel heeft de Commissie voorgesteld dat de lidstaten een collectieve en pragmatische oplossing voor deze kwesties vinden, hetzij in de context van bredere bilaterale of regionale overeenkomsten, hetzij door het ontwikkelen van praktische richtsnoeren in nauwe samenwerking met de Internationale Maritieme Organisatie, de Hoge Commissaris voor de vluchtelingen van de Verenigde Naties en andere belangrijke spelers.
Om dit proces te ondersteunen zal de Commissie binnenkort een studie over het internationale zeerecht publiceren waarin deze en andere kwesties aan bod zullen komen. De publicatie van de studie zal worden gevolgd door een bijeenkomst van deskundigen met de lidstaten om te bepalen welke praktische follow-up eraan moet worden gegeven, rekening houdend met de grenzen aan de verantwoordelijkheid van de Gemeenschap op dit gebied en met de mondelinge verklaring."@nl3
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@pl16
"Senhor Presidente, a Comissão congratula-se vivamente com o excelente compromisso a que o Parlamento Europeu e o Conselho chegaram no que respeita ao Regulamento que estabelece um mecanismo para a criação de equipas de intervenção rápida nas fronteiras.
Por fim, gostaria de salientar uma vez mais a satisfação da Comissão face à excelente cooperação entre as três Instituições na procura de um acordo relativamente a este importante novo acto legislativo da Comunidade e gostaria de agradecer calorosamente ao relator, o senhor deputado Deprez, aos relatores sombra e à Comissão das Liberdades Cívicas, da Justiça e dos Assuntos Internos pelos seus excelentes contributos para a consecução deste dossiê.
Como sabem, ao longo dos últimos anos, a União Europeia tem registado uma necessidade crescente de proporcionar assistência operacional aos Estados-Membros que, devido à sua localização geográfica e à complexidade das suas fronteiras externas, têm de assumir os mais pesados encargos no que respeita ao controlo das fronteiras. Em resposta a essa necessidade, a União Europeia criou a Agência Frontex, em 2004, com vista a canalizar a solidariedade entre os Estados-Membros e a Comunidade no que toca à cooperação operacional. Para além disso, será usado um novo Fundo para as Fronteiras Externas a partir do próximo ano a fim de assegurar a solidariedade financeira, promovendo a capacidade de todos os Estados-Membros de enfrentarem os desafios levantados pelas suas diferentes fronteiras externas.
A criação de um mecanismo para a criação de equipas de intervenção rápida nas fronteiras é mais uma medida de solidariedade. Trata-se de um importante passo em frente na cooperação entre os Estados-Membros e a Comunidade, através do controlo das fronteiras externas da União Europeia e da realização dos controlos de pessoas nessas fronteiras.
As Equipas de Intervenção Rápida tornar-se-ão uma reserva altamente bem formada e especializada de guardas de fronteira, que poderão ser destacados de imediato pela Agência Frontex para um Estado-Membro que necessite dessa assistência. Sendo um corpo novo e inovador nesta matéria, estas equipas rápidas adquirirão capacidade para desempenhar todas as funções necessárias relacionadas com o controlo de pessoas nas fronteiras externas, procedendo a um controlo exactamente idêntico ao processado pelos guardas de fronteira nacionais do Estado-Membro de acolhimento.
Neste contexto, a Comissão gostaria de fazer a seguinte declaração oral sobre o direito internacional do mar e as obrigações internacionais de protecção.
Todos os Estados-Membros que participam em operações coordenadas pela Agência Frontex em alto mar permanecem totalmente vinculados às suas obrigações individuais de respeito pelo princípio de não repulsão, tal como consagrado, em especial, na Convenção de Genebra relativa ao Estatuto dos Refugiados, de 28 de Julho de 1951, e na Convenção contra a Tortura e outras Penas ou Tratamentos Cruéis, Desumanos ou Degradantes, relativamente a todas as pessoas sob sua jurisdição. Sempre que uma operação de intercepção ou de salvamento é levada a cabo nas águas territoriais de um Estado-Membro, aplica-se o acervo comunitário em matéria de asilo. Neste inclui-se o Regulamento de Dublim. Por conseguinte, na ausência de qualquer outro critério relevante, o Estado-Membro em cujas águas a operação de intercepção ou de salvamento é efectuada será responsável pela análise dos pedidos de asilo. Estes princípios permanecem totalmente válidos nos casos dos futuros destacamentos de equipas de intervenção rápida na sequência da adopção deste regulamento.
