Considerations on COM(2015)666 - EU position for a Recommendation with regard to readmission applications requiring the arrangement of interviews - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2015)666 - EU position for a Recommendation with regard to readmission applications requiring the arrangement of interviews. |
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| document | COM(2015)666  |
| date | April 11, 2016 |
| (2) | Article 19 of the Readmission Agreement sets up a Joint Readmission Committee with responsibility for the tasks specified therein. |
| (3) | Point (b) of Article 19(1) of the Readmission Agreement provides that the Joint Readmission Committee is to decide on arrangements necessary for the uniform execution of the Readmission Agreement. |
| (4) | The interview is one of the elements of the readmission procedure provided for in the Readmission Agreement. In accordance with Article 9(4) of the Readmission Agreement, the interview is to be arranged when none of the documents listed in Annexes 2 and 3 to the Readmission Agreement can be attached by the requesting party to the readmission application. |
| (5) | A first recommendation with regard to readmission applications requiring the arrangement of interviews was adopted by the Joint Readmission Committee on 2 June 2009. That recommendation should be further clarified by a second one to provide guidelines for situations in which time limits for the arrangement of interviews cannot be respected, in order to reschedule those interviews. |
| (6) | It is therefore appropriate to determine the position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the Joint Readmission Committee concerning the recommendation with regard to readmission applications requiring the arrangement of interviews. |
| (7) | The United Kingdom is bound by the Readmission Agreement and is therefore taking part in the adoption of this Decision. |
| (8) | Ireland is bound by the Readmission Agreement and is therefore taking part in the adoption of this Decision. |
| (9) | Denmark is not bound by the Readmission Agreement nor subject to its application and is therefore not taking part in the adoption of this Decision, |