Annex I. European Union Readmission Agreements ('EURAs')- key

• Author: Eisele, Katharina
• Pages: 213-230

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Annexes

Ann ex I. Eur opean Union Re admission Ag reements (‘EU RAs’) - key

1. Agreem ent (signature; (entry into force))

2. Accelerated Procedu res/Frontier Zones

3. Non-Affect ion Clause

4. Ability to resort to other formal or informal arrangements

5. Prima facie eviden ce of nationality “u nless proven ot herwise”

6. Spouses holding another nationality and minor unmarried children of national,

rega rdles s o f nat ionality

7. Third country nationals and stateless p erso ns

8. Third country nationals and stateless persons “having stayed on or transited through,

the territory of” the third country.

9. Conditions for readmission of third country nationals and stateless persons through

present ation of prima facie evidence “unless pro ven otherwise”

10. Data protection clause

11. Suspension clause

12. Costs to be borne by req uesting state “without prejudice to t he right of competent

author ities to recover the costs associated with the readm ission from the person to

be rea dmitted or third pa r ti es… ”

13. Party to Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol

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Agreement

Signat ure

(entry i nto

force )

Accelerated

Procedures/

Frontie r Zones

Non -affe ction cl ause

Reso rt

to other

informal

or

formal

arran ge

ments

Pri ma facie

evidence of

nati onalit y

Spouses

and

children

TCNs and

state le ss

per sons

TCNs and

state le ss

"having

staye d on

or

transited"

thir d

country

Pri ma facie

evidence of

conditions for

re admission

(TCN &

state le ss)

Data

protectio

n clau se

Suspen s

ion

clause

Costs

borne

by

requesti

ng state

Party to

Refugee

Conventio

n and 1967

Protocol

Hong Kong

27.11.2002

(01.03.2004)

No

Yes, but no explicit texts

mentione d "…withou t

prejudice to rights,

obli gations and

responsibilities arising

from I nternat ional Law

applic able to the

Community, t he Membe r

States and Hong Kong

SAR": Article 16(1)

No

Yes, deemed

nati onality (by

MS) or PR (by

Hong Kong)

"unless they can

prove otherwise"

Article 8(2)

No

Yes, A rtic les

1(d) & (e), 3

No

Yes,

conditi ons

deemed to

be

esta blishe d

"unl ess the y

can prove

other wise"

Article 9(2)

Article 14

-DPD &

princ iples

No

Article

14

No

Macao

13.10.2003

(01.06.2004)

No

Yes, but no explicit texts

mentione d "…withou t

prejudice to rights,

obli gations and

responsibilities arising

from I nternat ional Law

applic able to the

Community, t he Membe r

State s and the Macao

SAR": Article 16(1)

Yes,

Article

16(2)

Presumption of

nati onality (by

MS) or PR (by

Macao) " to be

esta blishe d

unless they can

prove otherwise",

Article 8(2)

No

Yes, A rtic les

1(d) & 3, Joint

Decl aration o n

State less

Per sons

No

Yes,

conditi ons

deemed to

be

esta blishe d

"unl ess the y

can prove

other wise"

Article 9(2)

Article 15

- DPD &

princ iples

No

Article

14

Extende d

to Mac ao

via China