Annex III. Informal agreements

• Author: Eisele, Katharina
• Pages: 243-264

Part III: The External Di mension of the EU Return Dire ctive

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Annex III. Informal agr eements

Countr y, Date,

Descripti on of

Informal

Cooperation

Readmissi on Commitme nts Human Right s Front ex Moni tori ng Suspensi on

Docume nts

accepted for

trave l

Poli cy

Umbrella

MS

participating?

TCNs

fore se

en

Moldova

05.06.2008

Mobility

Partne rship

Para 9 "To enhance Signatori es'

efforts to fight illegal migration

and trafficking i n human beings,

to stre ngthen border

manageme nt capac itie s and

cross-borde r cooperati on; to

strengthen the security of travel

documents, identity documents

and residence permits, and to

fully cooperate on return and

re admissi on;"

Reci tals, " ...whil e

respect ing human rights

and the rele vant

inte rnational

instrume nts for t he

protection of refugees

and taking into acco unt

the situation of

individual migrants and

the socio - economic

development of the

Signatories."

Para 13, " The

Community

agencie s, in

particular Frontex,

will be involved, as

appropri ate, in t he

imple mentati on of

the part nership."

Not

syste matic.

Para 14, meet

"in orde r to

reconsider

the priorities

and further

develop the

partne rship if

need be."

Not foreseen

Not e xpressl y,

but

cooperation

foreseen in

Paras 9 -11

and in

proj ects.

GAMM

(Easte rn

Partne rship

)

BG, CY, CZ, F,

DE, HE, HU, I,

LT, PL, P T, RO,

SK, SI, SE

(+EC) (Annex

incl uded)

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Countr y, Date,

Descripti on of

Informal

Cooperation

Readmissi on Commitme nts Human Right s Front ex Moni tori ng Suspensi on

Docume nts

accepted for

trave l

Poli cy

Umbrella

MS

participating?

TCNs

fore se

en

Georgi a

30.11.2009

Mobility

Partne rship

Paras 1 1-16 generally. P ara 11

"To enhance Signat ories' efforts

to fight further illegal migration

and trafficking i n human beings,

to stre ngthen the

impleme ntation of the

integrated border management,

includi ng through further

improve ment of borde r

manageme nt capac itie s and

cross-borde r cooperati on; to

strengthen the security of travel

documents, identity documents

and residence permits, and to

fully cooperate on return and

read mission;" Para 1 3 "To

broaden further the applicat ion

of re admission p rocedur es

through concl uding and

impleme nting the Readmission

Agree ment wit h the EC, to

inte nsify the cooperati on with

the EU Member States through

concluding agre ements on

border cooper ation, and

implementing joint specific

progr ammes o n t hese i ssues;"

Reci tals, " ...whil e

respecting human ri ghts

and the rele vant

inte rnational

instrume nts for t he

protection of refugees

and taking into acco unt

the situation of

individual migrants and

the socio - economic

development of the

Signatories."

Yes, paras 16 & 18

("will")

Not

syste matic.

Para 20, meet

once a year

"in orde r to

reconsider

the priorities

and further

develop the

partne rship if

need be."

Not foreseen

Not e xpressl y,

but

cooperation

foreseen in

Paras 11 an d

15.

GAMM

BE, BG, CZ,

DK, DE, EE,

HE, F, I, LV, LT,

NL, PL, RO , SE,

UK (+EC) (no

separat e

Annex)