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On the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania

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On the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania

Document LIBE-PR-758032 · 11945/2023 – C90344/2023 – 2023/0235(NLE)

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Report parliamentary committee draft LIBE-PR-758032
Date
24 January 2024
Committee
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur
Lena Düpont
Dossier
2023-0235
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11945/2023 – C90344/2023 – 2023/0235(NLE)
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This is the rapporteur's draft report on the draft Council decision to conclude an agreement between the EU and Albania on operational activities of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Albania. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement. The agreement updates the previous 2019 status agreement and allows the deployment of Frontex Standing Corps officers at Albania's borders with neighbouring Western Balkan partners. The rapporteur finds the agreement consistent with the Commission's model status agreement and asks the Agency to inform Parliament promptly about implementation and to include an assessment of cooperation with third countries in its annual reports.

Position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament endorse the draft Council Decision and give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement. She finds the agreement consistent with the Commission's model status agreement and asks the Agency to inform Parliament promptly and report on cooperation with third countries.

Key points

  1. Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and Albania on operational activities of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Albania.
  2. The agreement is based on the model status agreement set out in Commission communication COM(2021) 829 under Regulation (EU) 2019/1896.
  3. The new agreement updates the previous status agreement from 2019 by also allowing deployment of Frontex Standing Corps officers at Albania's borders with neighbouring Western Balkan partners.
  4. The agreement was signed on 15 September 2023 in Tirana.
  5. The rapporteur considers that formal, legally binding agreements with third countries are crucial for transparency, public scrutiny and democratic oversight, and that such agreements should be carefully considered, have added value and be strictly necessary and proportionate.
  6. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency and Albania's Ministry of Interior must adhere to the EBCG Regulation and ensure fundamental rights compliance.
  7. The rapporteur finds the proposed status agreement consistent with the Commission's model status agreement.
  8. Parliament requests that the Agency promptly inform it of activities conducted under the agreement and reminds the Agency of its obligation to include an assessment of cooperation with third countries in its annual reports under Article 73(8) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896.
  9. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament endorse the draft Council Decision.

Who is affected

  • The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, which must inform Parliament and report on cooperation with third countries.
  • Albania's Ministry of Interior, which must adhere to the EBCG Regulation and ensure fundamental rights compliance.
  • The European Parliament, which gives consent and receives information on implementation.

Figures and deadlines

  • 15 September 2023: date the agreement was signed in Tirana.
  • 10 January 2024: date the Commission briefed the rapporteurs on negotiations.
  • 2019: year of the previous status agreement that the new agreement updates.

Legal basis. Article 77(2), points (b) and (d), Article 79(2), point (c), and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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Draft european parliament legislative resolution

(11945/2023 – C90344/2023 – 2023/0235(NLE))

(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (11945/2023),

–having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania (11944/2023),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 77(2), points (b) and (d), Article 79(2), point (c), and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9 0344/2023),

–having regard to Rule 105(1) and (4),and Rule 114(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A90000/2024),

1.Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Albania.

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Explanatory statement 14 blocks

a. Background

The proposed Council Decision aims to approve the Status Agreement between the European Union and Albania on actions carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Albania as foreseen in the Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard.

One of the tasks of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (the ‘Agency’) is to cooperate with third countries in relation to the areas covered by the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation ‘including through the possible operational deployment of border management teams in third countries’. The Agency may cooperate with the authorities of third countries competent in matters covered by the Regulation to the extent required for the fulfilment of its tasks and may carry out actions related to European integrated border management on the territory of a third country subject to the agreement of that third country.

The purpose of the status agreement is to cover all aspects that are necessary for carrying out the actions of the Agency in third countries. Pursuant to Article 73(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896, in circumstances requiring the deployment of border management teams from the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps to a third country where the members of the teams will exercise executive powers, a status agreement shall be concluded by the Union with the third country concerned.

In accordance with the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation and as referred to in Article 76(1)) of the Regulation the Commission presented in its communication COM(2021) 829 a model status agreement as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 containing specific provisions for conducting actions on the territory of third countries. The status agreement with Albania is based on the model that the Commission has drawn up.

The new agreement will update the previous status agreement from 2019 by also allowing the deployment of Frontex Standing Corps officers at the borders between Albania and neighbouring Western Balkan partners.

The Commission briefed the rapporteurs on 10 January 2024 on the progress made in the status agreement negotiations between the European Union and Albania. The Agreement was signed on 15 September 2023 in Tirana.

b. Position of the Rapporteur

During the peak of the migration and refugee crisis in 2015, hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and migrants arrived in the European Union via the Western Balkans with Albania lying on one of the primary routes for irregular mixed movement.

The Rapporteur considers that the conclusion of formal, legally binding agreements in the framework of cooperation with third countries, as opposed to bilateral arrangement, is of crucial importance in order to ensure transparency, public scrutiny and democratic oversight on such cooperation. However, any agreements concluded between the European Union and third countries on actions carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should be carefully considered, have an added value and be strictly necessary and proportionate in terms of purpose and content.

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the Ministry of Interior of Albania are required to adhere to the provisions of the EBCG Regulation and ensure the fundamental rights compliance.

As a conclusion, your Rapporteur finds that the proposed status agreement is consistent with the model status agreement as provided for in the Commission’s communication on the content and provisions that should be included in the final agreement.

As this agreement enters into implementation phase, the Parliament requests that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency promptly informs the European Parliament of the activities conducted as part of the implementation of the Status Agreement and reminds the Agency of its obligation to include an assessment of the cooperation with third countries in its annual reports in accordance with article 73(8) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896.

In light of the above, the rapporteur recommends that Parliament endorse the draft Council Decision text.

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European Parliament (2024). “DRAFT RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania”. Text, 24 January 2024. docId LIBE-PR-758032. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/LIBE-PR-758032 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/LIBE-PR-758032 (CC BY 4.0).
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