The Strategic Context of European Integrated Border Management

• Author: Frontex (EU body or agency)
• Pages: 12-21

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The Strategic Context of European

Integrated Border Management

The Concept of European Integrated Border

Management

The legal and po licy framew orks of EIBM have be en establis hed in several

strategic do cuments issue d by the EU institut ions based on A rticle 77 of t he

Lisbon Treaty,⁴ which inclu des in its third objecti ve a specif‌ic provision referr ing

to “any measure necessary for the gradual establishment of an integrated management

system for external borders”.

Before arriv ing at Article 77 of t he Lisbon Treaty, there were two main s tages in

the developme nt of the concept of IBM:

1. The Commission Communication of 2002 introducing three main pillars for

IBM – a common body of la w, operational / practical / technical cooperatio n

between the M S/SAC in the f‌ield of ope rations, tr aining, poolin g resources,

equipment and f‌in ancial solidarity / burden sharing betw een MS/SAC.

2. T he Council Conclusions of D ecember 2006, whi ch def‌ined IBM according to

the following main components:

• Border control (chec ks and surveillance) according to SB C, risk analysis

and crime intelligence;

• Investigation of cross-border crime in coordination with law enforcement

authorities;

• The four-tier access contr ol model;

• Inter-agency cooperation and international cooperation (Third Countries);

• Coordination and coherence of activities in MS/SAC and Institutions and

other bodies of t he Community.

4 Consolidat ed versions of th e Treaty on the Europea n Union and the Treat y on the Function ing of

the European U nion (2016/C 202/01)