Appendix 5: List of EU Agencies
Name |
Mandate |
Responsibilities under the Action Plan |
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EASO |
Established in 2010 by Regulation (EU) No 439/2010166 in order to help to improve the implementation of the Common European Asylum System (the CEAS), to strengthen practical cooperation among Member States on asylum and to provide and/or coordinate the provision of operational support to Member States subject to particular pressure on their asylum and reception systems. |
Hotspots Carry out pilot project to develop standard procedures for gathering information about facilitation of irregular migration at an appropriate stage during the asylum determination process |
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Eurojust |
Established in 2002 by Council Decision 2002/187/JHA,167 amended in 2003168 and 2008,169 to improve judicial cooperation in the fight against serious crime. Eurojust helps national investigating and prosecuting authorities cooperate and coordinate in around 1500 cross-border cases a year. It helps to build mutual trust and to bridge the EU’s wide variety of legal systems and traditions. By rapidly solving legal problems and identifying competent authorities in other countries, Eurojust facilitates the execution of requests for cooperation and mutual recognition instruments. |
Hotspots: cooperate with Europol to deploy joint mobile teams to provide on-the-spot operational and information support to the frontline Member States under particular migratory pressure Set up a thematic group on migrant smuggling to strengthen and formalise cooperation between national prosecutors and enhance mutual legal assistance Capacity building: finance Joint Investigation Teams and support mutual legal assistance in criminal matters Facilitate the exchange of best practice and identify challenges regarding the collection and use of e-evidence in investigations and prosecutions related to migrant smuggling, with the necessary safeguards |
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Europol |
Established in 2009 by Council Decision 2009/371/JHA170 to support and strengthen action by the competent authorities of the Member States and their mutual cooperation in preventing and combating organised crime, terrorism and other forms of serious crime affecting two or more Member States. |
Hotspots: take the lead in the deployment of joint mobile teams to provide on-the-spot operational and information support to the frontline Member States under particular migratory pressure Strengthen Focal Point on migrant smuggling Strengthen JOT MARE Support national authorities to detect and, where appropriate, request the removal of Internet content used by smugglers, in accordance with national law. |
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FRA |
Established in 2007 by Regulation (EC) No 168/2007171 to provide the relevant institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Community and its Member States when implementing Community law with assistance and expertise relating to fundamental rights in order to support them when they take measures or formulate courses of action within their respective spheres of competence to fully respect fundamental rights. |
Map training needs and develop training regarding the protection of smuggled migrants |
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Frontex |
Established in 2004 by Regulation (EC) 2007/2004,172 amended in 2007173 and 2011,174 facilitate and render more effective the application of existing and future Community measures relating to the management of external borders. The Agency has seven areas of activity: coordination, implementation and evaluation of joint operations by Member States; development of training for national border guards; risk analysis; research; providing a rapid response capability in case of a crisis situation at the external border; assisting Member States in joint return operations; and the development and operation of information systems. |
Hotspots: cooperate with Europol to deploy joint mobile teams to provide on-the-spot operational and information support to the frontline Member States under particular migratory pressure Provide Member States with financial and technical support to tow boats to the shores and scrap them Produce risk analyses on migrant smuggling routes Establish close cooperation with Europol’s JOT MARE Further develop Africa Frontex Intelligence Community (AFIC) Strengthen legal basis to enhance role on the return of irregular migrants Ensure full use of tools such as Eurosur and agreements with the EU Satellite Centre and the European Document Fraud Network |
166 Regulation (EU) No 439/2010: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:132:0011:0028:EN:PDF (accessed 5 October 2015)
167 Council Decision 2002/187/JHA:http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2002:063:TOC (accessed 26 October 2015)
168 Council Decision 2003/659/JHA: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32003D0659(accessed 26 October 2015)
169 Council Decision 2009/426/JHA: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2009:138:TOC (accessed 26 October 2015)
170 Council Decision 2009/371/JHA: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32009D0371&from=EN (accessed 26 October 2015)
171 Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:l14169 (accessed 26 October 2015)
172 Council Regulation (EC) 2007/2004: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV:l33216 (accessed 26 October 2015)
173 Council Regulation (EC) 863/2007: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32007R0863 (accessed 26 October 2015)
174 Council Regulation (EC) 1168/2011t: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=OJ:L:2011:304:TOC (accessed 26 October 2015)