Como a Comissão salientou na sua Comunicação de 30 de Novembro de 2006 sobre o reforço da gestão das fronteiras marítimas meridionais da União Europeia, não são claras as circunstâncias em que um Estado pode ser obrigado a assumir responsabilidades no que se refere à análise dos pedidos de asilo no âmbito de operações de intercepção ou salvamento efectuadas no alto mar ou nas águas territoriais de um país terceiro. De igual modo, também não são claras as circunstâncias em que o Estado-Membro de acolhimento de uma operação coordenada pela Agência Frontex poderá ser, em última análise, considerado responsável pela observância daquele princípio.
Evidentemente, o desenvolvimento futuro de um sistema integrado de gestão das fronteiras marítimas externas deverá ter como base um claro entendimento comum das obrigações de protecção que incumbem aos Estados-Membros. Para esse efeito, a Comissão sugeriu que os Estados-Membros analisassem colectiva e pragmaticamente estas questões, quer no contexto de acordos bilaterais ou regionais mais amplos, quer através do desenvolvimento de instruções práticas em estreita cooperação com a Organização Marítima Internacional, o Alto Comissário das Nações Unidas para os Refugiados e outras partes interessadas.
A fim de apoiar este processo, a Comissão publicará, em breve, um estudo sobre Direito do Mar que abordará estas e outras questões relevantes. A publicação desse estudo será seguida por uma reunião de especialistas com os Estados-Membros a fim de identificar o seguimento concreto a dar-lhe, tendo em conta os limites da responsabilidade da Comunidade neste domínio bem como a declaração oral."@pt17
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@ro18
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@sk19
"Mr President, the Commission strongly welcomes the excellent compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Rapid Border Intervention Teams Regulation.
Finally, I would like to stress once again that the Commission is very pleased with the good cooperation between the three institutions involved in reaching agreement on this extremely important piece of new Community legislation and would like to warmly thank the rapporteur, Mr Deprez, the shadow rapporteurs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for their excellent contributions to achieving success on this file.
As you know, over the last few years the European Union has experienced an increasing need for providing operational assistance to the Member States which, due to their geographical location and the complexity of their external borders, have to shoulder the heaviest burdens in terms of border control. In response, the European Union created the Frontex Agency in 2004 as a measure for channelling the solidarity between Member States and the Community in terms of operational cooperation. Moreover, a new External Borders Fund will be used from next year for ensuring financial solidarity, by boosting the capacity of all Member States to deal with the challenges posed by their different external borders.
The establishment of a mechanism for the creation and deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams is a further measure of solidarity. It is an important step forward in the cooperation between Member States and the Community, by controlling the external borders of the European Union and performing checks on people at these borders.
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams will become a highly trained and specialised reserve of border guards, which will be deployed at short notice, by the Frontex Agency, to a Member State in need of such assistance. As something new and ground-breaking in this regard, the rapid teams will be enabled to carry out all necessary functions related to the checks on people at external borders, in the same way as checks are performed by the national border guards of the host Member State.
In this context, the Commission would like to make the following oral statement on the International Law of the Sea and international protection obligations.
Each Member State participating in operations coordinated by the Frontex Agency on the high seas remains fully bound by its individual obligation to respect the principle of non-refoulement as enshrined, in particular, in the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment vis-à-vis all people under its jurisdiction. When an interception or rescue operation is carried out in the territorial waters of a Member State, the Community
on asylum is applicable. This includes the Dublin Regulation. Consequently, in the absence of any other relevant criteria, the Member State on whose waters the interception or rescue operation is carried out, would be responsible for examining any asylum claims. These principles remain fully valid in cases of future deployments of Rapid Border Intervention Teams following the adoption of this regulation.
As the Commission underlined in its communication of 30 November 2006 on reinforcing the management of the southern external maritime borders, it is not clear under what circumstances a state may be obliged to assume responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim when the interception or rescue operation takes place on the high seas or in the territorial waters of a third country. Similarly, it is unclear under what circumstances the Member State hosting an operation coordinated by the Frontex Agency could be considered as ultimately responsible for compliance with this principle.
Evidently, the further development of an integrated system for managing the external maritime borders should be based on a clear common understanding of the Member States’ protection obligations. To this effect, the Commission suggested that Member States should address these issues collectively and pragmatically, either in the context of broader bilateral or regional agreements or through the development of practical guidelines in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant stakeholders.
In order to support this process, the Commission will soon publish a study on the Law of the Sea addressing these and other relevant issues. The publication of the study will be followed by an expert meeting with Member States to identify the practical follow-up, having regard to the limits of the Community’s responsibility in this area as well as the oral statement."@sl20
"Herr talman! Kommissionen välkomnar starkt den utmärkta kompromiss som Europaparlamentet och rådet uppnått om förordningen om grupper för snabba ingripanden vid gränserna.
