Considerations on COM(2018)831 - Signing of a Protocol between the EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein on criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining an asylum request

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dossier COM(2018)831 - Signing of a Protocol between the EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein on criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State ...
document COM(2018)831 EN
date March  7, 2019
 
table>(1)On 14 December 2015 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Switzerland and Liechtenstein on the arrangements for the participation of Switzerland and Liechtenstein in the procedure for comparison and data transmission for law enforcement purposes provided for in Chapter VI of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1).
(2)Negotiations were concluded and the Protocol to the Agreement of 26 October 2004 between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland regarding access to Eurodac for law enforcement purposes (the ‘Protocol’) was initialled on 22 November 2017.

(3)The Protocol should be signed.

(4)The United Kingdom and Ireland are bound by Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 and are therefore taking part in the adoption of this Decision.

(5)In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,