Annex 1 Glossary of terms

• Author: Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (European Commission), ICF
• Pages: 65-68

Study to assess the impacts related to possible evolutions of EUROSUR - Final Report

September, 2019

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Annex 1 Glossary of terms

This annex contains a glossary and provides for definitions relating to the main concepts

presented and analysed in the present stu dy. Definitions for the entries in the gl ossary

mainly come from a DG HOME Glossary93 and the European Migration Network (EMN)

Glossary94, both of which refer primarily to specific EU l egal instruments in the field of

home affairs, as specified. When such definitions appear in EU legal instruments, ICF

elaborated the definitions based in part on those instruments and/or on experti se.

Border control

The activity carried out at a border, in accordance with and for the purposes of

Regulation 562/2006, exclusively i n response to an intention to cross or the act of

crossing that border, regardless of any other consideration, consisting of border checks

and border surveillance. (Article 2 (9) of Regulation 562/2006 .

Assets

Assets used by border management authorities to perform border control missions. This

cover a wide range of aircraft, vessels and vehicles. (ICF elaboration).

Border surveillance

The surveillance of borders between border crossing points and the surv eillance of

border crossing points outs ide the fixed opening hours, to prevent persons from

circumventing border checks. (Article 2(11) of Regulation (EC) No 296 /2008).

Border crossing points

Any crossing point authorised by the competent authorities for crossing external

borders. (Article 2(8) of Regulation (EC) No 296/2008

Border sections

Each Member State divided its external land and sea borders into border se ctions, and

notified them to the Ag ency (Article 1 4 of Regul ation 1052/2013). The Agency, based

on its risk analysis and in agreement wi th the Member State concerned, attribut ed to

each identified border section an impact level (Article 15 of Regulation 1052/2013). The

Member States are obliged to ensure that the surveillance activities carried out at the

external border sections correspond to the attributed impact levels (Article 16 of

Regulation 1052/2013). This study uses the concept of external air borders. (ICF

Elaboration based on Regulation 1052/2013).

(Confidential) EUROSUR Communication Network

A communication network which provides communication and analytical tools and allow

for the exchange of non-classified sensitive and classified information in a secure

manner and in near-real-time with, and among, the national coordination centres. ( ICF

Elaboration based on Regulation 1052/2013).

The European Border and Coast Guard comprises the European Border and Coast Guard

Agency (‘the Agency’) and national au thorities which are respons ible for border

management, incl uding coast guards to the extent that they carry out border control

tasks. As such it relies upon the common use of information, capabilities and systems

at national level and the response of the Agency at Union level. (ICF elaboration on the

basis of preamble 9 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624).

93 https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/e-library/glossary/q_en

94 https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/glossary_en