Slutligen vill jag ännu en gång betona att kommissionen är mycket glad över det goda samarbete mellan de tre institutioner som är engagerade i att uppnå en överenskommelse om denna ytterst viktiga nya gemenskapsrättsakt och jag vill varmt tacka föredraganden Gérard Deprez, skuggföredraganden och utskottet för medborgerliga fri- och rättigheter samt rättsliga och inrikes frågor för deras utmärkta bidrag till en konstruktiv lösning i denna fråga.
Som ni vet har Europeiska unionen under de senaste åren erfarit ett ökande behov av att tillhandahålla operativt bistånd till medlemsstater som på grund av sin geografiska belägenhet och komplexiteten hos deras yttre gränser har burit de tyngsta bördorna vad gäller gränskontroll. Därför inrättade Europeiska unionen 2004 den europeiska gränsförvaltningsbyrån (Frontex) för att kanalisera solidariteten mellan medlemsstaterna och gemenskapen när det gäller operativt samarbete. Vidare kommer från och med nästa år en ny fond för de yttre gränserna att tas i bruk för att garantera finansiell solidaritet genom att öka alla medlemsstaters kapacitet att hantera de svårigheter som deras respektive yttre gränser medför.
Inrättandet av en mekanism för att upprätta och utplacera grupper för snabba ingripanden vid gränserna är ytterligare en solidaritetsåtgärd. Det är ett viktigt steg framåt i samarbetet mellan medlemsstaterna och gemenskapen att man kontrollerar EU:s yttre gränser och utför kontroller av människor vid dessa gränser.
Grupperna för snabba ingripanden vid gränserna kommer att bestå av en välutbildad och specialiserad reserv av gränskontrolltjänstemän som Frontex med kort varsel kan placera ut i en medlemsstat i behov av sådant bistånd. Något helt nytt och nydanande i detta avseende är att dessa grupper ska kunna utföra alla nödvändiga funktioner i samband med kontroll av personer vid de yttre gränserna, på samma sätt som kontroller utförs av nationella gränskontrolltjänstemän i värdmedlemstaten.
I detta sammanhang vill kommissionen göra följande muntliga uttalande om internationell sjörätt och internationella skyddsförpliktelser.
Alla medlemsstater som deltar i operationer som samordnas av Frontex på öppna havet förblir fullt bundna av sina enskilda förpliktelser att inom sina jurisdiktioner respektera den princip om icke-avvisning som föreskrivs bland annat i Genèvekonventionen angående flyktingars rättsliga ställning av den 28 juli 1951 och i FN:s konvention mot tortyr och annan grym, omänsklig eller förnedrande behandling eller bestraffning gentemot alla människor. När ett ingripande eller en räddningsinsats genomförs på en medlemsstats territorialvatten är gemenskapsrättens bestämmelser om asyl tillämpliga. Detta inbegriper Dublinförordningen. Om det inte finns andra relevanta kriterier är det således den medlemsstat på vars vatten ingripandet eller räddningsinsatsen genomförs som ansvarar för prövningen av asylansökningar. Dessa principer fortsätter att gälla vid framtida utplaceringar av grupper för snabba ingripanden efter det att förordningen antagits.
Som kommissionen underströk i sitt meddelande av den 30 november 2006 om förstärkt förvaltning av Europeiska unionens södra sjögränser är det inte klart under vilka omständigheter en stat är skyldig att ta ansvar för prövningen av en asylansökan när ingripandet eller räddningsinsatsen utförs på öppet hav eller på tredjelands territorialvatten. På samma sätt är det oklart under vilka omständigheter den medlemsstat som är värd för en insats som samordnas av Frontex kan anses vara i sista hand ansvarig för att denna princip iakttas.
Självklart måste den fortsatta utvecklingen av ett integrerat system för förvaltning av de yttre sjögränserna bygga på ett tydligt samförstånd om medlemsstaternas skyddsförpliktelser. Kommissionen föreslog därför att medlemsstaterna tillsammans och på ett pragmatiskt sätt skulle ta itu med dessa frågor, antingen i samband med de bredare bilaterala eller regionala avtalen eller genom att utveckla av praktiska riktlinjer i nära samarbete med Internationella sjöfartsorganisationen, FN:s flyktingkommissarie och andra berörda intressenter.
För att stödja processen kommer kommissionen snart att offentliggöra en havsrättsutredning om denna och andra berörda frågor. Offentliggörandet av utredningen kommer att följas av ett expertmöte med medlemsstaterna för att bestämma hur frågan om gränserna för gemenskapens skyldighet inom detta område och det muntliga uttalandet praktiskt ska följas upp."@sv22
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