Changes from plenary report to adopted text

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 3: 3. To implement targeted Union resettlement schemes, and in particular to conduct pre-departure orientation programmes, fit-to-travel medical checks, travel arrangements and other practical arrangements, Member States may be assisted by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), and other partners in accordance with local coordination and practical cooperation arrangements for targeted Union resettlement schemes established in accordance with point (d) of Article 8(2).

RemovedArticle 12 a (new): Article 12a / Role of the European Union Agency for Asylum / 1. The role of the EUAA for Asylum is to support Member States in their resettlement efforts and capacity. At the request of the Member States, the EUAA shall support them when they implement the Union Resettlement Framework. / The support may comprise, assistance to the Member States in connection with: / (a) their tasks of assessment, particularly with a view to enabling Member States to comply with the time limits stipulated for resettlement, / (b) training of personnel specialising in resettlement, / (c) information provided to third-country nationals or stateless persons and the pre-departure training given to them under Article 10, / (d) cooperation between them when they decide to carry out stages of the resettlement procedure jointly. The EUAA may, inter alia, provide support in connection with the pooling of infrastructure and the deployment of joint selection missions. / 2. The EUAA shall coordinate an exchange of good practices between Member States for the purpose of the implementation of this Regulation and the integration of resettled persons in their host society. / 3. The EUAA shall gather data regarding the number of resettlements, the respect of Member States for their commitments and the reasons for the non-completion of procedures. / 4. The EUAA shall take part in the annual tripartite consultations on resettlement and communicate the work done there to the High-Level Resettlement Committee.

RemovedArticle 13 – paragraph 1: 1. A High-Level Resettlement Committee shall be established, composed of Members of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the High Representatives of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the Member States, [The European Union Agency for Asylum], UNHCR, and IOM and other relevant civil society organisations. Representatives of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland shall be invited to attend the meetings of the High-Level Resettlement Committee where they have indicated their intention to be associated with the implementation of the Union resettlement plan.

RemovedArticle 13 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. The main task of the High-Level Resettlement Committee shall, following the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR) where the High-Level Resettlement Committee will participate, and the annual UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs report, to outline the main components of the Union resettlement plan as well as the different targeted Union resettlement schemes, in particular making recommendations on the number of persons to be resettled, the equitable distribution of those persons among the Member States, the third countries from which resettlements should be undertaken, and the opportunities for strategic use of resettlement. The recommendations of the High-Level Resettlement Committee shall be published

RemovedArticle 13 – paragraph 2: 2. The High-Level Resettlement Committee shall be chaired by the Commission. It shall meet whenever necessary at the invitation of the Commission or at a request of a Member State or the European Parliament and shall meet at least once a year.

RemovedArticle 13 – paragraph 3: 3. The Commission and the Council shall take full account of the recommendations of the High-Level Resettlement Committee on issues related to the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, particularly in drafting the Union resettlement plan and the Union resettlement targeted schemes.

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 2: 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 7 and 8 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 4 years from ... [date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the 4th-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 3: 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 7 and 8 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 6: 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 7 and 8 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

RemovedArticle 15: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

RemovedRegulation (EU) No 516/2014

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new), Recital 46: (-1) Recital 46 shall be amended as follows: / ‘It is important for enhanced solidarity that the Fund provides, in coordination and in synergy with the humanitarian assistance managed by the Commission where appropriate, additional support to address emergency situations of heavy migratory pressure in Member States or third countries, or in the event of mass influx of displaced persons, pursuant to Council Directive 2001/55/EC1, through emergency assistance. Emergency assistance should also include support to ad hoc humanitarian admission programmes aimed at allowing temporary stay on the territory of a Member State in the event of an urgent humanitarian crisis in third countries. However, such other humanitarian admission programmes are without prejudice to, and should not undermine, the Union's resettlement scheme that explicitly aims as from the start to provide a durable solution to persons in need of international protection transferred to the Union from third countries.’

RemovedRegulation (EU) No 516/2014

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a, Article 2 – point a: (a) 'resettlement' means the selection, upon referral from UNHCR or Member States, admission, transfer and protection of third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection from a third-country to which they have been displaced to a Member State with a view to granting them international protection and providing them with a durable solution;

RemovedRegulation (EU) No 516/2014

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b, Article 2 – point ab: (ab) 'targeted Union resettlement scheme' means a targeted Union resettlement scheme established in accordance with Article 8 of [Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Resettlement Framework Regulation)].

RemovedRegulation (EU) No 516/20145

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 17 – title: Resources for the Union Resettlement Framework and for national resettlement and humanitarian admission plans

RemovedRegulation (EU) No 516/2014

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 17 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall, in addition to their allocation calculated in accordance with point (a) of Article 15(1), receive every two years an additional amount as set out in point (b) of Article 15(2) based on a lump sum of EUR 6 000 for each resettled person or admitted under a national humanitarian admission programme. The lump sum shall be increased to EUR 10,000 for each person resettled in accordance with [Regulatin (EU) No XXX/XXX (Resettlement Framework Regulation)].

RemovedRegulation (EU) No 516/2014

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 17 – paragraph 2: 2. The amounts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the Member States in the individual financing decisions approving their revised national programme in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 514/2014.

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 1: 1. No later than four years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation in the Member States.

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. In the report, the Commission shall consider the possibility of using the Union budget to support private sponsorship initiatives.

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall provide the Commission and [the European Union Agency for Asylum] with the necessary information for drawing up its report for the purpose of paragraph 1 in addition to the information provided to [the European Union Agency for Asylum] on the number of third-country nationals and stateless persons effectively resettled as laid down in Article 22(3) of [Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Dublin Regulation)].

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 3: 3. The European Parliament and the Council shall, on the basis of the proposal of the Commission, taking into account the report referred to in paragraph 1, review this Regulation by ... [18 months] after the submission of the Commission report on the application of this Regulation.